The merengue team welcomes the people of Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabéu this Wednesday. He does so with 33 points out of the 42 possible, four more than Atlético de Madrid and Real Sociedad, with the same matches as the rojiblancos and one less than the txuri-urdin.
In this context, we believe that the Italian coach may be concerned about the following aspects in order to prepare for the match corresponding to day 9 of LaLiga, which will return the classification to reality without teams with fewer stakes disputed:
The white team has added 14 of the 18 possible points playing in their stadium, with four victories against Celta de Vigo (5-2), RCD Mallorca (6-1), Rayo Vallecano (2-1) and Sevilla (2-1 ). In addition, they have also drawn two, against Villarreal (0-0) and Osasuna (0-0). He does not know defeat at home.
Those from San Mamés are the eighth best visitor, with nine points out of 21 possible. Although it is not an excellent figure, it is the only club that has not yet known defeat away from its stadium so far this year, having added a victory in Vigo (0-1) and the next six draws: Elche ( 0-0), Atlético de Madrid (0-0), Valencia (1-1), RCD Espanyol (1-1), Real Sociedad (1-1) and Levante (0-0).
The goals received at Mestalla, Cornellà-El Prat and Anoeta have been the only ones from Marcelino García when they have not been in their stadium. With three goals against, they are the club with the least thrashing as a visitor, ahead of Sevilla (5), Villarreal and Celta de Vigo (7).
Real Madrid comes from beating Sevilla (2-1) on Sunday. He will have to face some difficult weeks, since this Wednesday he will receive Athletic Club, on Saturday the 4th he will visit Real Sociedad, on Tuesday the 7th he will play the leadership of Group D of the Champions League with Inter and on Sunday the 12th he will face off against him. Atlético de Madrid. Luckily the last two crashes are at home.
In this situation, it is important to think about dosing troops from now on or choose to do so once this streak of matches against direct rivals passes. Some players from the second unit have not had much presence in LaLiga lately, such as Lucas Vázquez (8 ‘in the last three games), Eden Hazard (12’ in the last two where he was not injured), Francisco ” Isco “Alarcón (11 ‘in the last four), Luka Jovic (equal to Malaga) or Mariano Díaz, who has only played 90’ against Elche throughout the season.
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