Real Madrid – Celta

Real Madrid may well crush the outsider after a few lacklustre encounters

Real Madrid are well on their way to the La Liga title, but in recent matches the quality of Carlo Ancelotti's team has dropped dramatically. Celta is fighting for survival, having a reserve of five points from the club from the eighteenth line. The outsider remains highly motivated for the rest of the tournament. Real have not won for a month with a difference of more than one goal. Ancelotti's team is having agonising encounters in both La Liga and the Champions League. The match against RB Leipzig was marked by great disappointment. It can be said that the Germans undeservedly left the main European Cup. Real conceded XG in each of the matches, but here was a case where the highest individual skill helped. In the first game, Braim Diaz had a wonder goal; in the second game, Bellingham and Vinicius once shone with brilliance. The last match in the championship turned out to be scandalous. Real's players believe that the winning goal was taken away from them. Additionally in the passive - Bellingham's suspension for two games. Carlo Ancelotti can not put out the main squad for several matches. Adds headache to the coach and court proceedings. Journalists in Spain do not spare the coach with headlines about a possible prison term for non-payment of taxes. Celta in the last round managed to win one of the defining matches in the season. The team defeated hopeless outsider Almeria with a score of 1-0. Rafael Benitez's team played one of the best matches of the year. Celta is one of the anomalous clubs in terms of advanced statistics. If you take the XG indicators, the team did not reach ten points. That is, in terms of the quality of play, Rafael Benitez has built a very good-looking team, but the attacking group does not convert chances into goals, although there are plenty of them. This can be linked to the worst season in the career of Celta legend Iago Aspas. At the same time, there has been some progress in recent matches. Plus, Norwegian Larsen is scoring a lot. In the first round in Vigo, the hosts gave a fight in Madrid. Only a minimal victory of the favourite was recorded. Celta - one of the most convenient opponents for Real Madrid in the last few years: a winning streak of seven consecutive matches; in ten games, the club from Vigo scored one point. Real will be tired but pissed off after the Champions League. In such a situation, the club will surely be determined to play with the expectation of a confident and big win. Celta have the potential to score in Madrid. The guests will definitely not forget about the attack. From a tournament point of view, this is not a defining match for the visitors. That is, there may well be relatively open football. In this regard, it is logical to expect goals in the second half.