Real Madrid vs Real Oviedo - prediction, team news, lineups

Real Madrid volition look to bounce backmost from a hard week erstwhile they big already-relegated Real Oviedo astatine the Bernabeu connected Thursday evening successful matchday 36 of La Liga.

The hosts are having a 2nd successive trophyless play aft Barcelona were confirmed arsenic La Liga champions astatine their expense, portion the visitors get successful Madrid having already been condemned to Segunda Division shot for adjacent season.

Match preview

It has been a profoundly disappointing run for Real Madrid, whose hopes of winning the La Liga title were emphatically extinguished pursuing a 2-0 decision to Barcelona - a effect that confirmed the Catalan broadside arsenic champions and near Alvaro Arbeloa’s broadside to bespeak connected different play without silverware.

That decision to Barcelona extended a achy signifier of caller results against their fiercest rivals, with the Blaugrana having besides beaten Madrid successful January, and the latest nonaccomplishment volition bash small to assistance the temper astatine a nine accustomed to competing for large honours.

Real Madrid’s wide league grounds of 24 wins, 5 draws and six defeats tells the communicative of a broadside with genuine quality, yet 1 that has failed to prolong the consistency required to equine a superior rubric situation crossed the afloat people of the campaign.

Their attacking output has been considerable, with 70 goals scored crossed the league season, though 33 conceded represents a antiaircraft grounds that has fto them down connected excessively galore occasions against the division’s amended sides.

At the Bernabeu, Madrid person been a formidable proposition, winning 14 and drafting 1 of their 17 location fixtures with lone 2 defeats.

Recent signifier crossed each competitions has been mixed, however, with 2 wins, 1 gully and 2 defeats from their past 5 matches, and Arbeloa volition beryllium determined to guarantee his broadside responds to the Barcelona decision with a commanding show connected location soil.

Real Oviedo get astatine the Bernabeu arsenic a relegated side, their destiny confirmed pursuing a 1-1 gully betwixt Rayo Vallecano and Girona that near them incapable to flight the bottommost 3 and condemned them to Segunda Division shot adjacent season.

It has been a torrid run for the Asturians, who beryllium 20th successful the array with 29 points from six wins, 11 draws and 18 defeats, having scored lone 26 goals and conceded 54 crossed the season.

Their distant grounds has been arsenic hard to read, with lone 2 wins from 17 roadworthy fixtures alongside 4 draws and 11 defeats, making the travel to the Bernabeu 1 of the astir daunting remaining assignments connected their schedule.

Oviedo’s astir caller outing ended successful a goalless gully against Getafe astatine home, with 2 reddish cards - a disciplinary grounds that volition further complicate Guillermo Almada’s preparations for Thursday.

The past nonstop gathering betwixt the clubs ended successful a 3-0 triumph for Madrid, and with the bulk of the erstwhile encounters betwixt the sides dating backmost to the aboriginal 2000s, this remains a fixture successful which the gulf successful people has historically been significant.

With relegation already confirmed, Oviedo question to Madrid with thing to lose, and portion an upset looks highly improbable fixed the respective qualities of the 2 squads, Almada’s broadside whitethorn astatine slightest attack the juncture with a state that comes from having nary unit near to carry.

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Team News

Real Madrid could beryllium without Dean Huijsen, who is simply a uncertainty with carnal discomfort up of Thursday’s fixture, portion Dani Ceballos remains sidelined with a thigh injury.

Ferland Mendy is retired with a ligament injury, portion Dani Carvajal continues his betterment from a limb injury.

Federico Valverde is simply a uncertainty with a caput injury, portion Eder Militao and Arda Guler are some retired with thigh injuries of their own.

Rodrygo remains a semipermanent absentee with a cruciate ligament injury, portion Kylian Mbappe has returned to grooming aft a hamstring problem, but his availability for Thursday remains to beryllium seen.

Real Oviedo volition beryllium without Javi Lopez and Kwasi Sibo, some suspended for this fixture pursuing their dismissals successful the gully against Getafe.

Leander Dendoncker is doubtful with a musculus injury, portion Jaime Vazquez is sidelined with a groin problem.

Eric Bailly is besides unavailable aft sustaining a breached chemoreceptor successful the opening 12 minutes of the Getafe match, adding further to the antiaircraft concerns Almada indispensable negociate up of the travel to Madrid.

Real Madrid imaginable starting lineup:

Courtois; Trent, Asencio, Rudiger, Garcia; Diaz, Camavinga, Tchouameni, Bellingham; Garcia, Vinicus 

Real Oviedo imaginable starting lineup:

Escandell; Alhassane, Calvo, Costas, Vidal; Fernandez, Reina, Cazorla, Hassan; Vinas, Chaira

We say: Real Madrid 3-0 Real Oviedo

Real Madrid’s location record, attacking prime and tendency to springiness their supporters thing to cheer pursuing a trophyless run marque them overwhelming favourites here.

Oviedo whitethorn get with thing to lose, but the gulf successful people betwixt these 2 sides should guarantee a comfy evening for the hosts astatine the Bernabeu.

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