Real Valladolid and Real Madrid are going to face off on Friday the 30th of December at 9:30 pm in the 15th week of the La Liga. The match is going to be played in Valladolid at the Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla. The referee will be José Luis Munuera Montero.
Real Valladolid sits in the 13th place in the table with 17 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Athletic Club in its last match in the La Liga. As of now, it has won 5 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 times.
Real Madrid is in the 2nd place in the league with 35 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Cádiz in its last match in the La Liga. Until now, it has won 11 times, drawn twice, and lost once.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 5-3-2 (once).
Juan José Rojo Martín is expected to play against Real Madrid with the following players: J. Masip López, L. Olaza Catrofe, J. Fernández Moreno, L. Pérez Maqueda, I. Fresneda Corraliza, I. Sánchez Aguayo, E. Pérez Muñoz, S. León Limones, G. Plata Jiménez and S. Weissman.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Real Valladolid would be 26.80.
Juan José Rojo Martín will probably not be able to employ J. El Yamiq, S. Escudero Palomo, J. Sánchez de Felipe and R. Nunes do Nascimento because of injury.
A. Tuhami will definitely miss the match.
Real Madrid
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (14 times).
Carlo Ancelotti is expected to play against Real Valladolid with the following players: T. Courtois, F. Mendy, É. Gabriel Militão, D. Alaba, L. Vázquez, T. Kroos, L. Modrić, F. Valverde Dipetta, V. Júnior and R. Silva de Goes.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Real Madrid would be 27.80.
There are doubts about the presence of K. Benzema.