Girona and Real Madrid are going to take on on Saturday the 30th of September at 6:30 pm in the 8th week of the La Liga. The match is going to be staged in Girona at the Estadi Municipal de Montilivi. The appointed referee is Juan Luis Pulido Santana.
Girona occupies the 1st place in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Villarreal in its last match in the La Liga. So far, it has won 6 times and drawn once.
Girona won the last 6 consecutive matches. Up to now it has never lost this season (La Liga).
Real Madrid sits in the 2nd position in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Las Palmas in its last match in the La Liga. Up to now, it has won 6 times and lost once.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Girona
Girona has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (6 times or 85.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (6 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Miguel Ángel Sánchez Muñoz is expected to play against Real Madrid with the following players: Paulo Gazzaniga, Daley Blind, David López, Eric García, Yan Couto, Aleix García, Sávio, Iván Martín, Yangel Herrera, Viktor Tsygankov and Artem Dovbyk.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Girona would be 26.09.
Arnau Martínez, Bernardo Espinosa, Eric Monjonell, Borja García and Toni Villa will definitely miss the match.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (5 times or 71.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (5 times), 4-3-2-1 (once) and 4-3-3 (once).
Carlo Ancelotti is expected to play against Girona with the following players: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Ferland Mendy, Antonio Rüdiger, Nacho Fernández, Daniel Carvajal, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior .
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Real Madrid would be 25.91.
Carlo Ancelotti will probably not be able to employ David Alaba because of injury.
Thibaut Courtois , Éder Militão and Arda Güler will definitely miss the match.