La Liga, Matchday 11.
Venue: Santiago Bernabéu
Date: Wednesday, October 30,2019.
Kick-off time: 8:15pm GMT.
Referee: Cesar Soto Grado (Spain).
After a brief stop as a result of the postponement of the Classic, Zidane and his men will return to the field of play tonight as they hope to bounce back to winning ways after the defeat against Mallorca on Matchday 9.
Real Madrid currently sits 6th on the league table with 18 points from 9 games while their opponent rocks the bottom of the table with only 5 points after 10 league games with -9 GD.
Leganés, the Madrid neighbor, visits Santiago Bernabéu , knowing the pitch well and of course the French coach and his strategies. The visit of the pickles bring bad memories for the White Angels. Two seasons ago in the white temple, Leganés got a historic pass to the semifinals of Copa del Rey. This was the first warning that alerted the French coach of what could come up, and months later, he would leave office in his first stage as coach of the white team.
It will be a meeting where Madrid must measure up, control the position of the ball and not lose the initiative of shooting at goal. The Leganés arrives with all the enthusiasm and with the desire to take a game forward and of course, win .
Is There Anything Zidane Is Not Telling Us?
Real Madrid had their training session with the absence of Gareth Bale and James Rodríguez, who are both absence for personal reasons.
Gareth Bale although is still recovering from injury traveled to London while James Rodriguez on the other hand was travels to Colombia after the birth of his second son, something that has caught everyone by surprise and that will prevent them from playing tonight game against Leganés.
During the press conference Zidane has this to say to the press when asked about James Rodriguez absence.
“Many things are said but we have a good relationship, he (James) works hard and trains but when he is not available he is not, period.”
Also to be missing from the squad are Álvaro Odriozola (suspended),
Zinedine Zidane has left Vinicius out of his squad for the match, along with Brahim Díaz and Mariano Díaz, Marco Asensio, Nacho
Leganés are in for something positive.
After winning their first game of the season over Mallorca on matchday 10 Leganés hope to continue this positive ride under new coach Luis Cembranos.
Previous coach Mauricio Pellegrino resigned due to Leganés' shocking start to the season, harvesting two draws and seven defeats from their first nine matches.
The visitors has this to say before tonight encounter.
“We arrived in a better mood than before the game against Mallorca. We have recovered sensations, we are eager to face this game and try to make a good result. It's a very complicated game, but we're going to try to get something positive with our weapons.”
Team News
Manager Luis Cembranos will miss the services of Ruben Perez, Marc Navarro and Alexander Szymanowski for the clash against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Head To Head
Real Madrid had a better head to head advantage having won seven of 10 meetings drew one and suffered two defeats in the process, tonight clash will represent their 11th meetings in La Liga.
Statistics
Real Madrid
2W, 2D, 1L
Leganés
1W, 1D, 3L
Possible Lineup:
Real Madrid
Courtois, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Varane, Carvajal, Kroos, Modric, Valverde, Hazard, Benzema, Rodrygo.
Leganés
Cuéllar, Jonathan Silva, Awaziem, Bustinza, Rosales, Christian Rivera, Braithwaite, Recio, Roque Mesa, Óscar, Guido Carrillo.
Prediction
Real Madrid 3:1 Leganés
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