Girona v Real Madrid is a match on the eighth day of La Liga and will be played on Saturday at 18:30: odds, predictions, TV and streaming
In another time this match would perhaps have been a tie-breaker. Or one team in front and another quietly in mid-table. Instead, on Saturday night, this match puts first place in the Spanish La Liga at stake. Yes, it is unbelievable and yet it is so. As Girona lead the league, while Real chase.
19 points in the first seven days like in the best dreams. That is the path of the hosts so far, who have also conquered Villarreal’s home ground and now await Ancelotti’s men, who have just one point less. Girona are unbeaten: a draw on the first day and then only victories. Ancelotti’s team, on the other hand, collected a derby defeat. The hosts also have the best attack in the league alongside Barcelona with 18 goals scored. That is five more than the Madrid team, but they obviously cannot afford to lose to a team that is clearly inferior in all departments and that has almost reached its goal for the season – salvation – after only seven matches. It is truly incredible what is happening.
In the past few days we have explained to you – wrongly, of course, and we take note of this – how little we believed in this fairytale. Now we ask the question: does Girona have a chance of finishing ahead of everyone? Almost impossible, we continue to say, and we think Real are favourites, yes, for this summit match.
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The Prediction
A match that should see Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid emerge victorious as they could definitely take the lead in the Spanish La Liga. Girona are in good form, travelling at top speed, and dreaming big dreams of making another splash. But this time it will not be so. A match, however, that should result in at least one goal per team.
Girona v Real Madrid matchday squad
- GIRONA (4-5-1): Gazzaniga; Martinez, Garcia, Lopez, Gutierrez; Tsygankov, Garcia, Herrera, Martin, Savio; Dovbyk.
- REAL MADRID (4-3-1-2): Kepa; Fernandez, Rudiger, Alaba, Mendy; Modric, Kroos, Valverde; Bellingham; Vinicius, Joselu.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
