Real Madrid don travel go Seville to face Real Betis for Friday night, their sixth match for this month wey don tough well well.
April don see Los Blancos exit Champions League and lose ground for title chase, after four-game winless run wey end with Tuesday’s unconvincing 2-1 victory over relegation-threatened Alavés.
Just 72 hours from that return to winning ways at the Bernabéu, Madrid face Europe-chasing Betis at La Cartuja—an altogether different challenge.
The game give Real Madrid opportunity to close the gap on Barcelona at the top of La Liga table to six points, at least for one night, and put some mild pressure on their rivals.
However, the short turnaround between fixtures put pressure on Álvaro Arbeloa‘s squad with several fitness issues to manage.
With six games remaining, Madrid go need to be perfect to keep any hope of catching Barcelona alive.
Just three days after the win over Alavés, they come up against a dangerous opponent in Manuel Pellegrini‘s Betis.
The hosts dey on a seven-match unbeaten run at La Cartuja and go dey desperate to finish the season as strongly as possible, with the chance that fifth spot in the table could secure a Champions League berth for next season.
Additionally, with three goals and two assists in his last three outings, former Barça man Abde Ezzalzouli pose a real threat down the left wing.
Prediction: Real Betis 1-1 Real Madrid.
As his team continues to push for Europe, Pellegrini get a relatively clean bill of health going into Friday’s encounter.
Backup left back Junior Firpo na the only known absentee, while fellow defenders Diego Llorente and Ángel Ortiz na doubts.
Full backs Aitor Ruibal and Valentín Gómez among those wey fit be rotated out after Tuesday’s 3-2 away win over Girona.
Real Betis predicted lineup vs Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Valles; Bellerín, Bartra, Natan, Rodríguez; Amrabat, Roca; Antony, Fornals, Ezzalzouli; Hernández.
With this match coming so close on the heels of the win over Alavés, rotation dey expected—especially in defense, with several issues to manage.
Militão reportedly out for the season after picking up a hamstring injury on Tuesday, while the full-backs fit be switched out for fresher options.
Disappointingly, Arda Güler also sustained an injury against Alavés, with the remainder of his campaign now in doubt.
Thibaut Courtois, Rodrygo and Raúl Ascenio na Madrid’s other absentees.
Real Madrid predicted lineup vs. Real Betis (4-4-2): Lunin; Carvajal, Rüdiger, Huijsen, Gracía; Valverde, Bellingham, Tchouameni, Díaz; Mbappé, Vinícius Jr.
But wait, Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni no dey travel go Sevilla with the rest of the team after experiencing some muscle fatigue on his calf during Thursday’s training session.
Camavinga go likely replace am for lineup, with Thiago Pitarch potentially playing for Arda Güler’s spot.
E definitely seem like Real Madrid’s coaching staff dey take a cautious approach with some of the injuries wey the players don suffer for recent days.
Los Blancos get little to play for, so risking a serious injury no make sense.
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