Real Madrid will look to remain on the coat-tails of Barcelona when they play host to Celta Vigo in La Liga on Sunday afternoon.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side remain four points behind their arch-rivals after grinding out a 1-0 win at Getafe last midweek, in a game where our man Mark delivered a couple of winners.
That being said, Los Blancos could find themselves seven points off the pace by the time they take to the field this weekend given that Barcelona are in action on Saturday night.
Real Madrid will also be looking to lift themselves up off the canvas after last week’s agonising 3-2 Copa del Rey final defeat to Barcelona.
Celta Vigo, on the other hand, boosted their hopes of securing European football next season with an impressive 3-0 win over Villarreal last Wednesday night.
That victory was just the tonic for Claudio Giraldez’s team following a pair of defeats at the hands of Espanyol and Barcelona respectively.
How the bookies view it: Light work of Los Blancos
Real Madrid are red-hot 1/3 favourites on Boylesports to record what would be a fourth La Liga win in succession.
Celta Vigo are as big as 5/1 on Boylesports to emerge from the Santiago Bernabeu victorious, while an all-square affair in the capital is also considered unlikely at 4/1 with the same oddsmaker.
Head to head: Real rule the roost
Real Madrid have held the Indian sign over Celta Vigo in recent years, triumphing in each of the last nine meetings between the pair, including a 2-1 success in this season’s reverse fixture. Another Real Madrid win alongside under 4.5 goals could be worth backing on Sunday afternoon at 10/11 on Boylesports.
Players to watch: Mbappe to make his mark?
Kylian Mbappe has fired Real Madrid to victory in three of the last four La Liga matches that he has started, making the same combination on Sunday afternoon an attractive Bet Builder option at 4/5 on Bet 365.
Borja Iglesias has scored four times across his last two La Liga outings, so he could be worth a look for an anytime strike on Sunday at 11/4 on Boylesports.
Predicted line-ups
Injury issues are really starting to mount up for Real Madrid, with Ferland Mendy the latest player to check into the treatment room after suffering a season-ending injury during last week’s Copa del Rey final defeat at Barcelona.
Celta Vigo boss Giraldez will again be unable to call upon the services of injured duo Carl Starfelt and Jones El-Abdellaoui.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Vazquez, Asencio, Tchouameni, F Garcia; Valverde, Ceballos, Modric; Bellingham; Vinicius, Mbappe
Celta Vigo: Vicente Guaita; Lago, Carlos Dominguez, Marcos Alonso; Hugo Alvarez, Damian Rodriguez, Fran Beltran, Oscar Mingueza; Fer Lopez, Borja Iglesias, Alfon
Anything else catch the eye?
Look to Marcos Alonso to commit two or more fouls on Sunday afternoon at 6/4 with Bet365.
The Celta Vigo defender committed two fouls during the Sky Blues’ most recent away game at Barcelona.
It’s also worth noting that Alonso was guilty of three separate fouls in this season’s reverse fixture.
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