Real Madrid vs Espanyol Prediction: The home team will achieve a solid victory

The first match on Saturday in La Liga will be between Real Madrid and Espanyol. The Madrid team is the logical favorite, they still believe in catching up with Barcelona, and in order to do this, they need to win every match until the end of the championship.

After beating Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final, Real Madrid has played three official matches and hasn't won one. In the first semi-final of the Spanish Cup, they lost to Barcelona with a score of 0:1. In the country championship. Real Madrid played twice in a draw, with Atletico Madrid on its field and Betis on the road. At the start of the 25th round, Real Madrid is in second place, 9 points behind Barcelona. The Madrid side has the second-best home statistics in the division with a +7=4-0, 23:8 goal difference.

After two crucial victories over Elche and Mallorca, Espanyol lost away to Valladolid 1:2 in the last round of La Liga. The current situation in the standings is that Espanyol occupies a comfortable, visually 13th place but is only two points ahead of the team from the relegation zone, Almeria. The Catalans' away statistics are 9th in the division, +3=5-4, 14:16 goal difference.

Karim Benzema won't play for Real Madrid, which is a disadvantage for betting on the champion's high performance. However, Espanyol is a convenient opponent for them. The match will be held in Madrid; besides, the Kings had a whole week to rest and prepare for this meeting. We believe that Madrid will have no problems on Saturday. They will achieve a confident home victory, which will help the hosts get temporarily closer to the Catalans in the championship standings.

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