MATCH PREVIEW: REAL MADRID 2-0 GETAFE (SPAIN: LaLiga) FREE BETTING PICKS FOR TODAY, AUGUST 19
League: SPAIN: LaLiga – Round 1
Match: 21:15 Real Madrid – Getafe
Prediction: Over 2.5 Goals
Average odds: 1.50
Bookmaker: Bwin
Result: 2:0 LOST
MATCH PREVIEW
| The first derby of the 2018/19 La Liga (LL) season sees Getafe travel to 33-time winners Real Madrid for ex-Spain boss Julen Lopetegui’s competitive debut in the Bernabéu hot seat. |
| Madrid began life without legends Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo with a tough extra-time 4-2 loss to fierce rivals Atlético Madrid in the 43rd UEFA Super Cup last Wednesday. They will look to dust themselves down and kick-start their LL campaign on the right foot after finishing third last season, an embarrassing 17 points off champions Barca. |
| Manager Pepe Bordalás guided Getafe from the second division relegation zone back into the top-flight in 2017. Last term, Getafe came agonisingly close to grabbing a Europa League spot after picking up an impressive 55 points. Will Bordalás’ men keep rising to the top? |
| Los Blancos have lost only one of their 13 home LL meetings (W11, D1) to Getafe, who have conceded a whopping 30 goals in their last seven trips to the Bernabéu. |
| Players to watch: Ronaldo’s departure to Juventus has left a huge void at Madrid. Can Wales star Gareth Bale step it up as the Spanish giants’ main man and prove his critics wrong this season? |
| New Getafe forward Jaime Mata has high expectations on his shoulders. Mata was the leading scorer in the second division last season with 33 goals in 39 games for Valladolid. |
| Stat attack: H2H, these sides have never had a goalless draw (26 league meetings). |
| Getafe claimed five LL clean sheets away from home last season, conceding an average of 1.05 goals per game. |
| Madrid scored more goals at home (54) than any other side in LL last campaign. |
| Madrid remain unbeaten on the opening day of the LL season since 2008/09, when they suffered a 2-1 defeat away at Deportivo La Coruña. |
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