Real Madrid vs Elche
Watching Tips:
Competition time: January 23, 23:15
Chinese Commentary: Wu Tong, Ke Han
Pre-Match Trend:
In the 22nd round of La Liga, Real Madrid will sit at home against Elche. This is the second meeting between the two sides in three days, and in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals two days ago, the Galacticos struggled to eliminate Elche with Hazard's killer and made a thrilling advance to the quarterfinals.
Looking at the two teams' record of meetings in La Liga, Real Madrid have won 10 wins and 1 draw in their last 11 matches against Elche, and the last time they lost to Elche was in March 1978.
In addition, the Galacticos have gone unbeaten in 20 la Liga games this season, at the top of the table and four points ahead of second-placed Sevilla, such a strong performance is enough to prove that they are the most powerful contenders for the title, the current Real Madrid squad is relatively neat, and winning Elche to sit at the top of the table is their only goal. And the 34-year-old forward Benzema in the team is the older and more demon, he can be said to be an indispensable member of the team's front line this season, 17 goals, 7 assists data are the first in the team.
Elche showed a tenacious willpower in the Copa del Rey two days ago, and the two sides fought for 120 minutes before they could decide the winner. After 21 rounds of league battles, they achieved a record of 5 wins, 7 draws and 9 losses, and ranked 15th with 22 points, 5 points higher than the relegation zone.
According to statistics, Elche coach Francisco has kept clean sheets in 4 meetings with Real Madrid in La Liga, and according to statistics, Real Madrid is the opponent who has lost the most games in La Liga in his coaching career. Francisco had previously led Almeria and Huesca to face Real Madrid four times in La Liga, losing all of them, leading Almeria and Huesca twice each.
Injury Update:
Real Madrid have hosted three games in the Western Super League, Copa del Rey and league this week, and three games a week have also put pressure on Ancelotti in the choice of personnel. Carvajal was previously infected with the coronavirus and is still in quarantine. Asensio and Vallejo have just recovered and are still training alone and have not been named to the squad. Striker Mariano suffers an injury to the sciatic bone and is not expected to return until February. The top goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, has already practiced with the team and can return in this game.
For Elche, loan-out goalkeeper Casilla and defender Bergas are sidelined due to injury.
Predicted launch:
Real Madrid (4-3-3): Courtois/F-Mendi, Alaba, Militão, Vazquez/Tony Kroos, Modric, Casemiro/Vinicius, Benzema, Hazard
Valencia (4-4-2): Axel Werner/H-Palacios, Gonzalo Berdu, Diego Gonzalez, Mochica/Fernandez, Raul Guti, Gumbau, Fidel/Morente, Carrillo
Alaves vs Barcelona
Competition time: January 24 (Monday) 04:00
Chinese Commentary: Yu Xinmiao, Gong Lei
Barcelona have just experienced a disappointing week, they have been in the Western Super League semi-final and Copa del Rey 1/8 finals, in just a few days on two road to the championship helplessly out, which is undoubtedly a big blow to the team; and the two extra-time battles are also a lot of consumption for the team.
In the league, Barca continued to struggle to win the top four with Luc De Jong's goal 1-1 draw with Granada in the last round of matches, but due to Atletico, Real Society and Rayo Vallecano also dropped their chains in recent league games, Barca are currently only one point away from the fourth place in the league. In the past 5 league games, Barca have always maintained an embarrassing state of one win and one draw, scoring 8 goals and conceding 6 goals, and there are no small problems at both ends of the attack and defense.
For Alaves, the team have suffered a nine-game winless run in the league. Although the new coach Mendiliba, who took office at the end of last year, failed to bring a victory to the team, he led the team to get 2 points from the two major teams of Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao, but these 2 points were not enough to get Alaves out of the relegation zone, and at present, Alaves, who has played more games, is still 3 points away from the safe zone.
Barca have suffered injuries in 22 players this season, but Xavi's employment problems have improved slightly in recent times. In the past two cup games, Barca have welcomed the return of Pedri and Bryce witt, and Ferran Torres and Alves, who came to the team in the winter window, have also solved the team's employment problem to some extent; however, Fati, who has just returned from injury, has another muscle injury and may be reimbursed for surgery again; Dembele has been excluded from the list by Harvey due to contract problems; Umtiti accidentally fractured in training after a salary cut and renewal. In addition, Depay's muscle fatigue was doubtful, and Garcia had to rest for several weeks due to a muscle injury.
On Alaves, the team's main midfielder Ndiaye is calling for the African Cup of Nations with Perey Ponce sidelined due to injury, while right-back Simo Navarro is still recuperating from injury.
Alaves (4-4-2): Fernando Pacheco/Xavi Lopez, Le genna, LaGuardia, Martin AguirreJavilia/Rioja, Escalante, Tony Moya, Edgar Mendes/Joselu, de la Fuente
Barcelona (4-3-3): Ter Stegen/Alba, Pique, Araujo, Alves/Pedri, Busquets, Franchis De Jong/Ferran Torres, Luc De Jong, Abde