La Liga: Real Madrid vs Espanyol
At 22:15 Beijing time on April 30, 2022, the 34th round of La Liga, the "leader" Real Madrid will face Espanyol at home. Real Madrid have been outstanding this season, after 33 rounds of matches at the end of the league, the Galaxy have achieved 24 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, becoming the league leader with 78 points, and although the team has not yet won the title early, it only needs one point to complete the task of winning the title with 5 rounds left in La Liga. And this morning Sevilla was forced to draw 1-1 by Cadiz, which is good news for the Galaxy, after all, it is closer to the league title. In the Champions League, due to the 3-4 defeat to Manchester City in the first leg of the semi-finals, losing the opportunity to advance, the second leg of the game 4 days later will determine the galaxy's path to the Champions League this season. Or advance to the finals? As a result, Real Madrid's strategic vision may have no intention of the league, and next week's Champions League semi-final is the team's strategic focus.
Real Madrid's recent Champions League road has been bumpy, but the results at the league end are good, winning all four consecutive league games and grabbing 12 points. However, it is worth noting that Real Madrid has had many problems on the defensive end recently, and has conceded goals in 4 consecutive games, and from the current lineup of the back line, several main players such as Alaba, Militão and Nacho are likely to be absent from this game. In addition, in order to prepare for next week's Champions League second leg, coach Carlo Ancelotti will most likely hide some of the main forces.
Espanyol returned to La Liga this season, the overall performance of the team is still remarkable, after 33 rounds of league, achieved 10 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses, ranking 13th in the league with 39 points, as of now, higher than the relegation zone has been as much as 9 points, although the team has not been able to go ashore in advance, but according to the relegation situation in la Liga in recent seasons, espanyol's current points have exceeded the safety line of previous performances, which shows that the problem of promotion and relegation is not big.
The Spaniard's recent state is not ideal, suffering 2 consecutive defeats, and has been fallen at the feet of Atletico and promoted Brothers Vallecano, in fact, this is not to blame, after all, in the strength is not as good as people, failure is inevitable. The number of recent appearances of Wu Lei, which has attracted everyone's attention, is increasing, and even scored goals, but unfortunately, Wu Lei still cannot enter the starting lineup and still appears as a substitute. It is also worth noting that Espanyol's away results are very bad, with 1 win, 5 draws and 10 defeats in 16 league games away, and its away position is 3rd from the bottom of the league.
In terms of past meetings between the two teams, Real Madrid have won 8 wins and 2 losses in the last 10 matches against Espanyol, and the advantage of the past is very obvious, but in the first leg of this season, they lost 1-2 to Espanyol. In terms of recent situations, due to the obvious advantages of the league, the team's strategic focus is completely on the Champions League, and the intention of this game is debatable; while the Spaniard has not landed in advance, but there is no excessive relegation pressure, and its away performance is indeed unbearable. Judging from the current attitude of all parties, the support given to Real Madrid is still very cautious, combined with the current situation of both sides, this battle should still beware of Real Madrid being upset.