About Match
8 points and 17 places separate them: Valencia 20th with 1, Real Madrid 3rd with 9. Per game in the league, Valencia score 0.25 and conceding 2.25, Real Madrid 2.5 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game. Victory would move Valencia to 4 points and up to 12th, with other results unchanged.
Three consecutive defeats weigh on Valencia. The five-game form split reads 1/15 points for Valencia against 12/15 for Real Madrid.
The head-to-head ledger counts 36 games: 6 Valencia wins, 21 for Real Madrid, 9 draws, at 3.44 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 67% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 67%.
Estadio de Mestalla in Valencia stages the fixture, a ground that holds 49,430.