La Liga returns this Sunday with Real Madrid travelling to the Coliseum Alfonso Perez to face Getafe.
Venue: Coliseum Alfonso Perez
Key Statistics – Getafe vs Real Madrid
Getafe are unbeaten in their last four home games in the league (W3, D1).
They have kept three consecutive clean sheets in their last three home games.
The hosts have failed to score in two of their last five games.
Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last 15 games (W13, D2).
They have kept five clean sheets from their last six games in all competitions.
The visitors have failed to score only once in their last eleven matches.
Head to head
Real Madrid are unbeaten against Getafe in their last 14 competitive meetings, winning 13 and drawing just two.
Latest Performances in all competitions
Getafe: W-L-D-D-W
Real Madrid: W-D-W-W-W
Getafe
After two weeks’ break, Getafe return to La Liga action this Sunday when they host cross-city rivals Real Madrid.
The hosts began this campaign without winning their opening 11 league outings. But they have since turned a corner in their bid to avoid relegation, losing just one of their last eight league outings (W3, D4).
They come into this tie in 16th place, level on points with Alaves in 18th, but with a superior goal difference. This means that they can drop back into the relegation zone if they drop points in this game. They will be desperate to avoid defeat and want to begin the year sitting outside the relegation zone.
However, their record against Madrid is poor as they have suffered defeat in 23 of their previous 32 La Liga H2Hs (W5, D4). The last time they beat Madrid was in August 2012.
They have also won none of their last eight top-flight match-ups with teams from the Spanish capital (D2, L6) – failing to score in seven – whilst their return of just 12 LL goals this season is comfortably the worst in the competition.
They have a gigantic task ahead of them but will fancy their chances of causing an upset against the league leaders.
Possible Getafe starting line-ups
David Soria; Damian Suarez, Djene, Stefan Mitrovic, Jakub Jankto; Olivera Mathias, Carles Alena, Nemanja Maksimovic’ Mauro Arambarri; Sandro Ramirez, Enes Unal.
Injured: Jorge Cuenca
Doubtful: Chema, Jose Juan Macias, Sabit Abdulai
Suspended: None
Real Madrid
Real Madrid will look to continue their grip of the top of the La Liga table when they travel across town to face Getafe.
The La Liga leaders beat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in their last game of 2021. The win extended their lead at the top to eight points and was also their ninth league win in the last eleven.
Carlo Ancelloti’s men are scoring goals for fun in marching towards their 35th Spanish top-flight title. They have scored 41 goals in La Liga this season while averaging 2.3 goals per away outing.
Overall, they have taken an average of 2.50 points per away La Liga fixture in this campaign, thanks to eight wins (D1, L1) in the league so far.
They will fancy their chances of continuing that run in this fixture.
Possible Real Madrid starting line-ups
Thibaut Courtois; Nacho, Eder Militao, Nacho, Ferland Mendy; Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Eduardo Camavinga; Rodrygo, Eden Hazard, Karim Benzema.
Injured: Luka Jovic, David Alaba, Vinicius Junior, Sergio Arribas
Doubtful: Dani Ceballos, Daniel Carvajal
Suspended: None
Prediction
Getafe 0-4 Real Madrid
