Futbol Club Barcelona wants to turn Camp Nou into a party. The azulgrana team visits their stadium for the first time since they were League champions with the desire to celebrate the title with another victory.
For its part, Real Sociedad hopes to spoil the celebration for the current champions and get three points that will bring them a little closer to the goal of playing in the Champions League next year. The team from San Sebastian is fourth with 62 points, just two ahead of Villarreal.
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Reactions and curiosities of Valencia vs. Real Madrid of the 2022-2023 competition
Minute by minute
Minute 96. Red to Vinicius. After a brawl, De Burgos Bengoetxea decides to evict Vinicius.
Minute 93. Another one from Mamardashvili! Kroos’ free kick hit the post and the Georgian made a sensational save.
Minute 91. Saved by Mamardashvili! Benzema left it to Valverde, but the Georgian pulled out a spectacular hand.
Minute 90. 10 minutes discount.
Minute 86. Valverde and Carvajal come in for Tchouameni and Mendy.
Minute 83. Justin Kluivert’s goal disallowed for offside.
Minute 72. The game is stopped for several minutes because Vinicius complained that a fan had racially insulted him. De Burgos warned Bengoetxea so the public address system could ask them to stop the insults.
Minute 67. Rodrygo did it again! The ball fell inside the penalty area and the Brazilian finished everything except Mamardashvili touched it and bounced off for a corner kick. The referee who whistled the door didn’t see it.
Minute 63. Kroos and Modric come in ahead of Asensio and Ceballos.
Minute 57. Foulquier and Samuel Lino replace Cavani and Diego Lopez.
Minute 55. Rodrygo had it! Real Madrid’s first real danger move with a shot from the Brazilian that deflected Mamardashvili well.
Minute 53. Another one from Courtois! Rüdiger didn’t measure well, Kluivert grabbed the ball, set up Diego López who finished after dropping out but crashed into the Belgian wall.
Minute 47. Asensio had it! Real Madrid started with a different face. Lucas Vázquez assisted for Asensio who filled in with the ball and finished wide.
Minute 46. The second half begins! Rodrygo comes in for Camavinga.
Rest!
Minute 45. Double stop at Courtois! Javi Guerra tried, the Belgian saved, the rebound fell again and Courtois made a nice save to prevent the 2-0.
Minute 40. Vinicius had it! Good cross from Asensio and the Brazilian’s header did not see the goal.
Minute 33. Goal by Diego López! Long play from Valencia that ends with a low pass to the far post from Kluivert chasing Diego López to beat Courtois. Mal Mendy not following the game and Ché’s youth side beat him in action.
30 minutes. Benzema tried after an indirect free kick, but got a shot in the middle that Mamardashvili caught without a problem.
25 minutes. Real Madrid took the helm and put Valencia in their field, but Ancelotti’s side failed to create chances.
11 minutes. The game started quite open, with both teams looking for the opposite goal. A bit better Valencia so far.
Minute 2. Diego López is almost here! The center of Gayà and the youth squad did not arrive gradually. Cavani de Tchouaméni asked for a penalty kick, but it didn’t come.
Minute 1. The game begins!
6:15 pm | Before the game, the players are taken to the changing rooms to receive final instructions
6pm | The 22 protagonists are already warming up on the field
5:45 pm | The goalkeepers of both teams are already warming up on the green of Mestalla.
17:20 | Confirmed eleven from Valencia
4:40 pm | Confirmed eleven from Real Madrid
The previous GOAL from Valencia vs. Real Madrid of La Liga 2022-2023
- Valencia have lost their last four games against Real Madrid in LaLiga and only once have they lost five straight against the Whites in the 21st century league, in November 2011 with Unai Emery as coach.
- Real Madrid won 2-1 in LaLiga on their last visit to Valencia in September 2021, having won just one of their previous seven away games against Los Che in the competition (D2 L4), and the last time they have tied consecutive wins at Mestalla was in the highest category in December 2013 (5F).
- Real Madrid lost 2-1 to Villarreal on their last visit to a team from the Valencian Community in LaLiga in January 2023, having scored in each of their previous seven (3W 4E), and they have failed to lose two in a row in that community in the league since May 2009 (2D).
- Valencia have won three of their last five LaLiga games (D1 D1), as many wins as in their previous 21 top-flight games (W3 D5 D13).
- Real Madrid have lost seven of the 34 games they have played in LaLiga 2022/23 (22V 5E), their second-highest tally at this stage of the season in the league over the last 15 seasons (nine in 2018/19 – 20V 5E) .
- Since the beginning of March, Real Madrid has a 5.6% visitor hit-to-goal percentage in LaLiga, the fifth lowest for a team away from home in this period.
- José Gayá, from Valencia, is the defender who has created the most scoring opportunities in LaLiga this season (52).
- Marco Asensio, scorer of Real Madrid’s winning goal in the last league game against Getafe (1-0), was involved in 15 goals in 28 games in LaLiga 2022/23 (nine goals and six assists), his most recorded in the same campaign in the competition.
- Samuel Lino has scored a total of three goals in his last five encounters with Valencia in LaLiga, one more than in his previous 29 Premier League appearances.
- Rubén Baraja will take charge of his first game against Real Madrid in LaLiga – as a player he won his last game in Mestalla against the whites in the league, 3-0 in May 2009, a game in which he scored the third and final goal of his equipment.
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Alignments of Valencia vs. RealMadrid
Valencia (4-3-3): Mamardashvili; Thierry, Comert, Ozkacar, Gaya; Nico Gonzalez, Javi Guerra, Almeida; Kluivert, Diego Lopez and Cavani.
Real Sociedad (4-3-3): Courtois; Lucas Vázquez, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy, Tchouameni, Camavinga, Ceballos; Asensio, Vinicius and Benzema.
Source: Goal