Real Madrid host Valencia in La Liga on January 8. The kick-off is at 21:00 CET.
Team news
Real Madrid
Carlo Ancelotti has already picked his 21 players for the game against Los Che. Luka Jovic is out with COVID-19 while Gareth Bale, Luka Modric, Mariano and Dani Carvajal are out due to fitness issues.
Valencia
The visitors are left without the services of Hugo Duro (suspended) as well as Gabriel Paulista, Dimitri Foulquier and Toni Lato (all injured).
Probable line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Courtois - Vazquez, Militao, Alaba, Mendy - Casemiro, Valverde, Kroos - Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius Jr.
Valencia XI: Cillessen - Correia, Diakhaby, Alderete, Gaya - Soler, Guillamon, Wass, Cheryshev - Guedes, Gomez. (h/t SportsMole)
Score prediction
SportsMole: Real Madrid 1-0 Valencia
"Valencia are more than capable of picking up a positive result at Bernabeu, and we are expecting this to be a very close match in the Spanish capital this weekend.
"Real Madrid will be desperate to return to winning ways following their loss at Getafe, though, and we are backing a 1-0 home success in this match."
WhoScored: Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia
"They (Valencia) are still within two points of the top six despite that defeat (vs Espanyol), but they are likely to fall to another loss here as Real Madrid look to get back to winning ways."
