Real Madrid vs Valencia : Lineups
Real Madrid vs Valencia Lineups: When Real Madrid hosts relegation-threatened Valencia at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday night, they will be eager to go back to winning ways. Real Madrid and Valencia are set to face off in a rescheduled La Liga matchup after recently meeting in the Supercopa de Espana semifinalsThe defending champions of Spain and Europe are going through a rough patch despite having another good season.First and foremost, enduring rivals Barcelona overcame the Merengues in the Super Cup final.Later, they had trouble against Villarreal in the Copa del Rey, but they eventually prevailed 3-2 after overcoming a 2-0 deficit.Finally, they were held to a 0-0 draw by Real Sociedad in their most recent La Liga game, dropping them five points behind league leaders Barcelona.The Blaugrana must now be under pressure in order for Carlo Ancelotti's troops to attempt to bring them back.Valencia, on the other hand, has had a dismal season and enters this matchup only one point above the relegation zone.Los Che are in a total shambles as they get ready to play Real Madrid on Thursday after the Gennaro Gattuso era at Valencia came to a disappointing end this week after only seven months in charge.This is a favourable match for the hosts as they attempt to return to winning ways after their 1-0 loss to Real Valladolid on Sunday left them with just one point from their previous four league contests. However, Los Blancos will need to be more effective here after failing to score despite creating a tonne of chances against Sociedad last time out.
Real Madrid vs Valencia: confirmed lineups
Real Madrid starting lineup (4-3-3): Courtois; Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius Jr.; Nacho; Militao; Rudiger; Camavinga; Modric; Kroos; and Ceballos.
Valencia's starting lineup (4-3-3): includes Mamardashvili, Gabriel Foulquier, Gaya Diakhaby, Musah, Guillamon, Almeida, Castillejo, and Lino Cavani.
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