Valencia vs. Real Madrid 9/19/21 LaLiga Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Valencia is hosting Real Madrid at Mestalla in a derby match of round 5 of the Spanish LaLiga. Valencia has had their best start of the season in years, and they are still undefeated in their first 4 games. Real Madrid has also had a fantastic start to the season, and they have also won their Champions League game midweek.

Valencia is playing great, on both ends, and they have scored 9 goals while conceding only 2 goals in 4 games. With 10 points, Valencia is now in 3^rd place. In their latest game, Valencia was facing Osasuna on the road, and they have had 43% of ball possession in that game, 4 shots on goal, 1 big chance, created 4 corner kicks, and only 68% of the correct passes. Despite being a slightly weaker team in this game, Valencia was incredibly effective, and after they conceded a goal in the 8^th minute, they have scored 4 unanswered goals. Valencia has won this game 1-4. Soler has scored 3 goals and added 2 assists for Valencia so far, while Guedes has added 2 goals. Piccini and Cheryshev are both injured, while Blanco and Duro are still questionable. I wasn’t expecting this from Valencia, to be honest, but I am glad for this great Spanish team to finally show some signs of life.

Despite having a ton of injuries and losing almost their entire defense, Real Madrid hasn’t lost any of their last 5 games, and their offense has been on fire. Earlier this week in the Champions League, Real Madrid was playing against Inter, and it was a tough game for them. Inter was dominant in the first half, but Real Madrid took over the reins in the second half, and they have won this game with a goal in the 89^th minute. As far as LaLiga goes, Real Madrid is now in 2^nd place with 10 points, 13 scored goals, and 6 conceded goals, and they are still undefeated. As per usual, Benzema is the leading goalscorer for Real with 5 goals and 4 assists, while Vinicius added 4 goals. The injury list is still long for Real, and Ceballos, Mendy, Kroos, Bale, and Marcelo are all on it. The next few games will be on the easier side for Real Madrid, and their next Champions League game should be too hard if I’m being honest, but they better keep their guard up.

Both teams are in great form, and Valencia hasn’t lost any of their last 3 home games against Real Madrid. I think this will be an interesting game, and honestly, it could go either way, but I will stick to the draw because Real Madrid has had a game earlier this week and they could be a bit tired.