In a recent interview, Carlo Ancelotti said that the rumors about his transition to the position of head coach of the Brazilian national team are too exaggerated. After that, the mentor of the whites led the club to the fifth victory in the club world championship, where in the final the capital club pleased with success in a duel with Al Hilal (5:3). This success should give the reigning champions of Spain confidence in the race for “Barcelona”, which is ahead of the “creamy” already by 11 points, although it has one more match played. In addition, all three of Madrid’s defeats came in away games, so the home game has a chance to help Real Madrid get closer to the Catalans. In addition, Ancelotti was very disappointed with his defense in the last match against Al Hilal, so one of the tasks for the game will be a quality defense, of which there is no doubt. In addition, the clean sheet will extend the long undefeated history against Elche to 14 games in a row. Kroos, Lucas, Vinicius, Mendy, Hazard and Courtois, who has a leg injury, will not be able to enter the field.
Elche are no strangers to breaking long losing streaks after they finally found success in La Liga with a 3:1 win over fellow countrymen Villarreal. However, this is their first victory this season and there is a lot of work ahead that will help to avoid relegation, which no one believes. Moreover, the team is ten points behind the relegation zone. The main problem remains the away game, where the “white-greens” have not won since April last year, while they managed to get three draws in which they proved their ability to resist. The guests scored last in these duels. For the sake of truth, it is worth noting that the team achieved these three peaceful outcomes in duels with outsiders, while everything is very difficult with the leaders of the Valencians. After 20 rounds the “green-striped” has one victory and six peaceful outcomes, which corresponds to nine points and 20th position in the standings. Palacios, Milla, Mascarell, Collado, Chetauya and Alamo, who has a knee injury, will not be able to play. More today football predictions from the experts can be obtained from the link provided.
