All out for the sixth straight win

Barley three days after the thumping win towards Mallorca, Actual Madrid are again in motion on the Santiago Bernabéu to host Villarreal on matchday seven of LaLiga (Saturday, 9 pm CET). Carlo Ancelotti’s males might be vying to say one other victory which might lengthen the staff’s unbeaten run and hold them on the high of the league standings. A win would even be the facet’s sixth consecutive triumph after overcoming Betis, Celta, Inter Milan, Valencia and Mallorca.

 

The staff’s offensive onslaught of their final outing is strictly the kind of soccer followers wish to see at Actual Madrid, because the facet averages 3.5 objectives per league match. Karim Benzema has been instrumental within the Whites’ latest kind. The Frenchman isn’t solely the league’s high objective scorer (eight) and help supplier (5), however the striker additionally reached the unimaginable milestone of 200 goals in LaLiga, as he continues to etch his identify within the historical past books.

“We’re up towards a facet with nice high quality and expertise and we’ll should be at our greatest to win. It’s a very essential recreation”, mentioned Ancelotti within the press conference forward of the conflict. Marco Asensio opened his scoring account within the league this season along with his first hat-trick for Actual Madrid and he varieties a part of the Italian coach’s squad for what might be a tricky check for the hosts.

 

Either side unbeaten

Villarreal started the marketing campaign with a collection of attracts towards Granada, Espanyol, Atlético and Mallorca, earlier than selecting up their first win through the week after they convincingly beat Elche (4-1). Unai Emery’s facet sit mid-table on seven factors and are one among 5 groups that stay unbeaten within the league competitors, together with Actual Madrid. The guests will look to Manu Trigueros and Danjuma to spearhead their assault, as each gamers have scored two objectives every.