Real Madrid vs. Hercules CF - Spanish La Liga Preview
Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid will take on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Esteban-c12907 Vigo’s Hercules CF at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Spanish League on Saturday, March 12. The Los Blancos are the only La Liga side to have a 100% home record and they have won all
the 13 matches played at home. The reverse fixture played at the Jose http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629 scoring a brace.
Real Madrid
Madrid have had a good season under Jose Mourinho and are currently second on the La Liga table with 67 points, seven points behind leaders Barcelona. The hosts will be looking to secure all three points to put pressure on Barcelona,
who play a difficult away game against Sevilla on Sunday.
The club is in the knock-out stages of the UEFA Champions League and has already reached the final of the Copa del Rey to be played next month against rivals Barcelona.
The Los Blancos have won three of the last five matches played in all competitions and scored 13 goals in the process.
Hercules CF
The Valencia club started the season brightly after being promoted to the Spanish La Liga. The Herculanos defeated Barcelona 2-0 in a historic win at the Camp Nou in only their second match in the League. But the performances have
been poor in the second half of the season and Hercules FC are in the relegation zone.
The club sit 17th in the League table with 26 points and five wins out of the total 27 played. Hercules has lost 15 games already this season and have conceded a staggering 41 goals so far.
Team News
Real Madrid
The Madrid giants will be without top goal scorer Cristiano Ronaldo who is out with injury whereas Kaka and Gonzalo Higuain are also absent for the Los Blancos. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526 is expected to start as the lone striker with Mesut
Ozil playing just behind him. Angel Di Maria and Karim Benzema will provide support from the wings.
Hercules CF
The away side will be without three of their most important players namely http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royston-Drenthe-c31824 and Francisco Pena.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 club.
Players to watch
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350
The Frenchman started the season slowly but has been sensational in recent matches for the Madrid giants. Benzema has scored 17 goals this season and will be Madrid’s main threat with Ronaldo not in action.
Nelson Valdez
The Paraguayan returns from injury and will be the away club’s hope as they miss out on key players with injury. The striker has scored seven goals for Hercules this season and will be hoping to put in a good performance.
Prediction
Real Madrid are without Ronaldo but they still have great players like Benzema, Mesut Ozil and Angel Di Maria in their ranks. Hercules CF has only won once when they travel and a win is highly unlikely for them. Madrid are expected
to thrash their opponents in the match 4-0.
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