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Real Madrid could close the gap to Barcelona, albeit potentially temporarily, to Barcelona should they manage to claim all three points away at Real Sociedad.
Los Blancos are currently four points adrift of Barca, who face Girona one day later on Sunday.
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The Basque side haven’t been great in the opening games as they’ve won one, drawn one and lost two.
They started the campaign with a 2-1 home loss against Rayo Vallecano and then followed that with a 1-0 away win at Espanyol.
In their last two, they lost 2-1 against Alaves then drew 0-0 against Getafe.
Influential forward Mikel Oyarzabal, who scored the Euros-winning goal for Spain in the summer, is out with an ankle strain and is expected back in November.
Arsen Zakharyan, Alvaro Odriozola and Aritz Elustondo are also doubtful.
Hamari Traore recently picked up a cruciate ligament tear so he will be out for months.
Here’s how Real Sociedad lined up against Getafe.
Carlo Ancelotti’s Galacticos have had up and down fortunes to start the new campaign. They are unbeaten in four, but have only won two of those games against Real Valladolid and Real Betis. They drew their other two fixtures 1-1 against Mallorca and Las Palmas, respectively.
Crucially, Kylian Mbappe got off the mark in the league for his new club in the last game which was the 2-0 win versus Betis.
Unfortunately for Ancelotti, he has a number of first-team injuries to contend with.
David Alaba, Eduardo Camavinga and Dani Ceballos are all definitely out, while there remain concerns over the fitness of Aurelien Tchouameni, Ferland Mendy and Eder Militao.
Jude Bellingham hasn’t played for nearly a month due to a muscle injury suffered in training but he might be available in some capacity this weekend.
Here’s how Real Madrid lined up in the win against Betis.
Takefusa Kubo scored the solitary goal in Real Sociedad’s only win of the campaign so far, and over the international break, he scored one and assisted a further two as Japan demolished China…
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Author : [email protected] (Martin Macdonald)
Publish date : 2024-09-12 13:17:21
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