Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich - Match Preview - UCL Quarters - 1st Leg

18:14

Player to watch: 

Robert Lewandowski. The Polish international is a doubt for the big game against Real Madrid, but if he is cleared for the match. Lewandowski can cause big problems to the Real Madrid defence.


Best Stat:

 5-0. Three years ago, Real Madrid pounded Bayern Munich 5-0 on aggregate. Beating them 4-0 at Munich. Later Real won their, La Decima that year.
It's a big game for:

 Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese megastar has not scored for a very long time (more than 500 minutes) in the UCL and is leading Lionel Messi by 95-94 for the race to the century. It would be interesting to see that if Ronaldo scores or not, because Messi didn't scored against Juve.



Form guide:

 Real Madrid. DWWWW.
Bayern Munich. WLWWW.
Match odds:

 Real Madrid win. 10/3
Bayern Munich win. 17/20
Draw. 29/10                                                                             via oddschecker.com 

Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid - Match Report - La Liga

12:02

Griezmann's late strike helps Atletico Madrid to dent Real's title hopes.

 Zidane's Real were given a setback by Antoine Griezmann's late goal at the Bernabeu to hold to World Champions on a 1-1 draw.

 Real started the game on a positive note and Ronaldo and Benzema collaborating for a one-two before Benzema shot a powerful drive but was saved sharply by Oblak.

 Stefan Savic denied Cristiano Ronaldo's certain goal miraculously with a wonderful and possibly the greatest goal-line clearance. 

 Antoine Griezmann took off as a one-man counterattack and pulled the trigger from the edge of the box, but Keylor Navas was on his toes to produce a full stretched save to his left- bottom corner.

 Pepe finally broke the deadlock from a Toni Kroos free-kick, leaping over everyone and finishing with his head giving no chance to Jan Oblak. Goal. 1-0. Real Madrid(Pepe).

 Keylor Navas again produced a wonderful save to deny Atletico from scoring. Minutes later Navas again produced a sensational save from a Griezmann's bicycle kick, but was later flagged offside. 

 5 minutes before time Antoine brought back Atleti in the game with a perfect finish and dented Real's title hopes. Goal. 1-1. At. Madrid(Griezmann).

 Real would have been topped off the table if Barcelona won against Malaga but the defending champions were caught off guard by Malaga and lost 2-0.

Alaves

Real Madrid vs Alaves - Match Report - La Liga

20:17

Real Madrid beat Alaves to stretch their lead at the top.

Real Madrid go five points clear at the top by beating Alaves 3-0 with goals from Benzema, Isco and Nacho. 

Madrid had to wait for 30 minutes to break the deadlock, but before that, they had only 1 shot on target and 4 off target. And a burst of speed by Carvajal before crossing in to Benzema who finished from 6-yard out and completed his set of scoring against every La Liga team. 1-0. Goal. Real Madrid(Benzema).

Real Madrid made an amazing passing move which included Ronaldo, Danilo and Bale. The latter then finished wide of the post. 

Ronaldo was picked up by Benzema but the Portuguese was flagged offside after he finished the ball off.

Alaves could've equalised in the 60th minute but Deyverson failed to get a touch on the ball. 

Madrid scored again by Isco who was picked up by Cristiano Ronaldo in the box and Isco finished it sweetly over the keeper at his near post. 2-0. Goal. Real Madrid(Isco).

Just 4 minutes later Real Madrid scored again. Gareth Bale took a free-kick from about 25 yards out which was saved by the keeper and struck the crossbar, but Nacho was alert as he headed it in the back of the net to complete the victory. 3-0. Goal. Real Madrid(Nacho).




Athletic Bilbao

Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao - Match Preview

15:50

It's a big game for:

 Keylor Navas. The Costa Rican goalkeeper was heavily criticised after he conceded a poor goal against Real Betis on Monday, but his save in the dying minutes helped Real to win again Betis. It would be interesting to see how he performs against Athletic Bilbao.



Best stat:

 24. Real have won 24 matches out of the 31 played between these two clubs. Losing 5 and drawing 2. They have won the last 3 games played against Athletic Bilbao.
Player to watch:

 Aritz Aduriz. The Spanish player is currently the highest goal scorer for Bilbao this season, scoring 15 in all competitions out of which 7 are from La Liga. He could cause problems for the Real Madrid defense. 


Form guide:  

 Real Madrid. WWWDW
Athletic Bilbao. WWLWL
Odds:

 Real Madrid win. 4/6
Athletic Bilbao win. 4
Draw. 3

Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona - Match Preview - La Liga

18:36

A look ahead to the La Liga clash at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.

 It's a big game for:  

 Luis Enrique. He may not be an on field player but the manager of the Catalans is under fire due to his previous results with the club, losing to PSG 4-0 and edging out Leganes 2-1.




Best stat:

 26. The Barcelona forward will get a chance to add his impressive tally of 26 goals against Atletico Madrid and could move ahead of Real Madrid for the first time since months.
Player to watch:

 Arda Turan. The Turkish international has missed the last two weeks due to a hamstring injury but will return to the Barcelona squad and could be useful in the midfield.

Form guide:

 Atletico Madrid. WWWDW
FC Barcelona. WLWDW
Odds:

 Atletico win. 2/1
Barcelona win. 23/17
Draw. 5/2

EPL Fixtures

EPL Fixtures - Week 26

20:20

Saturday, 25 February
Crystal Palace
8:30 PM
Middlesbrough
Hull City
8:30 PM
Burnley FC
Everton
8:30 PM
Sunderland
Southampton
Postponed
Arsenal
West Brom
8:30 PM
Bournemouth
Chelsea
8:30 PM
Swansea City
Watford
11:00 PM
West Ham
Sunday, 26 February
Tottenham
7:00 PM
Stoke City
Man. City
Postponed
Man United
Tuesday, 28 February
Leicester City
1:30 AM
Liverpool
All times are in India Standard Time



Crystal Palace has this one in the bag.
Hull and Burnley, no one can tell.
Everton, will win easily.
Arsenal and Southampton postponed.
Chelsea will win against Swansea.
Leicester will lose against Liverpool, following the sacking of their manager, Claudio Raneiri.
Tottenham will have a tough match against Stoke.
Manchester derby postponed.
West Ham are the favorites against Watford. 





Daily Futbal

Real Madrid vs Valencia - Match Report - La Liga

15:31

Real Madrid shocked by Valencia as the European Champions lose 2-1.

 Early goals from Simone Zaza and Fabian Orellana helped Valencia to shock Real Madrid at the Mestalla.

 Valencia scored in the 4th minute when Diego Alves played a ball to Simone Zaza who took a half-turned and shot a volley past Keylor Navas on his far post and gave Valencia the lead. 1-0. Goal. Valencia.

 Valencia scored again after 5 minutes when Nani played a through ball to Fabio Orellana who finished it past Keylor Navas, but Navas could've saved that. 2-0. Goal. Valencia.

 Cristiano Ronaldo had a shot skidded past the post but it eventually found James Rodriguez whose shot was blocked by Munir on the goal line.

 Keylor Navas saved a free kick in the 31st minute which was going into the top corner of the net.
Cristiano Ronaldo got one back for Real just before the half-time when Marcelo cross in and Ronaldo jumped the highest and scored with his head. 2-1. Goal. Real Madrid.

 Varane, who was not having a great match, nearly gave Valencia another goal when he fumbled the ball in his feet and Zaza picked it up, before Navas came out of his line and saved Real.

 Karim Benzema was denied by Diego Alves when the Frenchman picked up a Toni Kroos free kick in the 68th minute, but it was ruled as a foul.

P.S. No match facts this time. Stay tuned till next week for more Real Madrid updates. Check out the match preview on 25th February; Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona. 

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