LOS BLANCOS

James Rodriguez, the Colombian superstar, a classic number 10 who can bang out those dribbles and the finesse in those long shots. A complete package with accuracy in passes, intelligent runs etc. 

As the woeful season continues, one name keeps coming up time and time again in matches. "Keylor Navas, the flying Costa Rican have beautifully saved Real Madrid again from being a goal down in this tie." Commentators have been obsessed with the swiftness and good reactions from the Costa Rican. His good run of form has saved our asses in multiple occasions so far now. The stats are really good for him this season as he has yet to concede a single goal in the champions league. He hasn't let a goal in for 540 minutes(6 matches) of game time with 13 total saves in the competition. Even in the Liga BBVA he has been in exceptional form. He has only conceded 23 goals in 26 games played with 9 clean sheets to his name so far. He has averaged 3 saves each game so far with 69 total saves in the league itself. Amazingly he has saved more form shots inside the box rather than outside the box.

With amazing stats like this, he is up there as one of our outstanding players this season. From that Manchester United controversy to the selling of Saint Iker, he hasn't let the madridistas down. His amazing performances and match saving saves have lighten up the world stage. Even though we are to buy DeGea this summer, I will be hoping that this amazing man between the sticks finds himself a good club or atleast stay and prove a point. HALA MADRID

It is of course a normal clash between 3rd in the league and 15th in the league. After winning the previous tie at home 3-1 against Las Palmas, we saw the royal whites 3 points clear of Barcelona having played a game more than them. Isco, Jese and Ronaldo were the scores in that tie but the previous stats may not matter now because the Canary Islands outfit have enjoyed good recent run of form. Having winning three of their league games in a row againt Eibar, Getafe and Villarreal(surprising) they are knocking at our door with some other intentions. They haven't won three league games in a row since 2000/2001 and the cherry on top for them is, they haven't conceded in these three games and also averaging two goals per game.

Let's be honest, by no means we are in a position to win the league and with the defensive problems we may have some problems in the champions league with the likes of Bayern, Barcelona, PSG etc.
We have won two of our last two league games with an average of 5 goals per game. With Ronaldo on fire and the midfield likes of Modric, Kroos and James, we should see this game to be relevant as the Celta game last weekend. The return of Bale in the team may be pivotal in putting this game off once and for all.

Every stat, every record goes away when you are away because the noisy away fans will do anything they possibly can to put the opposition off. So I suggest three things:

1. Should be a game similar to that of Celta Vigo. The dynamics of Las Palmas, the formation and the attacking sequence is similar to that of Celta.

2. We should play high pressing because we have been lacking that in our games from quite some time now. Kovacic and Casemiro provide us that but not the team as whole.

3. Be clinical. Our moves are great but we are not clinical enough this season. We need the likes of Ronaldo and Bale to truly step up and not hesitate to shoot from distance. Keylor will be fantastic which I am sure he will be.

PREDICTED SCORELINE:
Las Palmas 1-3 Real Madrid

PREDICTED LINEUP:

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CARVAJAL---VARANE---RAMOS--MARCELO
MODRIC---KROOS--ISCO
BALE----RONALDO--JAMES