Tomorrow, Real host Eibar in the 3rd of the 10
finals in La Liga, as they go into the match while missing Sami Khedira, Fabio Coentrao, and Gareth Bale due to injury, and Toni Kroos and James Rodriguez due to suspension. However, these absences are very unlikely to cause problems to Real as they will face a side that was, until the most recent round, on a 11-match winless run in La Liga. Eibar currently sit at 14th place with 8 wins, 7 draws, and 15 losses. They have scored 28 while conceding 40 goals so far this season, which means that Cristiano Ronaldo alone has scored 9 goals more than their entire squad. Eibar have also manage to scored just
4 goals in their last 11 matches in all competitions, which perhaps is reassuring to Keylor Navas who will be guarding Real's goal tomorrow. Compare that with Real Madrid's tally of 11 goals in their last 2 matches, and you can already witness the huge gulf in talent and quality between these two sides. And we have not even gotten to the aspect that Eibar will be travelling to the Bernabeu, and as their away record this season shows, an upset is
highly unlikely to occur.
One more notable thing is the fact that Real Madrid will play before Sevilla host Barca, therefore there is more chance of pressure being piled on the leaders for arguably their toughest remaining match in La Liga this season. A win by Ancelotti's men tomorrow will set up the stage nicely for a shift in momentum as Barcelona host Valencia in the next round, so as you can see Real
need to capitalise on these relatively simple matches to have even the slightest chance of making a late comeback in La Liga.
Real Madrid Stats
- Real Madrid have scored more league goals than all of the teams in the Top 5 Leagues this season (89).
- Cristiano Ronaldo is just 2 goals away from equaling Di Stefano as the 2nd top scorer in La Liga in Real Madrid's history.
- Real Madrid have scored 17 goals in their last 5 matches in all competitions.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals in La Liga this season (37) than Eibar's entire squad has managed in all competitions in 2014/15 (29).
- Real Madrid have won 11 of their last 12 home matches in La Liga (with 1 draw).
- Real Madrid have scored 2+ goals in 12 of their 14 home matches in La Liga this season.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is just a hatrick away from reaching 40 Liga goals this season.
- Cristiano Ronaldo is just a brace away from reaching 50 goals in all competitions this season.
- Real Madrid have lost just one of their last 18 home matches in all competitions this season.
- Real Madrid have conceded just 4 goals in their last 8 home Liga matches.
- Real Madrid won the reverse fixture 0-4 in November.
- The "BBC" is just 3 goals away from reaching their 90th goal in all competitions this season.
- The aggregate score for Real Madrid's last 10 matches in all competitions is 24-9.
- Real Madrid have scored 2+ goals in 22 of their last 27 Liga matches.
- Real Madrid are just one goal away from reaching 90 goals in La Liga this season.
- Real Madrid have failed to score in just 4 of their last 134 home Liga matches.
- Real Madrid have scored in each of their last 48 home matches in all competitions.
- Real Madrid have lost just 4 of their last 93 home matches in all competitions.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored in each of his last 3 La Liga matches (total of 7 goals).
- Real Madrid average 3.24 goals per home match in all competitions this season.
- Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more goals in his last 2 matches (6) than Eibar have managed in their last 12 matches (5).
Eibar Stats
- Eibar have won just one of their last 12 matches in La Liga.
- Eibar have failed to score in 6 of their last 9 matches in all competitions.
- Eibar are currently on a 6-match winless streak away from home in La Liga (4 losses and 2 draws).
- Eibar have scored just 3 goals in their last 8 away matches in all competitions.
- Eibar have scored just 4 goals in their last 11 matches in all competitions.
- Eibar have kept just 3 clean sheets in their last 12 away Liga matches.
- Eibar have won just one of their last 9 away matches in all competitions.
- Eibar have scored more than one goal in just 3 of their 16 away matches in all competitions this season.
- Eibar have kept just 3 clean sheets in their last 19 matches in all competitions this season.
- Only 4 Liga teams have scored less away goals than Eibar this season (12).
