Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad Prediction & Betting Tips (1 April)

Winner of this competition two years ago by beating Osasuna in the final, Real Madrid aims for an astonishing sexup this season with already two trophies won with the UEFA supercup in August and the intercontinental cup in December. This King's Cup is also an objective for Casa Blanca in the same way as the Champions League 1/4 final, Laliga 2nd behind FC Barcelona or the very first World Cup of FIFA clubs under its new version. It will be recalled that Real Madrid competed for 7 trophies at the start of the season but in January, he lost his crown in Spain Supercopa to the detriment of his eternal rival, FC Barcelona. Coming back to this king's cup, the Merengue won the first leg without Mbappé rest thanks in particular to the Golaso ​​d'Endrick. A short advantage that will most likely count this evening in Bernabéu. In the previous round, Real Madrid hardly released Leganes at Butarch 2-3 and had already struggled to defeat Celta Vigo in 1/8th finals 5-2 after extra time. Last weekend, Carlo Ancelotti's men welcomed Leganes but as part of the championship to follow. Real Sociedad won the 2019-20 edition of this King Cup by winning the Basque derby in the final with Athletic Bilbao.

This is also the only time that Sociedad has won this prestigious trophy in the 21st century. In the 1/4 final, the Basque team got rid of an ex-finalist in the Osasuna competition at home 2-0 and had already shown himself at home against the Rayo in 1/8th final victory 3-1. And yet, thinking of holding at least a draw during the first round at home, Real Sociedad has never managed to materialize its good sequences and will have to score twice to pass Real Madrid. In the championship, the dynamics are rather bad for the men of Alguacil who went to the truce on a series of three days without a liga victory including 2 defeats against FC Barcelona 4-0 and against the Sevilla FC at Maison 0-1 and a draw on the lawn of Rayo Vallecano 2-2. Note also that the Basques came out of the Europa League in 1/8th finals by Manchester United by conceding a slap at Old Trafford 4-1 after a 1-1 draw on the outward journey. Last weekend, in order to buy a revival of energy, the Sociedad welcomed the Red Lantern Valladolid in the championship to follow. 

Back on the training grounds but away from the group, the long -standing injured Militao and Dani Carvajal will not participate in this part. This will also be the case for Dani Ceballos (important) and for Ferland Mendy, still in the recovery phase. The offensive stars that are Rodrygo (6 goals, 5 assists in Liga), Bellingham (7 goals, 6 assists in Liga), Vinicius JR (10 goals, 5 assists in Liga) and Kylian Mbappé (20 goals, 3 assists in Liga) will be available to Ancelotti and Real Madrid.

Metatarsus, the important midfielder Brais Mendez will not play this return match, any more than Jon Pacheco, the very important member (3 goals in Liga) and the offensive Zakharyan and Becker (all injured). In the department of good news, Captain Mikel Oyarzabal (goalscorer during the truce with Spain) and especially the Japanese international Take Kubo will be operational like the Icelandic Oskarsson (2 goals against Kosovo during the truce).

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