Real Madrid continues their title charge when they host Valencia in midweek. The Spanish Champions needs to close the gap between them and Barcelona and they're firm favourites to win against Valencia. Both teams are in contrasting forms and Real Madrid should easily win this one.

Valencia and Real Madrid meet for the second time this season when Los Che faces Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu on Thursday.

Real Madrid dropped points in their last game against Real Sociedad and that makes this game a must win for Los Blancos. They are still within touching distance of FC Barcelona and can cut the gap to two points with a win in this game. Real Madrid has won three of their last four games in all competitions, an improvement from the start of the year.

Carlo Ancelotti's team dumped their city rivals, Atletico Madrid out of the Spanish Copa del Rey last week Thursday and they would be looking to strengthen their chase in the league. Real Madrid has won thirteen out of eighteen games in the league, only Barcelona has a better record at this point of the season.

Valencia's first league game this year ended in a one nil defeat at home to Cadiz, the next week they were eliminated from the Spanish Super Cup by Real Madrid and have struggled since the start of this year. The visitors are currently 14th in the league, one point away from the bottom three.

Gennaro Gattuso's team has lost two games on the bounce and looking at their performances in the last three games, they are likely to taste defeat once again. Valencia's latest defeat was a one nil loss against Real Valladolid in the league. That victory was Real Valladolid's first win in over five games. They were also dumped out of the Copa del Rey, losing 3-1 to Athletic Bilbao.

Real Madrid has won their last three league games against Valencia and recently knocked Valencia out of the Spanish Cup. The hosts looked to have hit top form ahead of this game and with a fully fit squad for this tie, the best available option would be a home win in favour of Real Madrid.

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皇马将在周中主场迎战瓦伦西亚，继续向冠军发起冲击。西甲冠军需要缩小他们和巴萨之间的差距，他们很有希望战胜瓦伦西亚。两支球队的状态截然不同，皇马应该能轻松赢得这场比赛。

瓦伦西亚和皇马本赛季第二次相遇，洛斯切将于周四在伯纳乌迎战皇马。

皇马在上一场对阵皇家社会的比赛中丢分，这使得这场比赛成为白衣军团必须赢下的比赛。他们与巴塞罗那的差距仍然很小，如果在这场比赛中获胜，他们可以将积分差距缩小到2分。皇马在过去的四场比赛中赢了三场，这比年初有所改善。

安切洛蒂的球队在上周的西班牙国王杯比赛中淘汰了同城死敌马德里竞技，他们希望在联赛中加强自己的实力。皇马在联赛的18场比赛中赢了13场，只有巴萨在本赛季的这个时候战绩更好。

瓦伦西亚今年的第一场联赛在主场以0比1输给加的斯，下周他们在西班牙超级杯中被皇马淘汰，自今年年初以来一直处于挣扎状态。客队目前在联赛中排名第14位，距离倒数三名只有1分。

加图索的球队已经连续输掉了两场比赛，看看他们在过去三场比赛中的表现，他们很可能再次尝到失败的滋味。瓦伦西亚最近的一场失利是在联赛中以1比0输给皇家巴利亚多利德。这场胜利是巴拉多利德近五场比赛的第一场胜利。他们也被踢出了国王杯，1 - 3输给毕尔巴鄂竞技。

皇马在最近的三场联赛中战胜了瓦伦西亚，并在最近的西班牙杯中淘汰了瓦伦西亚。东道主看起来在本场比赛之前已经达到了最佳状态，并且在这场比赛中有一个完全健康的阵容，最好的选择是在主场战胜皇马。