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Real Madrid eye victory against Leganes in 2018/19 Copa del Rey round of 16

Real Madrid vs Leganes
Real Madrid will play Leganes on Wednesday in the Copa del Rey
Real Madrid are set to play Leganes on Wednesday in the Copa del Rey as the season moves ahead. Los Blancos go into this game as the favourites.

Kick-off : 9:30 PM (Local)

Venue : Santiago Bernabeu

Real Madrid has not begun this year on a good note after their struggles in La Liga. But will be looking to rectify their mistakes as they play in the Copa del Rey.

Real Madrid defeated Melilla easily in the round of 32 as they scored 10 goals against them and conceded only just once.

Real Madrid will be hoping of a similar performance against Leganes as they target the Quarter-Finals. They though need to give due respect to the opponents.

On the other hand, Leganes too begun this year on a low after loosing to Espanyol. They will now look to play positive football going ahead. Copa del Rey is their next big challenge.

Against Real Madrid they will really be tested and they will need to give the answers to their opponents might. Leganes know their capabilities and they should play to the best of their potentials.

Team news and possible line-ups

Javier Eraso and Nabil El Zhar are both available for Leganes for the Real Madrid game and will likely play.

As for Los Blancos, Federico Valverde and Brahim Diaz are both available and might play.

Leganes XI : Cuellar, Nyom, Bustinza, Omeruo, Siovas, Silva, Oscar Rodriguez, Eraso, Vesga, El Zhar, Carrillo.

Real Madrid XI : Navas, Odriozola, Nacho, Varane, Marcelo, Valverde, Ceballos, Casemiro, Isco, Benzema, Vinicius.

Prediction

It should be a good game as both teams will give their all but the home advantage should count as Real Madrid should win it in the end. They might win 3-0. The goalscorers might be Karim Benzema (twice) and Isco.

 

 

Alankrit Mathur

Hi, I am Alankrit Mathur. I have a passion for Football & Cricket. I love to write blogs about the above mentioned sports.

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