La Liga: Real Madrid vs Valencia Preview

Real Madrid vs Valencia Preview

Spanish La Liga

August 19, 2012 1:00 PM EDT
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid
Referee:‬ Carlos Delgado Ferreiro‎

We are now just hours away from the start of the 2012-2013 La Liga season. Real Madrid has won five of their last six meetings with Valencia. Real Madrid have not brought in any new players yet over the summer. After finally breaking Barcelona's stranglehold on La Liga, Jose Mourinho's men now face the challenge of defending their domestic crown while chasing a historic 10th European Cup.

Probable Lineups:

Real Madrid

Casillas Arbeloa, Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo, Khedira, Alonso, Di Maria, Ozil, Ronaldo, Benzema

Valencia

Alves, Pereira, R. Costa, Rami, Mathieu, T. Costa, Gago, Feghouli, Jonas, Guardado, Soldado

Real Madrid -- Valencia Recent form:

Real Madrid:

Real Madrid 2-1 Santos Laguna (05/08; Friendly)

Real Madrid 5-1 AC Milan (08/08; Friendly)

Real Madrid 2-0 Celtic (11/08; Friendly)

Valencia:

Indonesia All Stars 0-5 Valencia (04/08; Friendly)

Valencia 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur (09/08; Friendly)

Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 Valencia (11/08; Friendly)