La Liga: Real Madrid vs Valencia 2-0 FT, as Lucas and a Wass own-goal give Solari's team the win
MATCH PREVIEW:
- Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last 10 LaLiga home games against Valencia (W5 D5), although they have drawn five of the last seven.
- Valencia have failed to win against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu in LaLiga since March 2008 under Ronald Koeman (3-2).
- Only against Espanyol (67) have Real Madrid won more home league games than against Valencia (60) in their history.
- Valencia have drawn more games against Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu in LaLiga in the last 10 seasons than any other club (five).
- Real Madrid have only collected 20 points in LaLiga this season (W6 D2 L5), their worst tally at this stage of the campaign since 2001/02 (19 points).
- Valencia have won both of their last two LaLiga games, more than they had in their previous 11 games of this season (W1 D8 L2).
- Real Madrid have conceded a league low 42% of their goals in the second half in LaLiga this season (eight out of 19).
- Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale has failed to score in his last nine LaLiga appearances (731 minutes without a goal), the worst run in his LaLiga career.
- Only aginst Celta de Vigo (six) has Valencia’s Daniel Parejo scored more LaLiga goals than he has mustered against Real Madrid (five).
- Valencia’s Marcelino García Toral has only won one of his six LaLiga trips to Santiago Bernabéu in his managerial career, (D2 L3), with this being his first (3-0 in December 2006 in charge of Recreativo de Huelva).
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