Real Madrid go find back-to-back wins for La Liga as dem welcome Celta Vigo come Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday evening.
Los Blancos dey second for table, one point behind Barcelona, while Celta dey 12th with 16 points from their first 14 matches.
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Madrid bin draw three straight league games against Rayo Vallecano, Elche and Girona between November 9 and 30, but dem bounce back well with a clean 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao for midweek.
The small drop in form cost dem first place, but the gap to Barcelona na just one point — meaning another win on Sunday fit change everything.
Xabi Alonso team dey ruthless for Bernabeu this season: six league games, six wins, 14 goals scored. But Celta no be easy visitors — the Galician side don collect 11 points from six away games this term.
Madrid dey run one wicked 11-game winning streak against Celta across all competitions, including a tight 3-2 win for this same fixture last season.
Anything wey no be three points go count as setback, especially as Madrid get huge Champions League clash against Manchester City next week.
Celta enter this match after penalty shootout win over Sant Andreu for Copa del Rey, but their last La Liga match end in 1-0 defeat to Espanyol.
Three wins, seven draws and four losses leave dem for 12th. Draws don hold dem back seriously this season.
For Europe, Celta still dey fight for better position, collecting nine points from their five Europa League matches so far.
Their last league win away to Real Madrid happen November 2006 — nearly two decades ago — so the task before dem this weekend big.
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Team News
Real Madrid still miss Dani Carvajal, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Ferland Mendy through injury. Dean Huijsen and David Alaba no go feature too.
Camavinga don surprisingly make squad despite ankle worries.
Raul Asencio fit play right-back because of the full-back crisis, while Arda Guler dey expected to return to the XI.
Kylian Mbappe dey on fire with 25 goals in all competitions, and he go pair Vinicius Junior again for attack.
For Celta, Joseph Aidoo and Mihailo Ristic dey doubt, but the team still get strong squad for this clash.
Giraldez go bring back all him key players after heavy rotation in the Copa. Borja Iglesias, wey get eight goals this season, go start.
Iago Aspas and Bryan Zaragoza fit complete the attack.
Real Madrid Possible XI
Courtois; Asencio, Militao, Rudiger, Carreras; Guler, Valverde, Tchouameni; Bellingham; Vinicius, Mbappe
Celta Vigo Possible XI
Radu; Alonso, Starfelt, J Rodriguez; Rueda, D Rodriguez, Moriba, Carreira; Zaragoza, Iglesias, Aspas
We Say: Real Madrid 3-1 Celta Vigo
Celta fit trouble Madrid smal and we expect dem to score, but the quality Madrid get for attack too strong. Another home win dey very likely.
