Real Madrid will play without Keylor Navas, Dani Carvajal and Gareth Bale. The absence of the latter two significantly reduces attacking potential of Zinedine Zidane’s team. Carvajal is the best lateral in La Liga, while Bale has proved himself as a leader in Cristiano’s absence. They will be replaced by Danilo and Lucas Vasquez.
But even in this squad, Real Madrid are expected to win. The team should have recovered after the midweek game against Man City and will try to fight for the championship. Valencia’ve got no tournament motivation, but they still have good defensive line and a terrific goalkeeper.
That’s why betting on Real Madrid’s win with under 4.5 goals looks like a good bet, given the odds offered by bookies.