Real Madrid Vs Almeria Premier League Football Match 2023
Real Madrid will be aiming to make it successive wins at the start of their 2023-24 La Liga campaign when they travel to Almeria on Saturday evening. Los Blancos opened their new season with a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao, with Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham on the scoresheet at San Mames. Carlo Ancelotti’s side finished second in La Liga last season, 10 points behind the champions Barcelona, who were held to a goalless draw by Getafe in their campaign opener.
Real Madrid will be aiming to make it successive wins at the start of their 2023-24 La Liga campaign when they travel to Almeria on Saturday evening. Los Blancos opened their new season with a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao, with Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham on the scoresheet at San Mames. Carlo Ancelotti’s side finished second in La Liga last season, 10 points behind the champions Barcelona, who were held to a goalless draw by Getafe in their campaign opener. Eder Militao will require surgery on the ACL injury that he suffered against Athletic last time out, with the Brazilian centre-back now facing an extended period on the sidelines.
Thibaut Courtois is set to undergo surgery on an ACL injury, so the club’s number one goalkeeper could potentially be out for the whole of the 2023-24 campaign. Ferland Mendy struggled with a number of injury problems last season and is now on the sidelines with a muscular issue, but he is expected to be back at some stage over the next couple of weeks. Summer arrival Arda Guler is yet to feature for Real Madrid due to a knee problem, and he recently underwent an operation to address the issue, which will keep him out for at least another couple of months.
Real Madrid got their 2023/24 LaLiga campaign off to a perfect start with a 0-2 win away at Athletic Club. That however was about the only thing Carlo Ancelotti and his players had to cheer with the news that another first team regular will be out for the rest of the season. Centre-back Eder Militão suffered an ACL tear in Bilbao and joins Thibaut Courtois in the casualty room – both players will be out for nine months meaning their season is effectively over. Sunday’s opponents Almería have issues of their own. The Andalucians lost their opening match to Rayo Vallecano – a 0-2 defeat that plunged them into the relegation places, if only temporarily and with coach Francisco Rodríguez, serving a ban and watching helplessly from the stands.
Real Madrid are probably the last team that Almería would like to face right now – the locals have only won this fixture once, and that was way back in 2008. Apart from a resounding win over El Ejido at the start of the summer Almería have struggled to find the net over the pre-season. The squad is not yet complete and there will be more reinforcements before the transfer window closes. Hopefully new signing Ibrahima Koné, who looks set to join on a €7 million deal from Lorient will resolve the team’s struggles in front of goal.
Scoring doesn’t usually tend to be an issue for Real Madrid – they have goal scorers throughout the team, including newboy Jude Bellingham, who opened his LaLiga account last weekend. For all of their injury problems, Madrid just look too strong on paper and we expect them to go home with all three points.
