Girona have won their last six league games
Real Madrid have failed to win the last three meetings with Girona
Both teams have scored in the last eight encounters between these sides
Girona face European acid test

There’s a top-of-the-table showdown to enjoy in La Liga on Saturday evening when Girona entertain Real Madrid at the Estadi Montilivi.

Girona replaced their more famous Catalan contemporaries Barcelona as league leaders in midweek with a 2-1 victory over Villarreal, the Gironistes’ sixth straight win in Spain’s top flight.

It’s been a remarkable start to the season from Michel Sanchez’s side, who are participating in only their fourth-ever season in La Liga following promotion in 2021/22, while they finished tenth last term.

They’ve adopted a positive, attacking mindset for games, resulting in them being the joint-top scorers in the division but without one player responsible for the majority of the goal – Artem Dovbyk is Girona’s topscorer with three.

While Michel’s men won’t expect to maintain their lofty status, with the backing of the City Football Group, European qualification certainly isn’t out of the question, and neither is a repeat of their 4-2 win over Real Madrid from last season.

Real unreliable against Girona

Los Blancos were well beaten on their last visit to this corner of Catalunya, a result which extended a three-game winless run for Real against the relative minnows.

Even before the City Football Group’s purchase of Girona, this was a team that had often given Los Meringues problems and they are certainly no sure thing to justify their odds-on status for this game.

Real do come into the fixture off the back of a 2-0 win over Las Palmas that moved them up to second place as they bounced back from defeat in the Madrid derby.

Vinicius Jr made his return from injury against Las Palmas and he’ll add more cutting edge to what’s been a stuttering Real attack in his absence.

This is a fixture which has always produced goals in the past and there’s the promi



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赫罗纳赢得了他们最近的六场联赛
皇马最近三次与赫罗纳交手都没能赢球
两队在最近8次交锋中都取得了进球
赫罗纳将面临欧洲的严峻考验

在周六晚上的西甲联赛中，赫罗纳将在蒙蒂利维球场迎战皇家马德里。

周中，赫罗纳以2-1战胜比利亚雷亚尔，取代了更著名的加泰罗尼亚同辈巴塞罗那，成为联赛领头羊，这是赫罗纳在西班牙顶级联赛中的六连胜。

对于米歇尔·桑切斯的球队来说，这是一个非凡的赛季开局，这是他们继2021/22赛季升班后第四个赛季参加西甲联赛，而他们上个赛季排名第十。

他们在比赛中采取了积极的进攻心态，这使得他们成为了联赛射手榜上的第一名，但没有一名球员负责大部分的进球——阿尔特姆·多夫比克以三粒进球成为赫罗纳的头号射手。

在城市足球集团的支持下，虽然米歇尔的球队不会期望保持他们的崇高地位，但欧洲资格当然不是不可能的，上赛季4-2战胜皇家马德里的比赛也不会重演。

对赫罗纳的比赛真的不可靠

白衣军团在上一次造访加泰罗尼亚的这个角落时被彻底击败，这一结果延续了皇马对这支相对弱小的球队的三场不败纪录。

即使是在城市足球集团收购赫罗纳之前，这支球队也经常给洛斯美林格斯带来麻烦，他们当然也不确定自己在这场比赛中的胜算有多大。

皇马在2-0战胜拉斯帕尔马斯后，从马德里德比的失利中恢复过来，跃居第二。

小维尼修斯在对阵拉斯帕尔马斯的比赛中伤愈复出，在他缺席的情况下，他将为皇马断断续续的进攻增添更多锋线。

这是一场过去总能创造进球的比赛，这是有希望的