The Los Blancos have recently been on an unexpected run. After Villarreal held them to a draw in the league the last week, they followed it up with a surprising and frankly embarrassing loss against Sheriff Tiraspol – one of the weakest teams in the Champions League.

Surely fans will be expecting a quick return to their winning streak. And the Royal Whites have gotten themselves the perfect opponent to do that.

Espanyol were promoted to the top flight just at the end of the last season, and so far have failed to show any kind of a dominance on the pitch.

They have won just once this season so far, and the sole victory had come against the 19th placed Alaves.

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They have scored just four goals till now – just two more than the worst record in the La Liga, and importantly, even in the Segunda, they were struggling to post wins towards the end of the campaign.

In the meantime, Carlo Ancelotti’s men are still unbeaten in the league, and they are at the top of the table with a lead of one point.

They have scored the most number of goals of all the teams in the tournament, and most importantly, they have a great h2h record against this foe.

For the reasons, expect a win for Real Madrid this Sunday at the RCDE Stadium.



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白衣军团最近有一场意外。比利亚雷亚尔在上周的联赛中逼平了他们，随后他们又令人惊讶和尴尬地输给了蒂拉斯波尔警长——冠军联赛中实力最弱的球队之一。

当然，球迷们会期待他们的连胜能很快恢复。皇家白衣军团为自己找到了一个完美的对手。

西班牙人是在上个赛季末才被提升到顶级联赛的，但到目前为止，他们在球场上并没有表现出任何统治力。

到目前为止，他们本赛季只赢过一次，唯一的胜利是对阵排名第19位的Alaves队。

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到目前为止，他们只进了4个球，比西甲最差记录多了2个，而且重要的是，即使在第二场比赛中，他们在赛季末也很难取得胜利。

与此同时，安切洛蒂的球队在联赛中仍然保持不败，他们以一分的领先优势位居积分榜榜首。

他们是所有球队中进球最多的，最重要的是，他们对这个敌人有一个伟大的h2h记录。

基于这些原因，我们期待着本周日皇家马德里在RCDE球场的胜利。