By BBN Sports: SPANISH LA LIGA WEEK TWO PREVIEW
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DEPORTIVO ALAVES VS BARCELONA
Barcelona have won 13 and drawn two of the previous 19 meetings between these two sides, coming out on top 6-0 in the most recent league encounter at Mendizorroza just over seven months ago.
The misplaced trio of Suarez, Neymar and Messi were all on target for Barca that day, but only after finally breaking down their opponents in the 36th minute after a tight start to the game.
It is however worthy of note that Alaves came out with a shocking upset at the very start of the season when they pulled out a 1-2 win at Camp Nou.
Lionel Messi’s 350th La Liga goal proved elusive as he hit the woodwork three times in Barcelona’s 2-0 victory over Real Betis to kick start their title hunt on an emotional night in Catalonia.
Banking on Alaves to bag all 3 points against the wounded catalans may be asking for too much but when you think again and remember that they shocked the footballing world with their victory at the Camp Nou last season, you wouldn’t want to rule them out.
Saturday 26 August 2017
Deportivo Alavés v Barcelona Estadio de Mendizorroza
Girona v Málaga Estadi Municipal de Montilivi
Levante v Deportivo La Coruña Estadio Ciudad de Valencia
Las Palmas v Atlético Madrid Estadio de Gran Canaria
REAL MADRID VS VALENCIA
On sunday, League champions Real Madrid welcomes Bitter rivals Valencia to the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu for what promises to be a tantalizing week 2 encounter
Defending champions, Real Madrid began the defence of their title with a good performance. The Whites beat Deportivo at Riazor, seeing them end the week as league leaders and putting the finishing touch to an exceptional week in which they defeated Barcelona four days earlier at the Bernabéu.
Real Madrid have lost just one of their last 15 league games against Valencia, prior to the back to back wins for the Galaticos in 2016 [3 – 2] and april, 2017 [2 – 1] at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu they had had gone four without a win – drawing three times in the process.
The last game between these two teams at the Bernabeu ended 2 – 1 in favour of the white angels with star forward Cristiano Ronaldo and explosive wing back Marcelo getting on the score sheet.
Valencia defeated Las Palmas 1 – 0 at the Estadio Mestalla last week and the 2004 la liga champions will surely not go down to thier long time rivals without a fight.
Sunday 27 August 2017
Espanyol v Leganés RCDE Stadium
Eibar v Athletic Club Estadio Municipal de Ipurúa
Getafe v Sevilla Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Real Madrid v Valencia Estadio Santiago Bernabéu
