Real Madrid vs Cadiz Prediction, 10/17/2020 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 10/14/2020

Game: Real Madrid vs Cadiz

Date: Saturday, October 17, 2020

Location: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain

TV: beIN SPORTS

Odds/Point Spread: Real Madrid (-714) Cadiz (+1100)

Karim Benzema and Real Madrid (3-1-0, 1st in La Liga) host Cadiz (2-1-2, 9th in La Liga) at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on Saturday. The starting goalkeepers are Thibaut Courtois for Real Madrid and Jeremias Conan Ledesma for Cadiz. Real Madrid are priced at -714 while the Yellow Submarine are at +1100. The O/U opens at 2.5.

Real Madrid as a team have scored 5 goals on the year, which is 10th in the league. They have launched 54 shots at their opponents goal with 14 on target, which means they have a 25.9% shots on target percentage. Real Madrid has controlled possession for 60% of games while dribbling successfully 70.1% of the time (3rd in La Liga). Their players have received 2,171 passes on 2,456 tries so far this year, making their receiving percentage 88.4%.

Karim Benzema is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Real Madrid. He has 95 assists while tallying 9 yellow cards during his pro soccer career. Benzema has had a starting assignment in 372 matches so far in his career while he scores 0.60 goals per 90 mins. The forward born in France has recorded 213 goals scored in 31,811 professional minutes played. Another player who should impact this match is Vinicius Junior, the forward who is from Brazil. He has helped a teammate on a goal 5 times in his pro soccer career while scoring 14 total goals. Junior has been on the field for 4,116 minutes during 38 starts and has earned himself a total of 10 yellow cards. He currently averages 0.31 goals per 90 mins during his pro soccer career.

The man who is expected to defend the goal for Real Madrid will be Thibaut Courtois. Courtois (205-72-63 mark in his career) has accounted for 151 shutouts, which gives him a 44.0% shutout rate. The goalkeeper from Belgium has seen 1,097 shots tried at him in 343 career starts. His GA/90 is 0.92 (314 goals allowed) and his save % is .723. Courtois has been on the field for a total of 30,684 mins and has earned 792 stops during his pro soccer career.

The Yellow Submarine have had success dribbling 58% of the time for the campaign while tallying 4 goals. They have a receiving percentage of 77.1% while controlling possession of the ball 35.2% of the time. Cadiz has tallied 1,283 targets on the campaign (17th in La Liga) with 989 completed passes. They have been able to connect on 34.8% of their SOT on 46 shots.

Alvaro Negredo should provide solid play for Cádiz. He currently averages 0.49 G/90 and has been given a starting assignment in 342 matches during his career. The forward from Spain has been on the field for 29,578 professional minutes and he has scored 161 goals. He has earned 47 yellow cards during his soccer career and has assisted on a goal 47 times. You should also watch out for Jorge Pombo, the forward representing Spain. Pombo has been handed 20 yellow card cautions in 6,580 mins played (74 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average in his career is 0.16. He has tallied 12 goals so far in his career while helping a teammate on a goal 10 times.

Jeremias Conan Ledesma is expected to look after the goal for the Yellow Submarine. Ledesma has accumulated 21 shutouts while he has defended 295 shots tried against him in 6,210 career mins. He sports a save percentage of .736 and his clean sheet rate is currently 30.4%. He has allowed 1.16 goals per 90 and he has a record of 24-23-22. So far in his pro soccer career, Ledesma has surrendered 80 goals while tallying 217 saves in 69 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Real Madrid (-714)

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