Real Madrid vs Getafe Prediction, 2/9/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 2/8/2021

Game: Real Madrid vs Getafe

Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Location: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain

TV: beIN Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Real Madrid (-197) Getafe (+565)

Luka Modric and Real Madrid (13-4-4, 3rd in La Liga) play Getafe (6-6-9, 13th in La Liga) at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on Tuesday. The goalies expected to start will be Thibaut Courtois for Real Madrid and David Soria for Getafe. Getafe are priced at +565 while the Meringues are at -197. The total opens at 2.25.

Real Madrid faced Huesca in their last game and took home the win by a score of 2-1. When talking about passing the ball, they finished this match with a 93.0% received passes rate by converting 567 of the 610 pass targets last match. Real Madrid attempted 17 dribbles in this contest and successfully completed 15 of the tries for a percentage of 88.2%. In regard to shooting accuracy, Real Madrid finished the game at a 36.8% clip by landing 7 shots on target out of 19 total shots. Real Madrid sports an average of 1.62 g/90 (34 total goals) and have accounted for 26 assists In all contests for the year.

Luka Modric is a player who should be able to impact this game for Real Madrid. Modric has been a starter in 365 outings thus far in his career while scoring 0.13 goals per 90. The midfielder hailing from Croatia has racked up 44 goals in 31,382 minutes. He has totaled 65 assists while earning 56 yellow card cautions during his pro soccer career. Another guy who should impact this match is Karim Benzema, the forward representing France. Benzema has earned 33,136 mins in 387 career starts and has been handed 10 yellow cards. He has assisted on a goal 99 times in his career while he has scored 222 goals. He has an average of 0.60 goals per 90 minutes for his career.

The man who will defend the goal for Real Madrid will be Thibaut Courtois. Courtois (215-75-67 record in his career) has accounted for 156 shutouts, which leaves him with a 43.3% clean sheet percentage. The goalkeeper born in Belgium has seen 1,143 shots attempted against him in 360 starts. His goals against per 90 minutes is 0.92 (331 total goals conceded) and his save percentage is .724. Courtois has defended the goal for a total of 32,214 mins and has accumulated 827 stops so far in his pro soccer career.

In their last game, Getafe took a loss by a final score of 3-0 against Sevilla. Getafe finished with a 30.0% successful dribble percentage by completing 3 of the 10 dribbles they attempted. They finished this game by converting 160 of the 222 attempted passes for a rate of 72.1%. Getafe connected on 1 SoT out of 5 shots attempted giving them a 20.0% clip in their last match. Having a total of 17 goals and 9 assists for all their games, Getafe averages 0.81 goals and 0.43 assists per 90 min.

Angel Rodriguez should provide solid play for Getafe. He averages 0.49 goals per 90 and has started 213 games during his soccer career. The forward from Spain has 21,792 mins and has scored 118 goals. He has 56 yellow card warnings during his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 25 times. Make sure to keep an eye out for Mata, the forward representing Spain. He has collected 85 goals thus far in his career while helping on a goal 19 times. Mata has been handed 63 yellow card warnings in 16,390 professional minutes played (185 starts). His G/90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.47.

David Soria will look after the net for Getafe. Soria has racked up 39 shutouts and has seen 323 shots tried against him in 9,183 mins throughout his career. He is the owner of a save % of .721 and his clean sheet rate is currently 37.9%. He has given up 1.02 goals per 90 minutes and he has earned a mark of 39-33-30. During his career, Soria has given up 104 goals while earning 238 saves in 103 starts.

Who will win tonight's La Liga game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Real Madrid (-197)

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