Valladolid vs Real Madrid Prediction, 2/20/2021 La Liga Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 2/15/2021

Game: Valladolid vs Real Madrid

Date: Saturday, February 20, 2021

Location: Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla in Valladolid, Spain

TV: beIN Sports

Odds/Point Spread: Valladolid (+588) Real Madrid (-213)

Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla is the venue where Fabian Orellana and Valladolid (4-9-10, 18th in La Liga) will play Real Madrid (15-4-4, 2nd in La Liga) on Saturday. The men protecting the net are Jordi Masip for Valladolid and Thibaut Courtois for Real Madrid. The moneyline on this matchup has Valladolid priced at +588 and the Meringues are at -213. The total is set at 2.75.

Valladolid played Eibar in their last matchup and earned a one point draw by a score of 1-1. In sharing the ball, they finished with a 64.5% received passes rate by connecting on 213 out of their 330 passing targets last game. Valladolid tried 10 dribbles in this contest and successfully completed 7 of those tries for a percentage of 70.0%. In relation to shooting accuracy, Valladolid walked away from the pitch at a 0% rate by hitting 0 SoT of 4 total shots. Valladolid is averaging 0.96 goals per 90 (22 goals in total) and have accumulated 14 assists in all contests for this campaign.

Fabian Orellana is a player who should be able to impact this match for Valladolid. Orellana has been in the starting lineup in 299 contests so far in his career and he has earned 0.20 G/90. The forward from Chile has recorded 58 goals in 26,081 minutes played. He has totaled 62 assists while accumulating 74 yellow card warnings during his career. Another player who could decide the outcome is Shon Weissman, the forward born in Israel. He has assisted on a goal 5 times thus far in his career while he has scored 33 total goals. Weissman has played 3,846 minutes in 44 starts and has been given a total of 5 yellow cards. He is currently averaging 0.77 G/90 so far in his career.

The guy protecting the net for Valladolid is Jordi Masip. Masip has defended the goal for a total of 18,540 minutes and has accumulated 568 stops during his career. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.3 (262 total goals conceded) and he is the owner of a save % of 70.8%. The keeper born in Spain has had 815 shots attempted at him in 206 starting assignments. Masip (73-61-72 mark in his career) has recorded 49 shutouts, which leaves him with a 23.8% shutout percentage.

In their last game, Real Madrid went home victorious with a score of 2-0 against Valencia. Real Madrid finished the match with a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by connecting on 9 out of the 18 dribbles they attempted. They wrapped up this match by converting 632 of the 696 attempted passes for a percentage of 90.8%. Real Madrid connected on 7 shots attempted out of 16 shots attempted earning them a 43.8% rate in their last game. Having accumulated 38 goals and 30 assists in all competitions, Real Madrid averages 1.65 goals and 1.30 assists per 90 minutes.

Luka Modric should provide a lift for Real Madrid. The midfielder born in Croatia has totaled 31,550 minutes while scoring 44 goals. He has tallied 56 yellow card warnings during his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 65 times. He averages 0.13 goals per 90 and has been given a starting assignment in 367 games thus far in his career. You should also watch out for Karim Benzema, the forward hailing from France. He has 224 goals in his pro soccer career while helping on a goal 99 times. Benzema has been given a total of 10 yellow card cautions in 33,304 minutes (389 career starts). His G/90 average so far in his pro soccer career is 0.61.

Thibaut Courtois is expected to look after the net for Real Madrid. During his pro soccer career, Courtois has conceded 331 goals and has accounted for 828 stops in 362 starting assignments. He has allowed 0.92 goals per 90 minutes while holding a record of 217-75-67. He holds a save percentage of 72.5 and his clean sheet rate is currently at 43.6%. Courtois has accumulated 158 shutouts while defending 1,144 shots against him in 32,394 career mins.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Real Madrid (-213)

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