Alcoyano vs. Real Madrid: Preview and betting tips

Real Madrid will take on Alcoyano in the Spanish Cup semi-finals. Players from a wider squad should get a chance, but the favourite is clearly defined. What to expect from the match?

Alcoyano play in the third highest Spanish league. They are in eleventh place, four points behind the fifth place, which guarantees the play-offs. But their form is not ideal, having lost their last three league games.

Real lost to Getafe at the weekend, but otherwise they are cruising through La Liga without any problems. It has a five-point lead at the top of the table, and even has a fourteen- and fifteen-point cushion over Atletico and Barcelona respectively.

The home side rely on Mourad El Ghezouani, the Moroccan winger has scored seven goals and assisted two through all competitions. Honduran striker and former national team player Jonah has split the net five times.

Karim Benzema may well be in the form of his life, having scored twenty goals and assisted eight times for Real this season. We’ve seen great progress with Vinicius, the Brazilian, unproductive last year, now has a record of 12+9.

Alcoyano has struggled especially in attack, failing to score in three of the last four games. Only in the previous round of the cup did it manage to score three times.

And it will not be easy against Real. The Madrid team has scored only seventeen goals in La Liga, only Sevilla is better (13 goals scored).

Given the breadth of Real’s squad and the poor form of the home side, I think the visitors will win by two or more goals.