Real Madrid v Valladolid

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Real Madrid will be seeking their first win of this new Spanish La Liga campaign following last weekend's 1-1 draw away from home at Mallorca when Carlo Ancelotti's side return to their Estadio Santiago Bernabéu while Real Valladolid started their new domestic top flight campaign with all three points after recording a 1-0 home win against Espanyol at their Estadio Municipal José Zorrilla.

It was certainly a triumphant campaign last season for Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid side as they not only romped to winning the La Liga title by a significant 10-point margin over old rivals Barcelona but they also claimed the Champions League crown by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final which produced a memorable ‘double' for the upcoming hosts.

However, it is now back down to business of maintaining their dominance over the rest of the Spanish top flight field and having suffered just the single defeat throughout the whole of last season's domestic campaign, Real Madrid are once again the team to beat in this new term.

Real Madrid's only loss in last season's La Liga campaign turned out to be a 3-1 loss at Atletico Madrid but a total of 29 wins within their 38 league matches played suggest Real Madrid will be in the driving seat again, while 12 of their 19 home games last term also produced clean sheets for the hosts.

Real Valladolid made it a successful return to the Spanish top flight with last weekend's 1-0 home win against Espanyol as their opening game of this new season handed the visitors with a decent opening result following last season's automatic promotion from La Liga 2 at the end of the last campaign.

However, the visitors will now face arguably their biggest test in this new Spanish top flight season as they prepare for this upcoming trip to the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu to take on a supreme Real Madrid outfit who not only claimed the La Liga title and Champions League crown but were also unbeaten at home throughout the whole of last season's La Liga campaign.

Real Valladolid will be cautiously confident though that they can at least give a good account of themselves against their more illustrious opponents here on Sunday afternoon as Paulo Pezzalano's side have been dealt just two defeats in their last 16 matches in all competitions.

Results away from home have also picked up where Real Valladolid are concerned as the visitors have lost just two of their last eight outings on the road but the bigger picture shows Pezzalano's side have managed to pick up just five wins in their last 17 away games overall.

Real Madrid v Real Valladolid Verdict

Real Madrid reigned supreme last season and the hosts are expected to register a comfortable win here along with keeping a clean sheet.

Therefore, our main bet will be BTTS No @ 1.75

Other side bets worth considering:

Real Madrid win & BTTS No @ 1.83

Correct Score: Real Madrid 2-0 @ 7.00