Real Madrid should react here.

Rayo Vallecano is a brave and offensive team, playing well and with confidence. Quiet position in the league (9th), are coming from 4 games unbeaten and two victories in a row. But they are a team with a lack of quality, who will go down soon. Last season (same coach and similar squad) they did the same - a very strong start of the campaign and the second half of the season was awful, showing their real level: a team who should be fighting to avoid relegation.

I think they have been overperforming lately, with luck in some games. For this match they wont park the bus because isn’t their DNA, and this plan against a strong team like Madrid is a suicide.

On the other hand, Real Madrid must win here to recover the leadership of La Liga. After Barcelona’s victory they are 2nd and 2 points below. Are coming from an awful performance and draw against Girona last weekend. The midweek game against Celtic (5:1) was a huge improvement with a better performance, but now they need to do the same in La Liga and recover the points lost at home.

Madrid is in great form, and only the game against Girona was awful so far. The other performances have been great, with many alternatives in attack, huge domination, and being the only team in La Liga unbeaten so far.

For this game Madrid has some missings: Bezema (in bad form this season), Kroos (with a good replacement on Valverde, one of the most in form players in the team) and Rudiger (well replaced by Alaba/Militao).

I’m expecting a good match here. Rayo will try to attack with an ambitious plan, while I see Madrid motivated to get the needed three points. Last season Madrid already outplayed and beat Rayo in the two games, so here I’m expecting the same. Won’t be easy but guests should win here.

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皇马应该在这里做出反应。

瓦列卡诺是一支勇敢的进攻球队，踢得很好，充满自信。在联赛中排名第九，4场不败，两连胜。但他们是一支缺乏实力的球队，很快就会被淘汰。上赛季(同样的教练和相似的阵容)他们也做了同样的事情——赛季的开始非常强劲，下半场糟糕透顶，展示了他们真正的水平:一支应该为保级而战的球队。

我认为他们最近表现出色，在一些比赛中运气不错。为了这场比赛，他们不会停车，因为这不是他们的DNA，而这种针对马德里这样强队的计划无异于自杀。

另一方面，皇马必须在这里取胜，才能重新夺回西甲的领导地位。巴塞罗那获胜后，他们排名第二，落后2分。他们从糟糕的表现中恢复过来，并在上周末战平赫罗纳。周中对阵凯尔特人(5:1)的比赛是一个巨大的进步，他们有了更好的表现，但现在他们需要在西甲做同样的事情，收复在主场丢失的积分。

马德里状态很好，到目前为止只有对赫罗纳的比赛糟糕透顶。其他球队的表现都很出色，他们在进攻上有很多选择，拥有巨大的统治力，是西甲迄今为止唯一一支不败的球队。

本场比赛皇马缺了一些人:贝泽马(本赛季状态不佳)、克罗斯(很好地顶替了巴尔韦德，他是球队状态最好的球员之一)和卢迪格(阿拉巴/米利托很好地顶替了他)。

我正期待着一场精彩的比赛。拉约将尝试用一个雄心勃勃的计划进攻，而我看到马德里有动力拿到必要的三分。上赛季马德里已经在两场比赛中击败了拉约，所以在这里我期待同样的结果。这并不容易，但客人应该会赢。