Real Madrid vs Espanyol Predictions

• Real Madrid have won four of their last five games, three of those wins with clean sheets
• Espanyol have failed to score in either of their La Liga away matches this season
• Kylian Mbappe has scored four goals in his last three Real Madrid appearances

Los Merengues set for shut-out win

Real Madrid should dispatch Espanyol without too much of a problem on Saturday and the prospects of them doing that with a clean sheet look pretty good too.

Los Merengues have won nine of their last 10 home games in La Liga and shut out nine of their last 10 domestic opponents at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu too.

Barcelona are the only Spanish club to have scored there since early February and this Espanyol side, despite being Barca’s city neighbours, are miles away from them in terms of attacking talent.

Parakeets have a plan to keep the goals down

The Parakeets deserve credit for winning back-to-back home games and they sit comfortably in mid-table after five games. Their results indicate two different approaches at home and away with an average of three goals per game scored at their place and 0.5 when they are the visitors.

Plenty of teams have gone to the Bernabeu to shut up shop in the last year or so and few manage to keep Real Madrid from scoring multiple goals. Carlo Ancelotti’s side average 2.7 goals per home La Liga contest across their last 10 so correct score backers should home in on the 3-0 option.

Backing the hosts to win to nil looks a solid play given they have shipped only two goals at home in their last 10 La Liga contests with nine clean sheets and nine victories.