Real Madrid V Getafe Predictions & Betting Odds

Real Madrid v Getafe Betting Preview – La Liga 19th August 9.15pm

Have Real Madrid done enough over the summer to try and close the gap on Barcelona and Atletico? Real Madrid could only manage a third-place finish in La Liga last season and just were never in the title race. Will the summer of change get them back to where they expect to be? They open with a home game against Getafe who managed to book themselves a very good top ten finish last season. Read our predictions for the Real Madrid v Getafe fixture.

Real Madrid v Getafe Betting Tips

Real Madrid will have been disappointed with their La Liga campaign, only managing a third-place finish. They ended up with W12 D4 L3 record at the Bernabeu last term and they did manage to put together a nine-match undefeated streak of form there to finish out the season with. Madrid produced an average of 2.8 goals per home game and it was really their defence which let them down. Los Merengues came up with a clean sheet in just a third of their home games last season.

So with that in mind, our prediction for Real Madrid v Getafe is the big 6/5 value on both teams to score* (Betting Odds were taken from August 15th, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.). They were heavily reliant on Cristiano Ronaldo for goals last season but with it gone it will be interesting to see what their output is. Gareth Bale is the 3/1 first goalscorer favourite for the fixture* (Betting Odds were taken from August 15th, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.).

Getafe took a good top ten finish in last season’s Spanish top flight, which was a good return. Their greater strengths were on home soil though. Out on the road in La Liga, they only produced a W6 D6 L7 record on their travels last season. We are looking over 3.5 goals at 5/4 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from August 15th, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.) because we do see them getting some chances against a Real Madrid defence which still doesn’t look much stronger than last term.

Four of the last five meetings have gone over the goal line and adding further weight to that, there have been over 2.5 goals scored in 12 of Real Madrid’s last 15 La Liga home games. It’s a tough opener for Getafe of course but they ended last season with four straight away wins and a clean sheet in three of those four. There’s never a better time than on the opening day of the season to pull off an upset.

Real Madrid v Getafe Head to Head

Real Madrid won both league meetings against Getafe last season and they are on a nine-match winning streak in La Liga against them. It is worth noting that both teams have scored in each of the last five league encounters between the two sides. Real Madrid have scored at least three goals in each of their last five home fixtures against Getafe.

Real Madrid v Getafe Betting Odds*

Real Madrid 2/11
Draw 6/1
Getafe 12/1
* (Betting Odds were taken from August 15th, 2018 at 5:41 p.m.)