Levante vs Real Madrid
LaLiga 2018-19
Venue: Estadi Ciutat de Valencia
Date: Sunday, 24 February 2019
Kick-off time: 7:45pm GMT, tonight
Real Madrid are back in LaLiga action today as they travel to Valencia to meet Levante at the Estadi Ciutat de Valencia.
Los Blancos will still be smarting from last weekend, when they missed the chance to go above Atletico and into second in the table after blowing an early lead in a shock 2-1 home loss to Girona.
Santiago Solari made too many changes for a defeat which left his third-place side two points adrift of Atletico and nine behind leaders Barcelona.
Levante, managed by Paco Lopez, claimed a big away victory over Celta Vigo last time out and sit 12th, seven points above the relegation zone and six off a top-six spot.
Real Madrid team news and line-up
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Varane, Nacho, Reguilón, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Lucas, Benzema, Vinicius
Subs: Navas, Vallejo, Bale, Marcelo, Valverde, Asensio, Ceballos
Score prediction: Levante 1-3 Real Madrid
Real can ill afford another slip-up this weekend if they are to keep pace with Atletico and not head into those back-to-back Clasico contests completely devoid of confidence.
They should bounce back with a comfortable away victory.
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Match odds
- Levante to win: 9/2
- Draw: 18/5
- Real Madrid to win: 1/2
First goalscorer odds
- Gareth Bale: 16/5
- Karim Benzema: 16/5
- Mariano: 4/1
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Levante vs Real Madrid tickets
For ticket info, click here to head to Levante's website.
TV channel and live stream online coverage
Real Madrid's trip to the Estadi Ciutat de València to face Levante will be shown live on ITV4 from 7:45pm.
Fans can also watch the match on Eleven Sports through iOS mobile and tablet apps as well as Android mobile.
Premier Sports will also show the game with coverage beginning on Premier Sports 2 from 7:40pm. Subscribers can tune in on Sky (channel 412), Virgin Media (channel 551) or online via the Premier Player.
Standard Sport will also have coverage of Levante vs Real Madrid through our LIVE blog with Ben Hayward in Spain.
Head to head history and results
These two teams have met on 22 previous occasions, with Real Madrid boasting 19 wins to Levante's two. There has been one draw.
Both LaLiga fixtures were drawn in 2017-18 before Levante scored two early goals to win 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu in October.
That was a fourth loss in five matches for Julen Lopetegui, who was sacked two games later.
