Real Madrid, foolproof against top LaLiga teams

Real Madrid regained the lead in La Liga thanks to their win over Barcelona. Once again, Los Blancos showed that they take their matches against their rivals in the upper tier much more seriously.

With the victory, Zinedine Zidane's team reached the 20 points of 24 possible against the six first teams in the table. Only two of those games have not been won, gettings draws in both. 

The Madrid club scratched two valuable draws at the Camp Nou and the Metropolitano in the first round, both ending as goalless draws.

Both teams bit the dust at the Santiago Bernabeu, where Real Madrid picked up six crucial points in the direct duel and added to their goal average. 

Against Sevilla, the team managed to win both at the Sánchez-Pizjuán (0-1) and at the Bernabéu (2-1), while Getafe and Real Sociedad lost, respectively, at home and away (0-3 and 3-1) in the only match played.

Real Madrid has yet to play at the Bernabéu against Bordalás and at the Reale Arena, two teams that neither Atletico Madrid nor Barcelona were able to beat. 

But if Real Madrid performs well against the top teams, the same cannot be said of their clashes against the rivals of the lower-middle teams. Several important points have escaped them, which has prevented Real Madrid from having La Liga more on track by this point.

Apart from Athletic, who still look to Europe and took a 0-0 draw at the Bernabeu, Zidane's team failed to beat Celta (2-2), Betis (0-0) or Real Valladolid (1-1) at home. Away from home, second-to-last Mallorca (1-0) and mid-table Levante (1-0) brought the team to their knees. Villarreal and Valencia (2-2 and 1-1) also scraped a draw.

Between now and the end of the season, Real Madrid will have to face opponents of all kinds. Also a Barcelona that will have to face complicated exits, like the one of Sánchez-Pizjuán or La Cerámical. Barça, however, with a few exceptions, are doing better than their rivals with lower placed this season, so the resolution of La Liga has the most uncertain future of recent years.

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