Valencia vs Real Madrid Prediction & Betting Tips (8 February)

During the week, Valencia experienced an end to the road in the Copa del Rey by losing at home against Athletic Bilbao in the quarter-final stage 1-2. The Chés were clearly playing their season in this cup since in La Liga, once again, the season is very difficult on many levels. On the previous day, Carlos Corberan's men lost to Betis Sevilla 2-1. A defeat which put a stop to the start of the good momentum of the Valencians, authors of 2 successive successes in the elite against Getafe 0-1 and Espanyol Barcelona 3-2. In the standings, Valencia occupied 16th place at the start of this 23rd day. No Copa del Rey during the week for Real Madrid who were prematurely eliminated from the competition by Albacete in the 1/8th final, losing 3-2.

Not worse in the end for a very ill Madrid team, which took advantage of this week of recovery to work physically with the excellent Pintus and avoid possible further disillusionment against Barcelona's opponent Albacete in the 1/4 final. In the championship, despite the alerts in the game and the content, Casa Blanca occupies 2nd place, still behind Barça. Last weekend, beating Rayo Vallecano in the final moments of the match 2-1 victory, Real Madrid scored a 6th success in a row within the elite. As a reminder, during February, the capital's players will play a Champions League play-off, like last year, this time against Benfica against whom they previously lost in C1 4-2. 

The important Agirrezabala (holder goalkeeper), M.Diakhaby and Correia (holder right side) are injured and unavailable for this big meeting. Replacement goalkeeper C.Rivero is suspended while midfielder Ugrinic is uncertain but should still hold his position. On paper, this team is very interesting with in particular the full-back and captain José Gaya, the midfielders Pepelu, Guerra and Santamaria without forgetting the offensive players like Almeida, Luis Rioja, A.Danjuma (3 goals, 2 assists in La Liga), Hugo Duro (7 goals in La Liga) and Lucas Beltran (1 goal, 2 assists in La Liga). This winter, Bétis midfielder Guido Rodriguez returned to Spain (West Ham) while Umar Sadiq signed from Real Sociedad. This evening, for this perilous trip, Real Madrid will be without winger Vinicius Jr (suspended) author of a sumptuous golaso ​​against Vallecano at the weekend and without Jude Bellingham, injured following a breakdown the same day. Two indisputable starters less for Alvaro Arbeloa who already has to deal without Eder Militao and A.

Rüdiger in the defensive sector. Ferland Mendy, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dani Carvajal have all returned to training and will be available to the former White House player who reserves the right to call them up or not. Remember that central defender R.Asencio is playing with a shin injury and his playing time is limited. Up front, La Liga's top scorer, Kylian Mbappé (22 goals, 4 assists in La Liga) will be operational. The probable line-ups for Valencia - Real Madrid: Valencia: Dimitrievski - Foulquier, Cömert, Copete, Gaya - Rioja, Ugrinic, Pepelu, Danjuma - Beltran, Duro.Real Madrid: Courtois - Valverde (or Trent), Asencio, Huijsen, Carreras - Camavinga, Tchouameni, Güler - Mastantuono, Mbappé, Rodrygo. 

• Summary: Valencia is going head to head with Real Madrid starting on 8 Feb 2026 at 20:00 UTC at Mestalla stadium, Valencia city, Spain. The match is a part of the LaLiga .
• Valencia Feedinco Rating: 6.72
• Real Madrid Feedinco Rating: 7.10