Match preview: VCF vs RMCF

Valencia CF

Main partners

Socio portal Access

Valencia CF

Main partners

ESP VAL ENG

Main partners

History:

Valencia CF will be in midweek action in the new-look Spanish Super Cup semi-final at the King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia against Real Madrid on Wednesday the 8th of January at 8 pm kick-off time (CET).

Valencia CF have crossed paths with Real Madrid on 213 occasions with a total of 60 wins, 45 draws and 108 losses. Valencia CF have not lost against Real Madrid in their last two meetings where they registered a 2-1 win at Mestalla on Matchday 30th and they were denied the win with a last-second equaliser on Matchday 17.

vpOmUSdpggSLosmwzu83cMwFLpPG5Xta9qrr0xmmvm0prvNkJFa5g5uf5VEFfjql.jpeg

Valencia CF and Real Madrid have faced each other in the Spanish Super Cup in the 2008 final in a double-legged tie that saw Valencia CF register a 3-2 win in the first leg at Mestalla with David Villa, Juan Mata and Vicente Rodríguez as goalscorers.

However, Real Madrid beat Valencia in the second leg by a 4-2 with Fernando Morientes and David Silva as goalscorers for Valencia at the Santiago Bernabeu although it was not enough for Valencia CF to come away with the trophy.

q1ICUCzl9rzGeMHpHMkpvi0lrOIUEpQkIZEJSm2s5MDfeJt7DveQnVb9kZ2JTTiN.jpeg

Albert Celades: “Now we're playing at a neutral venue. Our idea is to go out there with the best mentality possible and compete to the fullest”

Jose Luis Gayà:"We're facing this game with the utmost excitement; there's a trophy at stake. This is a competition with a new format, and to win you have to beat two great sides”

GQHIWKFkT3pQLNNEDv1bAnL43Ybdwn1u8MI1Kx5Tox0SiwZDPNlk45RR3dPEGQuH.jpeg

Zinedine Zidane: "Valencia CF will cause us problems and we'll have to be at our best”

Raphaël Varane: “It's a different kind of game”

WYIZAcfBaj5hGzcpXpCK2JAavhigs40KWG115fJBoKhxz48zRBuEmBC5QZfyqUM1.jpeg

Coverage: #ValenciaRealMadrid ⚽️#Supercopa2020

Copyright 2013-2024 Valencia CF. The use of the editorial content of the article is permitted as long as the source gets the credit and contains the following link: www.valenciacf.com. Photographs by Lázaro de la Peña, reuse is not permitted.