I think Real Madrid are now too worried about the semi-finals of the Champions League, which is why the team is failing to spend much time in La Liga. In fact, the semi-final match is very important for Real Madrid when the opponent is Manchester City, who are currently one of the best teams. So it will not be easy for Real Madrid to secure the victory in the semi-final match.
I was quite surprised to see the number of prediction sites that gave a "win probability" (90 minutes) of 30% for Madrid and 43% for Man City, Madrid is a team full of surprises. I'm sure they have prepared well enough to face Man City in the UCL semifinals. but before focusing on UCL, madrid must first focus on facing almeria tomorrow, the victory in this match is very important to secure madrid's position in 2nd place in the standings.
for the UCL semi-final match against Manchester City, of course, became Real Madrid's main focus, so that's why Real Madrid's performance in the La Liga match decreased slightly, their loss to Girona last weekend was proof and even this week against Almeria, Real Madrid will also experience the same thing. The same.
to defend 2nd place in the standings from the pursuit of Atletico Madrid is very difficult for Real Madrid maybe they think there is no difference finishing in 2nd place in the standings or 3rd standings because as long as they are still in the top 4 of the standings they will still get a ticket to next season's UCL.
for now it is very risky to bet on Real Madrid in La Liga matches, even though the betting market is very favorable for them to win but I think it is better not to take that risk, what happened in the last few weeks made me not to bet on teams top of La Liga.