OMNISPORT

Pablo Piatti knows Valencia will need to take their chances in order to beat a Real Madrid side coming off disappointment in the UEFA Champions League in midweek.

Valencia visit the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday looking to take another step towards securing a top-four berth in La Liga.

Nuno's men beat Real at Mestalla in January and, after seeing Carlo Ancelotti's side suffer a 2-1 Champions League semi-final first-leg defeat to Juventus on Tuesday, head into the game in high spirits.

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"We are confident about our chances," winger Piatti said. "We are aware that we will have opportunities against Real Madrid and we must be at 100 per cent to take advantage of them. We should be focusing on everything we can do, both in attack and defence.

"The manager will have a good plan for this match. Whatever the formation, the goal is the same as always: We will go out there to win. We will be playing at a tough and very difficult ground, but we know what we want from the game. We go there with the conviction of getting the three points."

Last Time Valencia Visited the Bernabeu

Real could kick-off against Valencia five points adrift of league leaders Barcelona should the Catalan club build on their 3-0 victory in the Champions League versus Bayern Munich when Luis Enrique's team host Real Sociedad.

Sevilla, who were unfortunate to lose 3-2 to Real last time out, will be looking for the capital club to do them a favour ahead of Sunday's meeting with a Celta Vigo side still holding faint hopes of European football themselves.

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Three points at Balaidos and a Valencia defeat to Real would see Sevilla move level on points in the race for fourth, although Unai Emery's men do possess an inferior goal difference.

Valencia's city rivals Levante host soon-to-be deposed champions Atletico Madrid, whose only remaining aim is to secure third spot, while at the other end of the table Granada will be out to further boost their hopes of survival after making a winning start to Jose Ramon Sandoval's reign.

Sandoval guided second bottom Granada to a 2-1 win at Getafe in his first game in charge and should be hopeful of making it two from two against already-relegated Cordoba.

Three other teams are still fighting along with Granada to avoid the drop. Third-bottom Deportivo La Coruna visit Athletic Bilbao, Eibar face Espanyol and Almeria take on Malaga.

Elsewhere, Elche travel to Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano meet Getafe in a lower-profile Madrid derby.

MATCH FACTS

• The last three meetings between these sides in the Bernabeu have all ended level.
• Carlo Ancelotti’s side have won their last seven league games, scoring 3.9 per game on average.
• Valencia are yet to taste defeat to a side from Madrid all campaign (W5 D2).
• If they win and Sevilla lose against Celta Vigo, los Che will guarantee a top four spot for the first time since 2011/12.
• Dani Parejo has scored 12 league goals this season; he had only netted 14 in his La Liga career before this term.
• The side from the capital of Turia have lost just one of their last 14 league games (D4) though they have only won one of their last five on the road (D3).
• Defeat in the Mestalla in the reverse fixture put an end to Real Madrid’s club record of 22 consecutive wins in all competitions.
• Valencia have benefited from a league-high four own goals this season.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has scored more headed goals than any other player in the top five European leagues this season (10).
• In all competitions, Gareth Bale has assisted more of Ronaldo’s headers than any other player this season (4).
• Alvaro Negredo has visited the Bernabeu four times in his La Liga career, losing all four and never troubling the scorers.