Real Madrid form guide & next six fixtures after Man City draw

At the start of April, Carlo Ancelotti ominously warned: “The pan is at the right temperature again.”

After advancing past Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-finals that month, Real Madrid duly collected their third trophy of the season by beating Osasuna in the competition’s showpiece last weekend.

Up against Manchester City, Madrid continued to sizzle but Kevin De Bruyne fired the visitors level before the flame could morph into a roaring blaze.

Here’s how Madrid have fared behind the stove in recent weeks and what remains for the rest of the season.

After a galling 2-1 reverse at Camp Nou before the March international break, the gap up to Barcelona in La Liga has only widened, with Madrid losing their last two away league games to Girona and Real Sociedad, conceding six goals in the process – Madrid had only shipped five goals across their previous eight away league games.

Goals – at both ends – have been a feature of Madrid’s recent run, with Los Blancos watchers treated to 19 across their previous five matches (nine for, ten against). City, however, halted Madrid’s four-game winning run at home with Tuesday’s hard-fought draw.

Getafe vs Real Madrid – La Liga

Madrid face city rivals Getafe sandwiched between the two-legged Champions League semi-final with Manchester City. The geographic proximity between the two clubs concocts its own enmity but the fixture has been spiced up by the return of Jose Bordalas to Getafe’s dugout.

In a desperate bid to climb out of the relegation zone, Getafe have called upon the coach that led them into the Europa League as recently as 2020. Bordalas may be an infamous expert of the dark arts but he doesn’t possess any knowledge of what beating Real Madrid feels like – in ten career meetings with Los Blancos, Bordalas has lost eight and drawn two.

Manchester City vs Real Madrid – Champions League

Ancelotti has travelled to the Etihad Stadium on five separate occasions across…