Real Madrid displayed a great performance yesterday to beat Villarreal heavily at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. For now, with Real Madrid's consistency, they are the favorite club to win the La Liga title this season, but Girona will want to win against Alaves to reclaim their no 1 position in the La Liga table.
Real Madrid win yesterday actually changed a lot of things and shows that they have not given up on the chase for the title this season. Assuming Villarreal was able to hold them to a draw, like many analysts were suggesting, it would have been a big motivation for Girona to do their best to win Alaves tonight as to increase their gap with Madrid. Now that Real Madrid have temporarily climbed top of the league, any mistake from Girona will make Madrid comfortably sited there for a long time. The only distraction they will have is champions league matches.
It is what I mentioned before. A team like Real Madrid knows that they just need to continue and at some time a team like Girona will make mistakes. The question is whether a team like Girona can strike back and start a new series of wins again. Otherwise I think the experience that Real Madrid has will also win them the title.
This is where the experience of Real Madrid come into play. As the season progresses, they will know how to manage their matches such that they will not be far from the top while expecting Girona to make as much mistakes as they can. It will be be easier for Girona to fall into this trap given that they are not as experienced as real Madrid.