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With an 11 point lead atop the La Liga table and five matches left in the league campaign, Real Madrid can officially secure the Spanish top flight title with a home win over Cadiz and some outside help on Saturday.

Holding a "magic number" of five, Los Blancos need victory plus a Barcelona defeat to Girona for mathematical confirmation of the 2023/24 league crown. Yet thanks to their massively superior goal difference, in reality, a win alongside a Barcelona draw would leave them all but secure at the summit.

Knowing the title is all but theirs at this stage, Madrid are fully focused on the Champions League push, having reached the semifinals with a matchup against Bayern Munich. With the second leg against Bayern to come on Wednesday at home, Carlo Ancelotti could ring the changes for his side in this match.

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Cadiz are facing relegation this season, and knowing Madrid may make changes and could be focused on other competitions, there is an opportunity to convince themselves a result is possible. The Yellow Submarine sit 18th in the La Liga table, five points behind the final safe club in Celta Vigo. That's an enormous gap to close so late in the campaign, but a result of any kind against the likely title winners would be a massive boost towards a famous push.

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As tempting as it may be to back a team with everything to play for in the relegation battle against a big club with its attention elsewhere, there's just nothing to indicate Cadiz can pull off a result in this game. Cadiz were put to the sword by a 3-0 scoreline in the reverse fixture earlier this season, and their only

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