Real Madrid turn the Santiago Bernabeu into a fortress under Jose Mourinho

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Real Madrid still have a long way to go before they are able to pose themselves as the most feared team in Europe. However, the club have made some important strides under Jose Mourinho this season and one of the more promising aspects has been the team’s dominance at home. When Mourinho returned to Madrid, […] The post Real Madrid turn the Santiago Bernabeu into a fortress under Jose Mourinho appeared first on Madrid Universal .

Real Madrid still have a long way to go before they are able to pose themselves as the most feared team in Europe.

However, the club have made some important strides under Jose Mourinho this season and one of the more promising aspects has been the team’s dominance at home.

When Mourinho returned to Madrid, one of his priorities was to transform Santiago Bernabeu into a fortress once again and he has done exactly that.

Real Madrid’s dominance at home

As reported by AS , Real Madrid boast a perfect home record of six wins from six, worth a full 18 points across five league games and one Champions League night.

Two of those were hard-fought, narrow victories over Inter (2-1) and Villarreal (1-0), but the other four were emphatic thrashings, with Real Sociedad (4-1), Malaga (4-0), Rayo Vallecano (4-1) and Sevilla (4-1) all dispatched.

Madrid’s only two defeats of the season have both come on the road, at Betis and Atletico, underlining just how different a proposition they are in their own backyard.

A goalscoring machine on home soil

Real Madrid are particularly ruthless when it comes to games at home, almost comparable to Barcelona’s own scoring dominance this season.

Madrid have racked up 19 goals at the Bernabeu, an average of 3.17 per game. The contrast with last season is stark.

Under Xabi Alonso, the team managed just 11 goals in their first six home matches, and while they also won all six, four of those came by a single goal.

For Mourinho personally, tonight’s Leipzig game also carries a milestone, as he takes charge of his 95th match at the Bernabeu, where he boasts a remarkable 80 wins and an 85% success rate.

It is, therefore, safe to say that the fortress is back, and it is proving a fearsome place to visit. Whether or not Leipzig, who have already been warned by Toni Kroos , fall victim to this dominance this evening remains to be seen.

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