Real Madrid dropped points yesterday, in La Liga, and that could be a sign that their injury crisis is taking a toll on them. Still in first place in the Spanish top flight, Los Blancos have a shortage of personnel right now, so the best thing for them would be some dead rubber. Enter the trip to Union Berlin.
It’s a match up of the first place and dead last sides in UEFA Champions League Group C. Both clubs already know their European fate for this season.
Real Madrid at Union Berlin FYIs
Kickoff: Tues. Dec. 12, 5:45 pm, Olympiastadion, Berlin
Competition: UEFA Champions League Group C Matchday 6/6
Real Madrid Preview Material: Team News Starting XI Prediction
UCL Form, Standing: Real Madrid 1st, 15 pts WWWWW Union Berlin 4th, 2 pts DDLLL
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Google Result Probability: Real Madrid 53% Draw 23% Union Berlin 24%
Madrid are through to the round of 16 as group winners while Berlin are donezo! Moving along, since there is no team news developments to report (the same guys who were out injured all week -Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Aurelien Tchouameni, Dani Carvajal, Arda Guler, Eduardo Camavinga and Vinicius Jr – will remain sidelined here), we’ll just move on to the lineup prediction now.
Time for Carlo Ancelotti to do some squad rotation.
Real Madrid Starting XI Prediction at Union Berlin (UCL)
Kepa Arrizabalaga; Lucas Vazquez, Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba, Nacho; Nico Paz, Toni Kroos, Dani Ceballos; Jude Bellingham; Brahmin Diaz, Joselu
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