Actual Madrid may safe a much-needed European victory towards Austrian aspect Pink Bull Salzburg on Wednesday as they search passage to the knockout part of the Champions League.
The reigning continental champions have gained three and misplaced as lots of their opening six league part encounters, leaving them in an unfamiliar place. Carlo Ancelotti’s often relentless superstars have let their requirements slip this time period however victory over Salzburg would all however assure them a spot within the play-off spherical.
Madrid might have misplaced their latest Supercopa de Espana last with Barcelona however they’ve been in usually spectacular type for the reason that flip of the yr. The capital membership have scored 19 throughout their final 5 matches in all competitions and will put Salzburg to the sword on the Santiago Bernabeu, with the struggling Austrians having conceded 18 in 5 defeats and boast only a solitary victory within the Champions League to this point.
Right here is 90min’s information to a vital conflict for Madrid.
Actual Madrid vs RB Salzburg H2H report
That is the primary aggressive fixture between Actual Madrid and Salzburg.
Present type (all competitions)
Actual Madrid | RB Salzburg |
|---|---|
Actual Madrid 4-1 Las Palmas – 19/01/25 | RB Salzburg 3-0 Austria Klagenfurt – 14/12/24 |
Actual Madrid 5-2 Celta Vigo (AET) – 16/01/25 | RB Salzburg 0-3 PSG – 10/12/24 |
Actual Madrid 2-5 Barcelona – 12/01/25 | RB Salzburg 2-2 Speedy Wien – 07/12/24 |
Actual Madrid 3-0 Mallorca – 09/01/25 | RB Salzburg 4-0 Hartberg – 04/12/24 |
Deportivo Minera 0-5 Actual Madrid – 06/01/25 | Hartberg 1-1 RB Salzburg – 30/11/24 |
Nation | TV channel/dwell stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | TNT Sports activities 5, discovery+, discovery+ App |
United States | Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, TUDN USA, UniMas |
Canada | DAZN Canada |
Madrid already discover themselves quick at right-back following Dani Carvajal’s season-ending damage however they may also be lacking deputy Lucas Vazquez on Wednesday night as a consequence of suspension. Federico Valverde is prone to function within the Spaniard’s place having been utilized in defence this season.
Eder Militao can be out for the season with an ACL tear and Eduardo Camavinga is absent within the centre of the park. Aurelien Tchouameni is a doubt to function towards Salzburg after lacking the weekend win over Las Palmas as a consequence of a leg difficulty.
Vinicius Junior and Luka Modric are each obtainable after lacking the Las Palmas triumph by means of suspension, whereas David Alaba made his long-awaited return from damage throughout a 14-minute cameo on the weekend.
Actual Madrid predicted lineup vs RB Salzburg (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Valverde, Asencio, Rudiger, Mendy; Ceballos, Modric; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe.
Speak about a baptism of fireside for brand spanking new Salzburg supervisor Thomas Letsch, who’s overseeing his first aggressive match in control of the membership since his return on the Bernabeu. The German briefly took cost of the Pink Bull aspect in 2015 as interim boss however has made a everlasting comeback following the dismissal of former Liverpool assistant Pep Lijnders as head coach.
Letsch will probably be with out the influential Karim Konate for Salzburg’s first match of the brand new yr, whereas Maurits Kjaergaard can be sidelined by means of damage.
Bobby Clark, previously of Liverpool, is a doubt for the fixture alongside teammates Amar Dedic, Alexander Schlager and Daouda Guindo.
RB Salzburg predicted lineup vs Actual Madrid (4-4-2): Blaswich; Morgalla, Baidoo, Piatkowski, Terzic; Yeo, Capaldo, Bidstrup, Nene; Gloukh, Ratkov.
Salzburg have been dire within the Champions League this season and could possibly be a tad rusty on Wednesday on condition that they have not performed a aggressive match since mid-December. Letsch has had time to work together with his new squad however won’t expect any miracles in Madrid.
For all Los Blancos’ defensive flaws, they’ve been in assured temper within the last third and will run up the rating midweek. Kylian Mbappe has been in wonderful goalscoring type and Vinicius’ return to the beginning XI will solely improve their probabilities of hammering Letsch’s new aspect.
