Real Madrid will enter the Champions League Play-off players with a 3-2 lead on Wednesday, as Manchester City wants to achieve an unlikely comeback.
The Cityzens seemed to be intended to take a 2-1 lead into the return, but collapsed late and allowed Madrid last week to steal a 3-2 victory in the Etihad.
Pep Guardiola’s team impressed in the first leg in swaths before their well-documented weaknesses impressed their ugly head again, but on Wednesday they go on the back of a 4-0 beatdown from Newcastle inspired with Omar Marmouth on Saturday.
Madrid’s Voodoo magic in this competition worked wonders again in Manchester, but they continued to stutter in Germany at the weekend. Osasuna is a difficult place to visit, and Carlo Ancelotti’s side was recorded for a 1-1 draw after Jude Bellingham was sent by supposedly lazy referee Jose Munuera Montero.
However, Bellingham will be available to visit City, as the 15-fold winners want to book their place in the 16th round.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to the game.
Real Madrid against MAN City Head-to-head results (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
real Madrid | Mannstadt |
|---|---|
Osasuna 1-1 Real Madrid – 15/02/25 | Man City 4-0 Newcastle – 15/02/25 |
Man City 2-3 Real Madrid – 11/02/25 | Man City 2-3 Real Madrid – 11/02/25 |
Real Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid – 08/02/25 | Leyton Orient 1-2 Man City – 08/02/25 |
Leganes 2-3 Real Madrid – 05/02/25 | Arsenal 5-1 Man City – 02/02/25 |
Espanyol 1-0 Real Madrid – 01/02/25 | Man City 3-1 Club Brugge – 29/01/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Discovery+, Discovery+ App, TNT Sports 1 |
United States | Paramount+, Fubotv, Tudn.com, Univision Now, Tudn App, Tudn USA, Unimás |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
The hosts have become healthier since the first leg, with Antonio Rudiger returning the most remarkable star in Ancelotti’s Matchday squad. The German has been traveling with a muscle injury for a few weeks, but he returned to training before the game on Wednesday and should be involved from the start.
Lucas Vazquez is also back in a fight, but the boss confirmed that he will not be in the starting line -up on Wednesday.
David Alaba occurs on a return. Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal are long -term absences. Jude Bellingham’s domestic lock does not transfer to the Champions League.
Real Madrid predicted the line-up against Man City (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Valverde, Tchouameni, Rudiger, Mendy; Camavinga, Ceballos; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius JR; Mbappe.
While City for weeks without Manuel Akanji due to the injury he had forced him in the first leg, which he had forced him at half-time, they received several boosts on the fitness front. Jack Grialish, Nathan Ake and Ruben Dias are all back in training after you missed the victory against Newcastle on Saturday.
The slides should return directly to Guardiolas XI and potentially work together John Stones in Center-Back.
Kevin de Bruyne and Bernardo Silva are also breathtaking at the weekend and are candidates to return, while Omar Marmoush is a certainty to start according to his latest hat trick heroes. Erling Haaland is expected to be fit, even though he adjusted his knee on Saturday.
Man City said on Lineup against Real Madrid (4-2-3-1).: Ederson; Lewis, stones, slides, gvardiol; Gonzalez, Bernardo; Savinho, de Bruyne, Marmoush; Haaland.
This is not the top Madrid outfit, but they are loaded by superstar, and although City cuts off quite well last week, visitors drove through the cityzens when they moved through the gears.
Superior City teams have succumbed to Bernabeu, whereby their only triumph arrived shortly before the Covid 19 pandemic, when Kevin de Bruyne stole the show. So it is a big question about this faulty iteration to rock and win in the Spanish capital.
Both teams will give up control and will probably enable a little chaos – a game status that undoubtedly favors the hosts. Expect more goals in a home win.