Preview: Real Madrid vs Juventus

Estadio Santiago Bernabeu is the venue as Actual Madrid and Juventus lock horns in a high-stakes UEFA Champions League showdown. Wednesday’s enocunter within the Spanish capital could possibly be Igor Tudor’s final in command of the Bianconeri.

In accordance with Tuttosport, Tudor is on the precipice of an early-season dismissal after his aspect prolonged their dreadful winless streak to 6 matches on Sunday afternoon. Certainly, Como beat Juventus 2-0 at Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia to finish their depressing run of 5 consecutive attracts in all competitions.

Due to this fact, the 47-year-old is feeling the warmth forward of Juventus’ mouth-watering conflict in opposition to the record-time European champions. Moreover, a frosty relationship with sporting director Damien Comolli doesn’t assist Tudor’s trigger, highlighting the significance of beating Madrid in opposition to the percentages.

Nonetheless, that might show simpler mentioned than finished, particularly given Los Blancos’ red-hot kind forward of this encounter. Free-scoring Kylian Mbappe discovered a late winner to encourage Xabi Alonso’s aspect to a slim 1-0 victory at Getafe final night time, placing himself on the point of historical past.

The 26-year-old Frenchman might match Cristiano Ronaldo’s document of scoring in 12 successive appearances with a objective in opposition to Juventus. In the meantime, the high-flying La Liga giants head into proceedings on the again of three straight wins in all competitions, together with a 5-0 rout of Kairat Almaty within the Champions League.

Match Preview

Actual Madrid

Earlier than seeing off the Champions League debutants, Actual Madrid squeezed previous Olympique Marseille at residence, Mbappe’s double propelling them to a good 2-1 triumph. In consequence, they’re on the point of beginning a brand new Champions League season on a three-game successful run for the third time within the final 4 editions.

Los Merengues have each purpose for optimism as they maintained a feel-good issue with a hard-fought win at Getafe. Furthermore, they’ve been just about unplayable on the Bernabeu this season, successful all 5 video games in all competitions by way of an mixture rating of 10-3. Nonetheless, conviction has generally been lacking.

Certainly, three of these 5 triumphs got here by a single-goal margin, highlighting the potetential for one more evenly balanced contest. There’s greater than this out-of-sorts Juventus aspect might discount for, as they search revenge for a gut-wrenching 1-0 defeat within the 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup quarter-finals.

That victory varieties a part of Madrid’s spectacular run of three wins from their final 4 aggressive conferences with the Bianconeri. Apparently, that stretch began with a thumping 4-1 victory within the 2017 Champions League remaining.

Juventus

Regardless of shedding 12 of their 22 earlier matches in opposition to the Madrid powerhouse in all competitions (W8, D2), Juventus can draw confidence from beating Los Merengues of their final encounter on Spanish soil. Nonetheless, that fixture dates again to 2018.

Issues might worsen earlier than they get higher for the Allianz outfit. Along with having to battle from behind to keep away from defeat of their opening two Champions League clashes in opposition to Borussia Dortmund and Villarreal, Tudor’s expenses have massively struggled on the highway this season.

Juventus have solely received one away recreation in 2025/26 (D3, L1), conceding earlier than halftime of their final three such outings. As if that’s not worrying sufficient, the guests have gone winless in 5 consecutive highway fixtures within the Champions League since defeating RB Leipzig in October 2024 (D4, L1).

Gradual out of the blocks, Juventus have didn’t get on the scoresheet earlier than halftime in 4 matches on the trot. One other sluggish begin might show deadly for the Bianconeri as they search a valuable victory in opposition to acquainted foes.

Staff Information

Regardless of returning to coaching not too long ago, this match will come too quickly for Ferland Mendy and Trent Alexander-Arnold. Furthermore, Madrid shall be with out Dani Carvajal, Dani Ceballos, and Antonio Rudiger. David Alaba might drop out of the beginning XI after struggling a knock in opposition to Getafe, with Raul Asencio anticipated to take his place.

Then again, Juventus can not name upon their standout defender Gleison Bremer for this ‘make or break’ contest. Lengthy-serving absentee Arkadiusz Milik can be unavailable. The identical applies to Juan Cabal, Fabio Miretti, and marquee summer season signing Edon Zhegrova.

Actual Madrid vs Juventus Potential Beginning Line-ups

Actual Madrid (4-2-3-1): courtois; Valverde, militao, sencio, races; Tchoumeni, Camavinga; Mastantuonus, guler, viniicus; Mbappe.

Juventus (3-4-2-1): Di Gregorio; Gatti, Rugani, Kelly; Kalulu, Locatelli, Thuram, Cambiaso; Conceicao, Yildiz; David.

Actual Madrid vs Juventus Prediction

Along with Tudor’s job, a spot within the Champions League knockouts could possibly be on the road for Juventus. Due to this fact, the stakes are excessive for the visiting aspect, who final received a aggressive fixture in early September.

Nonetheless, we can not again the Bianconeri for fulfillment with any actual conviction. As an alternative, we count on Madrid to speed up Tudor’s exit.

Prediction: Actual Madrid to Win

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