Real Madrid will entertain Chelsea at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this Wednesday night as both sides look to go all out in search of the win. Los Blancos suffered a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Villarreal recently. Similarly, the Blues were narrowly edged out by Wolverhampton Wanderers by a 1-0 scoreline. Hence, we can expect both teams to be eager to get back to winning ways in this midweek UEFA Champions League clash.
Real Madrid Vs Chelsea: Tactical Preview
Carlo Ancelotti will set his side up in a 4-3-3 formation and might instruct his men to dominate the ball and engineer enough clear-cut chances to win this contest.
Chelsea’s interim manager, Frank Lampard will opt for a 4-3-3 formation as well and could ask his men to defend their penalty box well and try to cause problems for the opposition defenders on the counter.
Team News
Real Madrid
Ferland Mendy is unlikely to be ready in time for this game as he is still recovering from a calf problem. Otherwise, Ancelotti has no fresh injury concerns to cope with in midweek.
Real Madrid Predicted XI
Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Alaba; Modric, Camavinga, Kroos; Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius Jr
Chelsea
Armando Broja, Thiago Silva and Cesar Azpilicueta will be sidelined for this game. Furthermore, Mason Mount is a major doubt for this clash as well.
Chelsea Predicted XI
Kepa; James, Fofana, Koulibaly, Chilwell; Kovacic, Fernandez, Kante; Sterling, Havertz, Felix
Key Men
Real Madrid
Karim Benzema will be Ancelotti’s best hope for a goal this Wednesday night. The Frenchman would be eager to get his name on the scoresheet versus the Blues after shooting blanks last weekend.
The performance of Luka Modric and Toni Kross at the centre of Real Madrid’s midfield could go a long way in determining the fate of this match.
Chelsea
Kepa Arrizabalaga has to find a way to make some important saves at the back if Chelsea are to stand a chance of securing a result away at the Bernabeu.
Both Enzo Fernandez and Mateo Kovacic has to find a way to dictate the tempo of the game at the centre of the park.
Real Madrid Vs Chelsea: Streaming Links
| United Kingdom | BT Sport 1, BT Sport Ultimate, BBC Radio 5 Live, TalkSport Radio UK, BTSport.com, BT Sport App |
| USA | Paramount+, Univision NOW, SiriusXM FC, Univision, TUDN USA, TUDN.com, TUDN App, VIX+ |
| India | JioTV, SONY TEN 2 HD, Sony LIV, SONY TEN 2 |
| Canada | DAZN |
| Spain | Movistar+, Movistar Liga de Campeones |
| Italy | Sky Sport 4K, Sky Sport 251, NOW TV, Sky Sport Uno, Sky Sport Football, Mediaset Infinity, SKY Go Italia |
| Germany | DAZN1, Servus TV, DAZN |
| Australia | Stan Sport |
| New Zealand | Spark Sport |
