Real Madrid and Borussia Monchengladbach meet in a Group B match of the UEFA Champions League. The match will be played on Wednesday, at 20:00, at Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium.
At the moment, Zinedine Zidane’s team is not only in danger of leaving the Champions League, but also of losing the 3rd position, which leads to the Europa League. Group B is extremely balanced, all teams having chances to occupy one of the first two positions, one stage before the end. Borussia is the leader of the group, with 8 points, followed by Shakhtar Donetsk and Real Madrid, with 7 each, while Inter Milan is the last ranked, with 5 points. Real could be ranked second and with a draw, only if the Italians manage to prevail in the match with Shakhtar.
Real Madrid is going through an extremely modest form, both at European and domestic level. In the championship, the “galactics” occupy only the 4th position after 11 matches, being 6 points behind the leader Atletico Madrid, the team that also has a less disputed match. In the last stage of the championship, Real prevailed on the field of Sevilla, with the score of 1-0.
Borussia impress in Europe, but not in the Bundesliga. There, Marco Rose’s students occupy the 7th position, with four victories, four draws and two defeats. In the two away matches in the Campionilot League, Gladbach collected four points, thanks to the draw at Inter (2-2) and the victory at Shakhtar (6-0).
Borussia has an unrealistic offensive for the current European season. After only five matches played in group B, the Germans have no less than 16 goals scored, having the best defense, with 7 goals conceded. It is an extremely important match for the hosts’ technician, Zinedine Zidane. If he misses the qualification in the next round of the Champions League, it is possible that the Real bosses will lose their patience with the French coach and dismiss him before the end of the season, considering the fact that even in the championship there are no high hopes for the champion. titre. In all five matches played by Borussia in this group, at least four goals were scored and it is not excluded that this time we will witness at least four changes in the table.
The two bands have met five times so far;
The balance is a balanced one, both teams having one victory each;
In the round of group B, the two teams drew in Germany, score 2-2;
Real occupies the 3rd position in group B, with 7 points, while Gladbach is the first ranked, with 8 points;
Real Madrid: Courtois – Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Mendy – Modric, Casemiro, Kroos – Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius;
Absent: Eden Hazard, Federico Valverde, Luka Jovic (injured);
Coach: Zinedine Zidane;
Borussia: Sommer – Lainer, Ginter, Elvedi, Wendt – Kramer, Neuhaus – Lazaro, Stindl, Thuram – Plea;
Absent: Jonas Hofmann, Ramy Bensebaini (injured);
Coach: Marco Rose;
PREDICTION: Real Madrid to win @ 1,72
