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Real Madrid can get a much-needed European victory against Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday as they look to progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
The reigning continental champions have won and lost three of their opening six league stage encounters, leaving them in an unfamiliar position. Carlo Ancelotti’s usually relentless superstars have let their standards slip this term but a win against Salzburg would guarantee them a place in the play-off rounds.
Madrid may lose their The final of the recent Supercopa de España with Barcelona but they have been in generally impressive form since the turn of the year. The capital club have scored 19 in their last five games in all competitions and could put Salzburg to the sword at the Santiago Bernabeu, with the struggling Austrians conceding 18 in five defeats and picking up just a solitary victory. Champions League Until now.
here is 90 minutes Guidance for the decisive clash Madrid.
Real Madrid vs RB Salzburg H2H Record
This is the first competitive match between Real Madrid and Salzburg.
Current Form (All Competitions)
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Real Madrid 4-1 Las Palmas – 01/19/25 |
RB Salzburg 3-0 Austria Klagenfurt – 14/12/24 |
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Real Madrid 5-2 Celta Vigo (AET) – 16/01/25 |
RB Salzburg 0-3 PSG – 10/12/24 |
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Real Madrid 2-5 Barcelona – 12/01/25 |
RB Salzburg 2-2 Rapid Wien – 07/12/24 |
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Real Madrid 3-0 Mallorca – 09/01/25 |
RB Salzburg 4-0 Hartberg – 04/12/24 |
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Deportivo Minera 0-5 Real Madrid – 01/06/25 |
Hartberg 1-1 RB Salzburg – 30/11/24 |
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the country |
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United Kingdom |
TNT Sports 5, Discovery+, Discovery+ App |
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United States |
Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, TUDN USA, UniMas |
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Canada |
DAZN Canada |
Madrid already find themselves short at right-back following Dani Carvajal’s season-ending injury but they will also miss deputy Lucas Vazquez on Wednesday evening due to suspension. Federico Valverde is likely to find himself replacing the Spaniard used in defense this season.
Eder Militao is also out for the season with an ACL tear and Eduardo Kamavinga is absent in the middle of the park. Aurelien Tchouameni is a doubt to feature against Salzburg after missing out Weekend win over Las Palmas Due to foot problem.
Vinicius Junior and Luka Modric are both available after missing Las Palmas’ win through suspension, while David Alaba made his long-awaited return from injury during a 14-minute cameo at the weekend.
Real Madrid Predicted Lineup vs RB Salzburg (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Valverde, Asensio, Rudiger, Mendy; Ceballos, Modric; Rodrigo, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe.
Talk about a baptism of fire for new Salzburg manager Thomas Lesch, who is overseeing his first competitive match in charge of the club since returning to the Bernabeu. The German briefly took charge of the Red Bull side as interim boss in 2015 but has since made a permanent comeback. The sacking of the former Liverpool Assistant Pep Legends as head coach.
Lesch will be without the impressive Karim Konate for Salzburg’s first match of the new year, while Maurits Kjergaard is also ruled out through injury.
Bobby Clarke, formerly of Liverpool, is a doubt for the fixture along with team-mates Amar Dedic, Alexander Schlager and Dauda Guindoni.
RB Salzburg Predicted Lineup Against Real Madrid (4-4-2): Blaswich; Morgalla, Baidoo, Piatkowski, Terzic; Yeo, Capaldo, Bidstrup, Nene; Glokh, Ratkov.
Salzburg have been terrible in the Champions League this season and could be a bit rusty on Wednesday as they haven’t played a competitive match since mid-December. Lesh has had time to work with his new team but won’t be expecting any miracles in Madrid.
For all Los Blancos’ defensive faults, they were in confident mood in the final third and could have increased the score in midweek. Kylian Mbappe has been in excellent goalscoring form and Vinicius’ return to the starting XI will boost his chances of hammering Leash’s new side.
