Real Madrid hopes to bounce back from their embarrassing loss in the El Classico against Carlo Ancelotti's former club AC Milan in the Champions League 2024/25 League Phase.
RM vs MIL Match Details
Date: Tuesday, 5 November 2024/ Wednesday, 6 November 2024
Time: 21:00 (CET), 01:30 (IST)
Venue: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid
RM vs MIL Match Preview
Few would have expected Real Madrid to face such a humiliation from La Liga leaders and arch-rivals Barcelona in the El Classico after a scoreless half-time at Santiago Bernabeu. Yet a total defensive collapse in the second half saw the Catalan giants romp four goals past them. Los Blancos lacked edge in their attack with Vinicius Jr, who scored a hattrick in the thrilling 5-2 comeback win against Dortmund in the last Champions League game, missed the first big opportunity of the match while Kylian Mbappe cut a frustrated figure again after marked offside a record eight times. Their La Liga match this past weekend against Valencia was cancelled due to devastating floods in Spain so the team will have to refind themselves against Serie A giants AC Millan in the continental contest on Wednesday night. Ancelotti's team are placed in the 12th spot on the inaugural League Phase table with two wins against German oppositions with a surprise loss to Lille in between. Another win would pull them to the top three of the table and the holders would fancy chances against an inconsistent Milan side, visiting them for a third straight game at Santiago Bernabeu in all competitions, in the first Champions League meeting since the 2010-11 season.
Millan managed to recover from their 2-0 loss to Serie A leaders Napoli with a 1-0 win through Tijjani Reijnders’s strike against Monza at the weekend. The Dutchman also scored twice in the 3-1 victory over Club Brugge in the last Champions League game to end his side’s losing start to the competition. After a 3-1 home loss to Liverpool and a 1-0 defeat to Bundesliga Bayer Leverkusen, that win was vital for Rossoneri to have some confidence ahead of facing the record winners Real Madrid in Spain. Paulo Fonseca's side sits just a place below the playoff spot in 25th and if they could avoid a loss against the holders in the next game, they would be blessed with a less challenging schedule with last boys Slovan Bratislava, Red Star, Girona and Dinamo Zagreb to face in the remaining matches. With only three points in the bag, a point might not be enough to change their position so they would love to give a fight although they have won just once in Santiago Bernabeu when Alexandra Pato scored the winner and completed his brace in the 3-2 thriller in 2009. Overall, the Italian giants carry the same number of wins in this meeting and have secured three points twice in the last five meetings.
RM vs MIL Recent Form (all competitions)
RM: LWWWL
MIL: LWWLW
RM vs MIL Recent Form (Champions League 2024-25)
RM: WLW
MIL: LLW
RM vs MIL Predicted Lineups
Real Madrid
Lunin; Vazquez, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Valverde, Camavinga, Modric; Bellingham; Vinicius, Mbappe
Milan
Maignan; Royal, Thiaw, Tomori, Hernandez; Loftus-Cheek, Fofana; Pulisic, Reijnders, Leao; Morata
RM vs MIL head-to-head
Played - 15
RM won - 6
Drawn - 3
MIL won - 6
RM vs MIL Dream11 Top picks
Captain Picks: Vinicius Jr
Vice-captain Picks: Christian Pulisic, Tijjani Reijnders, Kylian Mbappe
RM vs MIL Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Maignan (Cr - 8)
DEF: Militao (Cr - 8), Rudiger (Cr - 8), Hernandez (Cr - 8.5)
MID: Pulisic (Cr - 9), Bellingham (Cr - 8.5), Reihnders (Cr - 7.5), Valverde (Cr - 9)
FW: Leao (Cr - 8.5), Mbappe (Cr - 9), Vinicius (Cr - 9)
Vice-captain: Christian Pulisic
Captain: Vinicius Junior
Real Madrid vs AC Milan Match Prediction
A tight game is expected with visitors Milan expected to cause issues to the hosts’s backline still recovering from the El Classico loss. However, Real Madrid should have enough quality to overcome this challenge. We predict a 2-1 win for Los Blancos.
