Real Madrid vs Union Berlin Match Analysis and Prediction

Real Madrid vs Union Berlin Match Analysis & Prediction

Real Madrid

20/09/2023 7:45 pm

Union Berlin

by Vincent

6 days ago 0 24

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Real Madrid will be looking to make it six straight wins across all competitions at the start of the 2023-24 campaign when the host Union Berlin in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

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The hosts will enter the contest off the back of a 2-1 victory over Real Sociedad in La Liga, while Union Berlin suffered a 2-1 defeat to Wolfsburg in their last Bundesliga game on Saturday.

Real Madrid have not quite been at their free-flowing best early in the season, but they have been incredibly effective, recording five straight wins in La Liga to sit top of the table on 15 points.

Los Blancos have won the European Cup an incredible 14 times, making them comfortably the dominant force in the history of this competition, with their last success coming in the 2021-22 season.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side reached the semi-finals of last season’s competition, losing to Manchester City, and they will again be expected to progress deep into the tournament this time around.

Meanwhile, Union Berlin finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season, picking up 62 points from their 34 matches, which saw them directly qualify for the group stage of the Champions League for the first time.

Urs Fischer’s side played in the Europa Conference League during the 2021-22 season but failed to progress past the group stage, although they did reach the last-16 stage of the 2022-23 Europa League.

Die Eisernen will now make the step-up into the biggest cup competition in European football, and they will enter the contest at Bernabeu off the back of two disappointing domestic results, losing their last two Bundesliga matches against RB Leipzig and Wolfsburg.

Real Madrid vs. Union Berlin Head to head

This will be the first meeting between these two teams.

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Champions League

Real Madrid Team News

Real Madrid managed to recover one injured player at the weekend, with Dani Ceballos in a matchday squad for the first time this season, having overcome a hamstring issue.

Ferland Mendy could be back for this game, but the hosts will again be without the services of key trio Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao and Vinicius Junior, while summer arrival Arda Guler is also still unavailable.

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Union Berlin Team News

Union Berlin will be without the services of Rani Khedira, Andras Schafer and Laurenz Dehl for this match through injury.

There is likely to be s start for on-loan Chelsea forward David Datro Fofana, although the experienced Leonardo Bonucci is set to feature among the substitutes for the first whistle.