Real Madrid and Manchester City will clash on Thursday the 1st of January at 12:00 am in the 15th week of the Champions League. The match will be staged in Madrid at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The appointed referee is François Letexier.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up during the season (6 times or 75.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (6 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-2-2-2 (once).
Carlo Ancelotti is expected to play against Manchester City with the following players: Andriy Lunin, Ferland Mendy, Antonio Rüdiger, Daniel Carvajal, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Real Madrid would be 26.45.
Thibaut Courtois and David Alaba will definitely miss the match.
Manchester City
Manchester City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (5 times or 62.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (5 times) and 3-2-4-1 (3 times).
Josep Guardiola i Sala is expected to play against Real Madrid with the following players: Stefan Ortega, Josko Gvardiol, Rúben Dias, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Manchester City would be 27.73.
Nathan Aké and Kyle Walker will definitely miss the match.
