Prediction: Real Madrid to win 3-0
Best Odds: 37/5
Real Madrid and VfB Stuttgart will lock horns with each other in the UEFA Champions League this week. The match between the La Liga club and the Bundesliga outfit will be held at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and is scheduled to kick off at 8 pm UK time on Tuesday.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid are arguably the biggest club in the world and are the most successful one in the UEFA Champions League. Los Blancos have clinched the title as many as 15 times, including the one from last season. Madrid are the defending European champions.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side are expected to go far in the UEFA Champions League this season and possibly to win it again. After all, it was not so long ago when Madrid clinched the UEFA Champions League three years in a row. In the League Phase, Madrid will take on Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, AC Milan, Atalanta, Salzburg, Lille, Stuttgart and Brest.
Madrid are fifth in the La Liga table at the moment with 11 points from five matches. Los Blancos are four points behind leaders and bitter rivals Barcelona. The defending Spanish champions will jead into the Champions League game against Stuttgart on the back of a 2-0 victory over Real Sociedad away from home in La Liga.
Team News:
Eder Militao has not been training with the rest of the Madrid squad and is likely to miss out on the game against VfB Stuttgart. Eduardo Camavinga, David Alaba, Dani Ceballos and Brahim Diaz all are injured as well and will not play. Jude Bellingham and Aurelien Tchouameni, though, could be back in action.
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart are one of the minnows in the UEFA Champions League this season. The German club do not have a great history in Europe’s premier club competitions, and it is unlikely that they will be able to get out of the League Phase.
Stuttgart will take on Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, AC Milan, Atalanta, Salzburg, Lille, Real Madrid and Brest in the League Phase. Their main objective has to be end up in the top 24 teams and Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded).
Sebastian Hoeness’s side did well in the Bundesliga last season. They ended up as high as second in the league table. Stuttgart are 10th in the Bundesliga table at the moment with four points from three matches.
Team News:
Ameen Al Dakhil is on the sidelines at the moment and will not play against Real Madrid. Fellow defender Leonidas Stergiou could return from a back injury, but Nikolas Nartey and Frans Kratzig will not. Justin Diehl is almost missing for the German club. Ermedin Demirovic and Deniz Undav are likely to start.”
Key Factors to Consider
- Real Madrid have faced 15 German clubs in the UEFA Champions League, but this will be their first game against VfB Stuttgart.
- VfB Stuttgart are chasing a first Champions League win in meetings with Spanish opposition (D2, L4).
- Cacau was the last VfB Stuttgart player to score in the UEFA Champions League, doing so against Barcelona in February 2010.
- VFB Stuttgart are playing UEFA Champions League/European Cup football for the fifth time, and first since reaching the 2009/10 round of 16.
- Real Madrid have won the UEFA Champions League a record 15 times.
Conclusion
Real Madrid are the reigning European champions and will be heavy favourites to win against VfB Stuttgart at home. While it may not be a 4-0 or 5-0 win for Carlo Ancelotti’s side on Tuesday evening, the Santiago Bernabeu faithful will enjoy a few goals and will leave the ground happy and safe with the three points.
Prediction: Real Madrid to win 3-0
Best Odds: 37/5
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