Real Madrid vs Union Berlin 2023/24: Team news, predicted line-ups & kick off time
Real Madrid are back in their favourite competition on Wednesday where they’ll be hosting Union Berlin in the Champions League at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Carlo Ancelotti side continued their perfect start to the 2023/24 season with a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday and will be looking to make it six straight wins in all competitions.
Union Berlin suffered a 2-1 loss to Wolfsburg in their last Bundesliga fixture on Saturday.
Here’s everything you need to know about the clash.
Team news
Carlo Ancelotti will be without the services of Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militão, Arda Güler, Vinicius Jr & Dani Carvajal.
Dani Carvajal suffered a muscular injury in training and will miss the clash. Lucas Vazquez will start at right-back.
Both Ferland Mendy and Dani Ceballos have recovered from their respective injuries and are available for selection.
As for Union Berlin, Rani Khedira, Laurenz Dehl and Andras Schafer will all miss out through injury.
📋 Squad list for Wednesday’s match against Unión Berlin.
❌ Players NOT called up: Courtois, Militão, Vinícius, Carvajal & Güler. pic.twitter.com/pXczdraSsU
— Real Madrid News (@onlyrmcfnews) September 19, 2023
Predicted line-ups
Real Madrid (4-3-1-2):
Kepa
Vazquez — Rüdiger — Alaba — F. Garcia
Valverde — Tchouaméni — Modric
Bellingham
Rodrygo — Joselu
Union Berlin (3-5-2):
Ronnow
Doekhi — Knoche — Leite
Juranovic — Laidouni — Kral — Aaronson — Gosens
Fofana — Behrens
Head-to-head results (Last Five Games)
Real Madrid: N/A
Draws: N/A
Union Berlin: N/A
Last meeting: This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
Kick-off time
Real Madrid will be hosting Union Berlin on Wednesday evening (20 September) at 18:45 CET.
