Actual Madrid host Celta Vigo at Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday in La Liga with the house facet seven factors clear on the summit and the away outfit seventeenth within the desk and 5 factors forward of Cadiz who presently high the relegation zone. Actual squeezed previous RB Leipzig within the UEFA Champions League spherical of 16 in midweek to achieve the quarterfinals with a 1-1 draw at dwelling after a 1-0 win in Germany. Carlo Ancelotti’s males additionally drew with Valencia final weekend with Vini Jr. netting twice which got here on high of a draw with Rayo Vallecano which nonetheless retains them forward of Girona by seven factors. Los Merengues boast La Liga’s second-strongest dwelling file this time period with 35 factors from a attainable 39 with solely seven targets conceded.
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Wins over Celta after which Osasuna can be ideally suited heading into the primary worldwide break of 2024 earlier than assembly Athletic Membership however visiting Celta want factors. Rafa Benitez’s facet are doing their finest to maintain their heads above water with 11 video games to go and the Galicians haven’t been out of the topflight since 2012. Wins over Cadiz and Almeria — each beneath Celta within the desk — have steadied the ship considerably. With 11 factors on the street, all isn’t misplaced for Benitez’s facet however Celta haven’t crushed Actual since 2014 and have misplaced their final seven conferences.
This is our storylines, how one can watch the match and extra:
How you can watch and odds
- Date: Sunday, March 10 | Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
- Location: Santiago Bernabeu — Madrid, Spain
- TV: ESPN Deportes | Stream: Fubo (try for free)
- Odds: Actual -350; Draw +480; Celta +850
Workforce information
Actual: Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao and David Alaba are all out for at the very least one other month or so with the Austria worldwide’s season already over. Jude Bellingham’s two-game La Liga ban stands so anticipate Ancelotti to contemplate Rodrygo, Luka Modric and Brahim Diaz with Aurelien Tchouameni probably changing Nacho on the again.
Potential Actual XI: Lunin; Carvajal, Rudiger, Tchouameni, Mendy; Valverde, Modric, Kroos; Diaz, Rodrygo, Vinicius.
Celta: Renato Tapia, Joseph Aidoo, Miguel Rodriguez and Mihailo Ristic are all out whereas Williot Swedberg and Carlos Dotor are doubts. Iago Aspas is again from suspension and will companion with Jorgen Strand Larsen up high. Benitez ought to go together with kind of the staff that confronted Almeria. Jonathan Bamba on the left with Oscar Mingueza in entrance of Javier Manquillo might be the way in which Benitez goes right here.
Potential Celta XI: Guaita; Manquillo, Starfelt, U Nunez, Sanchez; Mingueza, Beltran, De la Torre, Bamba; Larsen, Aspas.
Prediction
Celta will attempt to make life troublesome for Actual however the dwelling facet ought to in the end come out on high. Anticipate Ancelotti to get the higher of Benitez by a aim or two as these two former Everton bosses go head-to-head. Decide: Actual 2, Celta 1.
