Real Madrid can secure a much-needed European win against Austria's Red Bull Salzburg on Wednesday as they bid to qualify for the Champions League knockout stage.
The continental champions have won three and lost the same number of their first six matches in the league stages, leaving them in an unfamiliar position. Carlo Ancelotti's usually unflappable stars have let their standards slide this season, but victory over Salzburg would guarantee them a place in the play-off round.
Maybe Madrid lost The last Spanish Super Cup final With Barcelona but they have been in impressive form overall since the start of the year. The capital club have scored 19 goals in their last five matches in all competitions and could put Salzburg in a tough encounter at the Santiago Bernabeu, where the struggling Austrian side have conceded 18 goals in five defeats and boast just one league win. UEFA Champions League yet.
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Real Madrid vs Red Bull Salzburg match score
This is the first competitive match between Real Madrid and Salzburg.
Current form (all competitions)
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real madrid |
RB Salzburg |
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Real Madrid 4-1 Las Palmas – 01/19/25 |
Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Austria Klagenfurt – 12/14/24 |
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Real Madrid 5-2 Celta Vigo (AET) – 16/01/25 |
RB Salzburg 0-3 Paris Saint-Germain – 12/10/24 |
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Real Madrid 2-5 Barcelona – 12/01/25 |
RB Salzburg 2-2 Rapid Vienna – 12/07/24 |
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Real Madrid 3-0 Mallorca – 01/09/25 |
RB Salzburg 4-0 Hartberg – 12/04/24 |
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Deportivo Minera 0-5 Real Madrid – 01/06/25 |
Hartberg 1-1 RB Salzburg – 30/11/24 |
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nation |
TV Channel/Live Broadcast |
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UK |
TNT Sports 5, Discovery+, Discovery+ App |
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US |
Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, TUDN USA, UniMas |
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Canada |
DAZN CANADA |
Real Madrid already find themselves short of a right-back following Dani Carvajal's season-ending injury, but they will also be without his deputy Lucas Vazquez on Wednesday evening due to suspension. Federico Valverde is likely to replace the Spaniard after being used in defense this season.
Eder Militao will also miss the season due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament and Eduardo Camavinga is out in midfield. There is a doubt about Aurelien Chouamini's participation against Salzburg after he missed the match Weekend win over Las Palmas Because of a leg problem.
Vinicius Junior and Luka Modric are both available after missing the Las Palmas victory through suspension, while David Alaba made his long-awaited return from injury in 14 minutes at the weekend.
Real Madrid's expected lineup against Red Bull Salzburg (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Valverde, Asensio, Rudiger, Mendy; Ceballos, Modric; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius; Mbappe.
We talked about the baptism of fire for Salzburg's new coach Thomas Leitch, who is overseeing his first official match in charge of the club since his return to the Bernabéu. The German briefly took charge of Red Bull in 2015 as interim coach but returned permanently after the crisis. Former Liverpool coach sacked Assistant Pep Lijnders as head coach.
Leitch will be without the influential Karim Konate for Salzburg's first match of the new year, while Moritz Kjaergaard will also be absent due to injury.
Former Liverpool player Bobby Clarke is a doubt for the match alongside team-mates Amar Didic, Alexander Schlager and Daoda Guindo.
The expected formation of Salzburg against Real Madrid (4-4-2):pluswitch; Morjala, Baidu, Piatkowski, Terzic; Yu, Capaldo, Bidstrup, Nene; Galuch, Ratkov.
Salzburg have performed poorly in the Champions League this season and could be a bit poor on Wednesday given they have not played a competitive match since mid-December. Leitch has had enough time to work with his new team, but he will not expect any miracles in Madrid.
For all Los Blancos' defensive flaws, they were in a confident mood in the final third and could increase the score in midweek. Kylian Mbappe has been in excellent scoring form, and Vinicius's return to the starting line-up will increase their chances of beating Leitch's new side.
