UEFA Champions League 2021-22: Real Madrid vs Chelsea Preview, Team News, Possible Line-Ups, and Prediction


UEFA Champions League 2021-22: Real Madrid vs Chelsea Preview, Team News, Possible Line-Ups, and Prediction

Real Madrid is going to face Chelsea in the first leg of the Quarter Finals of the Champions League 2021-22 on coming Thursday. It will be the most anticipated of all the ties in the Quarter-finals of the Champions League.

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Real Madrid vs Chelsea: Preview

Real Madrid and Chelsea would be facing each other for the second consecutive season in the knockout stages of the Champions League. They faced each other in the semi-finals last year with the Blues emerging out victorious winning with a convincing 3-1 scoreline on aggregate and eventually lifting the trophy.

Real Madrid has failed to register a win against Chelsea in the European competition (5) so far, drawing two of those and losing on three occasions.

Chelsea, on the other hand, has a convincing result against Spanish opponents, and are unbeaten in their last 8 games, while facing any Spanish team (W4, D4), with their last defeat coming at the hands of Valencia in September 2019 under Frank Lampard.

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In Regards to their current performance, Chelsea currently sits third in the Premier League with 59 points in 29 games while Real Madrid is currently leading the La Liga table with 69 points in 30 games. Both have had some bumps on the road with Real Madrid losing 4-0 to Barcelona and Chelsea losing to Brentford 4-1 at home in the recent past.

Real Madrid: Possible line-up

Formation:4-3-3

GK: Thibaut Courtois

Defence: Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, David Alaba, Nacho

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Midfield: Federico Valverde, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric

Attack: Marco Ascensio, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Jr.

Injuries/Suspensions: Eden Hazard

Player to watch: Karim Benzema

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Benzema has been hot on his heels and is on his best season from a goal-scoring perspective, having already netted the ball on eight occasions in the European competition.

Also, these goals have come up in crucial moments and changed the outcome of the match for Real Madrid, the best example would be him man-handling a Star-Studded PSG scoring a Hat-trick against the Parisians to knock them out of the Champions League

Chelsea: Possible line-up

Formation: 4-3-3

Defence: Cesar Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger, Thiago Silva, Recce James

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Midfield: N’golo Kante, Jorginho, Mason Mount

Attack: Christian Pulisic, Romelu Lukaku, Kai Havertz

Injuries/Suspensions: Ben Chilwell

Player to watch: Kai Havertz

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The German International proved his mettle this season for Chelsea standing up on different occasions to give the Blues the lead both as a provider and striker. He has hit six goals and given two assists in the ongoing season of the Premier League.

Real Madrid vs Chelsea Prediction:

This would be a tough one as both the teams have produced some great performances throughout the season and also have their shortcomings. The Veterans of Los Blancos need to be on their toes complementing their energetic youngsters. Carlo Ancelotti will need to be creative to get past the Blues’ defense.

Meanwhile, Chelsea needs to make sure their attacks are on points with their chances to take the lead in the first Leg. Under their mastermind manager, Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea is definitely tactically superior.

All the facts considered, it will be fair to predict a 2-1 victory for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

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