Real Madrid Vs Arsenal Tactical Preview: Team News, Key Men And Streaming Links | OneFootball

Real Madrid will entertain Arsenal at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium this Wednesday night after the Gunners secured a 3-0 win in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League tie earlier this month.

Real Madrid Vs Arsenal: Talking Tactics

Carlo Ancelotti will set his men up in a 4-4-2 formation and is expected to ask his men to dominate the ball and engineer some decent chances to win this contest.

Mikel Arteta will opt for the 4-3-3 formation and could instruct his players to defend their 3-0 lead from the first leg well throughout the 90 minutes.

Team News

Real Madrid

Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal will be sidelined for this match due to injuries. Furthermore, Eduardo Camavinga is suspended for this game after he was sent off by the referee in the first leg.

Real Madrid Predicted XI

Courtois; Valverde, Asencio, Rudiger, Alaba; Tchouameni, Modric; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Jr; Mbappe

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 08: Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid punches the ball clear as Jurrien Timber, Mikel Merino and William Saliba of Arsenal challenge during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Quarter Final First Leg match between Arsenal FC and Real Madrid C.F. at Emirates Stadium on April 08, 2025 in London, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Arsenal

This game might come too soon for Jorginho, Thomas Partey and Ben White as they are all struggling with injuries.

Arsenal Predicted XI

Raya; Timber, Saliba, Kiwior, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Saka, Merino, Martinelli

Key Men

Real Madrid

Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. would have to carry most of the goal-scoring burden for Los Blancos up top. Ancelotti would rely on his star forwards to do most of the damage this Wednesday night if Real Madrid are to pull off a miraculous comeback in this second leg.

Arsenal

William Saliba and Jakub Kiwior can expect to have a busy night. Both of them need to find a way to keep the opposition attackers quiet at the Bernabeu.

The Gunners will rely on the creativity of Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard when they try to expose Real Madrid’s defensive weaknesses on the counter.