Real Madrid vs Man City Champions League semi-final going to be the most popular football match in the world. The two teams are really well performed in their recent UCL game. Here we provide some special news for your team.
Kick-off time:
Real Madrid and Man City meet in the UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday 9 May.
Real Madrid vs Man City at a Glance
When: Tuesday 9 May (21:00 CET kick-off)
Where: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
What: UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg
Important Note:
Having played their first competitive game in September 2012, Real Madrid and Man City are now very familiar with one another. While they have identical records in their eight past encounters (W3 D2 L3), 14-time European champions Madrid have tended to win at this stage of the competition. They eliminated Manuel Pellegrini’s City in the semi-finals in 2015/16 (agg: 1-0), then beat Pep Guardiola’s side at the same stage last season (agg: 6-5) after extra time in a remarkable second leg at the Santiago Bernabéu.
City has not won a major UEFA trophy since the 1970 European Cup Winners’ Cup, though they reached the UEFA Champions League final in 2021, losing 1-0 to Chelsea in Porto. They have won four Premier League titles under Guardiola, but the biggest prize of all still eludes them. However, in Erling Haaland, they may have a weapon even Real Madrid cannot resist. In the Norwegian’s only previous meetings with Spanish clubs, he scored twice in each of his three meetings with Sevilla – two with Dortmund, and one with City on Matchday 1 this season.
Possible line-ups*
Real Madrid: Courtois; Carvajal, Militão, Alaba, Camavinga; Modrić, Kroos, Valverde; Rodrygo, Benzema, VinÃcius Júnior
Suspended: Militão
Man City: Ederson; Akanji, Rúben Dias, Aké; Stones, Rodri; Bernardo Silva, De Bruyne, Gündoğan, Grealish; Haaland
Form guide:
Real Madrid
Form (all competitions, most recent first): LWLWWW
Where they stand: 3rd in Liga, Copa del Rey final
Man City
Form (all competitions, most recent first): WWWWDW
Where they stand: 1st in Premier League, FA Cup final
