The global network “Skawaka”, which specializes in football statistics and numbers, revealed the expected lineup for the match. Real Madrid vs Stuttgart Scheduled to be held at 10 pm today, Tuesday, at the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium, as part of the first round of the tournament. Champions League 2024-25.
Expected lineup for Real Madrid vs Stuttgart
formation Riyal Expected
Courtois; Carvajal, Eder Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Valverde, Modric; Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius Junior; Mbappé.
Stuttgart expected lineup
Nobel; Wagnoman, Chase, Chabot, Mittelstadt; Lewelling, Karazor, Stiller, Reeder; Demirovic, Undav.
The Champions League system has changed, with 36 teams participating, divided into 4 categories, and two teams from each category will play together in a home-and-away system. The teams in positions 1 to 8 qualify directly to the second round, and the teams in positions 9 to 24 will play a home-and-away play-off to determine the 8 teams that will participate in the second round, in addition to the eight qualifiers.
Real Madrid, the 15-time champions, are looking to retain their European crown after adding French star Kylian Mbappe in the summer transfer window. Mbappe seemed to struggle to adapt to the club, but quickly found his feet after scoring three goals in the last two La Liga games.
Real Madrid suffers from many absences due to injuries, the latest of which is Moroccan star Ibrahim Diaz, who joined a long list of injured players in the team, but Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of the royal club, said that the trio Jude Bellingham, Tchouameni and Eder Militao are ready for the matches.
Ancelotti added, in the match’s press conference, “The enthusiasm is what drives us to this competition, as this club has been the hero of the story for a long time, and it still is. The Champions League is something special for Real Madrid. We will try to compete until the end.”
Real Madrid vs Stuttgart
Regarding the candidates for the title, Ancelotti said: “The same candidates every time, including Real Madrid. In any case, the Champions League will be another story. We hope that we can reach the final as happened last year.”
While Mbappe, 25, confirmed that he is excited about his start with Real in the Champions League, which was a big problem for him with his former team, Paris Saint-Germain, saying: “It will be very important for me, as I said on the first day, I came to Madrid to experience this kind of challenge.”
The French star added, “I am very focused on what needs to be done. The Champions League has changed a lot. It is a new competition and we have to win to start well.”
Real Madrid strengthened its lead in the list of clubs with the most Champions League titles, after winning the title for the fifteenth time in its history, at the expense of its German counterpart Borussia Dortmund, with a score of 2-0, in the match that was held at Wembley Stadium in the English capital, London.
Real Madrid succeeded in achieving its 15th title in the Champions League, strengthening its record as the club with the most titles in the Old Continent, and the club with the most continental championships in the world.
Real Madrid is the most decorated team in the Champions League with 15 titles, far ahead of its closest competitor, the Italian team AC Milan, which is in second place with 7 titles. Then come Liverpool and Bayern Munich in third place with 6 titles each, while Barcelona comes in fourth place with 5 titles.
Real Madrid vs Stuttgart match
On the other hand, Stuttgart will face Real Madrid, and they are well aware of the difficulty of the match, as they are against the team that has won the most European titles, but at the same time they are seeking to achieve good levels in the Champions League after they had a distinguished season in the German League, through which they qualified for the current version of the tournament.
Stuttgart’s last European participation was in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League in the 2013-14 season, when they were eliminated in the final qualifying round by Croatian side Rijeka.