Real Madrid vs Marseille form
Last season saw Real Madrid finish 11th in the qualifying stage. Despite showing their mettle to overcome strong opponents such as Man City (play-off) and Atletico Madrid (round of 16), Carlo Ancelotti's team's journey finally had to stop in the quarter-finals after a humiliating 1-5 defeat at the hands of Arsenal.
Along with being dominated by Barcelona in the domestic arena, Real Madrid went through a season without any trophies. Even in the FIFA Club World Cup, Los Blancos could not reach the highest peak after being crushed by PSG 4-0.
Strong reforms took place at Santiago Bernabeu. Veteran coach Ancelotti left to give the hot seat to Xabi Alonso, a young, ambitious strategist who also proved his ability at Leverkusen.
The defensive gap was also filled by the White Vultures with quality signings, Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alvaro Carreras. Initially, the title conquest of Alonso and his team has reaped positive results.
After 4 rounds of La Liga, Real Madrid have won all of them, thereby taking the top spot, 2 points ahead of arch-rival Barcelona. Of course, Alonso and his team really want to spread that spirit to the most prestigious arena in the continent.
Marseille have clearly never been considered worthy opponents of the Spanish Royal team. In the last 4 encounters in the Champions League, the Ligue 1 representative has fallen empty-handed. In the last 2 visits to the Bernabeu, the southern French team has lost by at least 2 goals.
In the domestic arena, Marseille's start was not too impressive. After 4 rounds, the team under the direction of coach Roberto De Zerbi has only won 2 and lost 2. Notably, both of Marseille's defeats so far have occurred on away field, when they respectively lost to Rennes and Lyon with the same score of 0-1.
Thanks to the achievement of finishing 2nd in Ligue 1 2024/25, Marseille returns to the Champions League after 2 years of absence. The goal of the current French runner-up is to overcome the classification stage to advance to the knock-out round.
This promises to be no easy task because in the qualifying round, the team under coach De Zerbi will have to go through a rather tough schedule. In addition to Real Madrid, the away team will also have to face Liverpool, Atalanta, Newcastle, Club Brugge, Ajax, Sporting and Union SG.
Not only having to face strong opponents, the problem Marseille needs to improve is their weak performance when away from home. In Ligue 1 alone, the away team has lost 6, drawn 1 and won only 1 after 8 recent away matches.
Real Madrid vs Marseille squad information
Real Madrid: Antonio Rudiger, Jude Bellingham, Ferland Mendy and Endrick are absent due to injury. Eduardo Camavinga's ability to play is still uncertain.
Marseille: Goalkeeper Ruben Blanco and defender Pol Lirola were both removed from the Champions League squad by coach De Zerbi.
Expected lineup Real Madrid vs Marseille
Real Madrid: Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, Militao, Huijsen, Carreras; Valverde, Tchouameni; Mastantuono, Guler, Vinicius; Mbappe
Marseille: Rulli; Murillo, Pavard, Aguerd, Medina; Gomes, Kondogbia; Greenwood, Nadir, Weah; Aubameyang
Prediction: 3-1
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