Real Madrid host Manchester City in a tasty UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg in the Spanish capital.
Carlo Ancelotti’s Real lead La Liga and have dealt with injury problems all season long, but the injury issues have started to ease and they have a wonderful balance of youth and experience in their extremely talented side. Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr are their young stars in attack but the likes of Antonio Rudiger, Luka Modric, Dani Caravajal and Toni Kroos still have a huge part to play. Real have lost just once in La Liga all season and have the best defensive record in Spain (20 goals conceded in 30 games) by some distance.
Manchester City are just one point behind Premier League leaders Arsenal with seven games of the season to go, are in the FA Cup semifinal against Chelsea and their hopes of winning back-to-back trebles are well and truly alive. City are missing Kyle Walker and Nathan Ake through injury for this game and that impacts their defensive gameplan against Real Madrid. Still, Pep Guardiola will be hoping Kevin de Bruyne and Co. will have plenty in attack to make up for any defensive deficiencies.
