Match Day

Real Madrid vs. Arsenal | Champions League | Quarter-Finals | 2nd Leg

In order to maintain their hopes of making it to the round of sixteen, Carlo Ancelotti's team must pull off the most spectacular comeback against Arsenal in the second leg of their quarterfinal match on Wednesday night.

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Match Details:

NAME: Real Madrid vs. Arsenal
DATE: Apr 16, 2025
TIME: 8.00pm UK
VENUE: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu

When is Real Madrid vs. Arsenal?

Real Madrid vs. Arsenal is scheduled for an 8.00pm UK kick-off on Wednesday, Apr 16, 2025.

How to watch?

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Real Madrid vs. Arsenal Team News

Real Madrid Team News

Due to a string of yellow cards, Real Madrid will also be missing their key player, Aurelien Tchouameni, for the opening leg at the Emirates.

Ferland Mendy (muscle), Thibaut Courtois (muscle), and former Gunner Dani Ceballos (calf) are expected to recover from the injuries that kept them out of the Valencia match. The Frenchman replaces Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao, who are both sidelined for the season due to knee issues.

Due to number two Andriy Lunin's calf issue, Ancelotti was forced to start 19-year-old goalkeeper Fran Gonzalez over the weekend. However, if Courtois fails a late fitness test, the Ukrainian will start in goal.

But after a UEFA inquiry into their celebrations against Atletico, concerns that Kylian Mbappe, Ceballos, Antonio Rudiger, and Vinicius Junior might miss the first leg due to suspension did not materialize; instead, they were fined.

Arsenal Team News

This week, versatile defender Riccardo Calafiori, the banned Raheem Sterling, and four long-time Arsenal absentees — Gabriel Jesus (knee), Kai Havertz (hamstring), Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee), and Gabriel Magalhaes (hamstring)—will all watch helplessly.

At Goodison Park, Arteta calmed concerns about a new problem for substitute striker Mikel Merino. The Spaniard sustained an injury to his head, but he should be allowed to line up in an attack bolstered by Bukayo Saka.

Since recovering from a hamstring injury, the Hale End hero has made two substitute appearances without suffering any injuries. He is now anticipated to make his first start of 2025, joining players like Thomas Partey, Jurrien Timber, Martin Odegaard, and Gabriel Martinelli in the starting lineup.

Real Madrid vs. Arsenal Match Summary

Highlights - Real Madrid vs. Arsenal

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Declan Rice, a £105 million player for Arsenal, gave the World Cup champion some set-piece instructions in North London as Real Madrid's bright new toy Kylian Mbappe eagerly awaits his first-ever goal from a direct free kick. Rice scored two incredible dead-ball goals in 12 minutes.

When Rice first bent an amazing effort around the wall before a postage-stamp second, which came before emergency number nine Mikel Merino also had his say with a brilliant first-time finish, even former Madrid left-back and free-kick legend Roberto Carlos, who was present at the Emirates, should have been able to force a smile.

Real Madrid, who deserved nothing and received nothing in North London, lost a Champions League/European Cup knockout match by three goals or more for just the fifth time in their history as a jubilant Emirates crowd celebrated the most memorable night in the stadium's history.

The one exception occurred against Derby County, an English team, whom Los Blancos lost 4-1 in the first leg of the 1975–76 last 16 before winning 5-1 in the second. Los Blancos ultimately lost four of those five previous eliminations.

Champions League nights at the Bernabeu are anything but guaranteed, as Manchester City and Chelsea can attest. However, that 5-1 victory over Derby is only one of two times in the competition that Real Madrid has defeated an English team by four goals or more; the other was a 4-0 thrashing of Tottenham Hotspur in the quarterfinals in 2011.

Though Eduardo Camavinga scored the game-winning goal before to Mbappe's dismissal in the holders' La Liga match against Alaves over the weekend, they haven't failed to score at home in the Champions League since December 2018 against CSKA Moscow.

However, Real Madrid has also given up at least one goal in each of their previous ten European games played at the Bernabeu. This is encouraging for Arsenal, as they might not be able to finish the quarterfinal match with just their tough defense.

Mikel Arteta's team would be more than deserving semi-finalists after defeating Real Madrid in the English capital despite the absences of Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, and Gabriel Magalhaes. They have only made it this far twice, and not since 2009.

With 11 shots on goal that evening, the most of any side against Real Madrid in a UCL quarterfinal match, the Gunners' main regret from the first leg may have been that they did not establish a more decisive advantage. Over the weekend, they reverted to their wasteful ways.

With Liverpool only two victories away from winning the Premier League, a rotating team was forced to settle for a point in a 1-1 London derby match with Brentford. If Arsenal loses unexpectedly to Ipswich Town this weekend, their prospects may even be officially ended.

However, that home draw at least made Arsenal's winning streak in all competitions nine games, and the Gunners have scored in each of their previous eight games, giving them real hope of a spectacular Madrid repeat.

Arsenal has not yet lost to Real Madrid in a competitive game, and it has been 19 years since Thierry Henry's iconic solo run helped the North London powerhouses win 1-0 at the Bernabeu in 2006. Despite this, they can afford to have that run ended and still celebrate dumping out the winners on their own patch.

Predicted starting lineup

Real Madrid possible starting lineup:

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

Arsenal possible starting lineup:

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

Real Madrid vs. Arsenal