Defending champions Real Madrid eye winning start to their 2018/19 UEFA Champions League campaign
Kick-off : 9:00 PM (Local)
Venue : Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Real Madrid the defending champions will be hoping for a winning start on Wednesday night when they kickstart their title defence. Real Madrid completed the hat-trick of Champions League titles when they won the Champions League this year defeating Liverpool in the final.
Los Blancos knows they should easily qualify for the next stage given their calibre and the teams present in the group. Real Madrid have got Roma, CSKA Moscow and Plzen in their group.
On the other hand, Roma will too be looking for success in the Champions League. But they know they have got a tough game to kickstart their campaign.
Roma knows Real Madrid away will be a tough test and they will need to be at the top of their game.
Real Madrid have a good record against Roma in the Champions League and will look to continue the good work on Wednesday night.
Team news and possible line-ups
Daniele De Rossi is available for Roma for the midweek game and will play. While Javier Pastore is doubtful.
As for Real Madrid, they have no fresh injury concerns at the moment and are likely to remain unchanged from the previous game.
Roma XI : Olsen, Florenzi, Manolas, J. Jesus, Kolarov, Pellegrini, N’Zonzi, Cristante, Under, Dzeko, El Shaarawy.
Real Madrid XI : Courtois, Marcelo, Ramos, Varane, D. Carvajal, Modric, Casemiro, Kroos, Asensio, Benzema, Bale.
Prediction
It should be a good game between two good sides but in the end I expect Real Madrid to win this game. They might win 3-1.
