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Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Time: 20:00 UK, 22:00 E.A.T, 19:00 GMT
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistants: Sander van Roekel (NED), Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional assistant referees: Dennis Higler (NED), Pol van Boekel (NED)
Fourth official: Joost van Zuilen (NED)
Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Courtois; Marcelo, Ramos, Varane, Carvajal; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Asensio, Benzema, Bale
Roma possible starting lineup:
Olsen; Florenzi, Manolas, Juan Jesus, Kolarov; Pellegrini, N’Zonzi, Cristante; Under, Dzeko, El Shaarawy
Match Summary
- Madrid’s record in ten UEFA outings v Roma: W6 D1 L3
- Julen Lopetegui’s first #UCL match as Madrid coach
- Hosts aiming to win fourth consecutive #UCL title
- Roma made it to semi-finals in last season’s #UCL
Real Madrid vs Roma: Head-to-head
The crowd have been able to enjoy many clashes of these two sides and they’ve met each other five times in the last four years.
Madrid have been more successful lately as they managed to celebrate three times in a row.
Total matches played: 10
Won by Real Madrid: 6 (60%)
Won by Roma: 3 (30%)
Drawn: 1 (10%)
Form Guide (most recent to oldest)
Real Madrid: D W W W L W (decent form)
AS Roma: D L D D W L (poor form)
Team news
Casemiro will be expected to start for Real after initially being left on the bench for the weekend trip to Bilbao, with Dani Ceballos struggling to deputise for the Brazilian midfielder.
Lopetegui could still shuffle his pack with Real facing the second of six games with an 18-day fixture pile-up.
In terms of the visitors, they welcomed Alessandro Florenzi back from injury against Chievo following a few weeks on the sidelines, and the versatile full-back is in line to start at the Bernabeu.
Edin Dzeko will lead the line, 18 months on from netting a hat-trick in Roma’s 4-0 success at Villarreal in the Europa League last 32 – the only time his side have avoided defeat in their last five visits to Spain.
De Eusebio has no fresh injury concerns, in fact, so he may well go with the same XI that played out a 2-2 draw with Chievo at the weekend.