Date: Wednesday 5th October, 2022
Time: 8:00 pm
Stadium Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
Referee Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia)
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Team News
Real Madrid
Real Madrid will once again be without the services of Lucas Vazquez due to a groin problem, but Luka Modric is back in training, having missed out against Osasuna due to a hip problem.
Modric is likely to be in the squad, but he could start on the bench, with Federico Valverde potentially moving back into a midfield role to allow Rodrygo to play alongside Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior in attack.
Thibaut Courtois is a major doubt with the back problem that forced him to miss out at the weekend, so there is again likely to be a start between the sticks for Andriy Lunin.
Eder Militao should return in the middle of the defence at the expense of Antonio Rudiger, while Eduardo Camavinga is expected to be fit despite emerging as a doubt when he missed Monday's training session.
Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Lunin; Carvajal, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Valverde, Tchouameni, Kroos; Rodrygo, Benzema, Vinicius
Shakhtar Donetsk
As for Shakhtar, Viktor Kornienko is a long-term absentee due to a serious knee injury, but the visitors are otherwise in good shape heading into this match.
There will be a couple of changes from the side that took to the field for the first whistle in the league last time out, with Lucas Taylor and Marian Shved set to come back in.
Danylo Sikan scored three times against Metalist and is expected to feature at centre-forward, while the in-demand Mudryk is set to play off the left for the Ukrainian giants.
Shakhtar Donetsk possible starting lineup:
Trubin; Taylor, Bondar, Matviyenko, Konoplya; Shved, Bondarenko, Stepanenko, Sudakov, Mudryk; Sikan
Prediction: Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
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