Overview
- Kickoff is Wednesday, October 22 at 9 p.m. local (19:00 GMT) at the Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid.
- Real Madrid enter unbeaten in the Champions League and in strong domestic form, while Juventus have opened the group with two draws and need a win to climb the standings.
- Madrid’s back line is stretched with Dean Huijsen, Dani Carvajal, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Antonio Rüdiger sidelined, and David Alaba not expected to start as Xabi Alonso reshuffles his defence.
- Juventus remain without centre-back Gleison Bremer following knee surgery and left-back Juan Cabal through a thigh injury, adding to selection issues after a 2-0 league defeat at Como.
- Predicted lineups point to Kylian Mbappé supported by Jude Bellingham and Vinícius Júnior for Madrid, with Jonathan David and Kenan Yildiz expected to lead the Juventus attack.