Real Madrid Vs Villarreal: The Starting 11

The upcoming match is against Villarreal at home in the La liga match day 37. Villarreal are 5th on the leader-board and Real are 1st and just 4 points more than Barcelona on the league table. This game is the most important game now, and has the potential to decide the title, Madrid can not take any risk and will have to win at all costs if they want to make sure that the league title is theirs.

Real Madrid had drawn 2-2 away from home in the first leg.

Looking at the

Injury list:

Marcelo
Reiner Jesus
Mariano

Suspended:

None

Just recovered:

Hazard
Nacho

Practiced:

The rest of the players are available for selection.

Skipped Practice:

None

Coach Comments:

. To be decided

Other Comments:

James has asked not to be selected for the game against Athletic Bilbao and has not been selected since.
Jovic has taken the third COVID test which turned out negative and has trained with the team. Ready for the final two matches.

Squad Updates:

This match is can decide the title for Real Madrid, Real has a margin of just 4 points and there are 2 games in hand, it could still get tricky for both teams. Real has to be very cautious in selecting the team, more so with several injuries and fatigue setting in for some players. They will try to get all the 3 points at any cost.

In the goal Courtois will start, he has been in a good form and needs to keep the same going.

Marcelo misses out due to injury. So Ramos and Varane will start as the center backs. Mendy would start on the left and Carvajal on the right. So Mendy, Varane, Ramos and Carvajal should start. Defence has been in fine form but there were few errors and last game also an error led to a goal. So, the defence will have to be very careful.

All the mid-fielders are available now but James might opt out to play like last few games. Modric was really good in the last game. So it is going to be Kroos, Casemiro and Modric in the middle. Valverde and Isco will be on the bench and will come handy in the second half. With matches coming thick and fast these substitutions will play a key role in maintaining the fitness of the team and avoiding fatigue.

The forwards have been in good shape but still did not convert many chances except in the last game, it is going to be a difficult decision for ZZ. Vinicius got his short break and should start on the left and Asensio on the right. So Vinicius, Benzema and Asensio should start, and Jovic, Bale, Hazard, Lucas Vazquez and Rodrygo should be on the bench.

As there are 5 substitutions available, ZZ should think for more rotations in the second half.

The probable substitutions will be:

Asensio > Rodrygo/Lucas Vazquez

Vinicius > Hazard

Modric > Valverde

Kroos > Isco

Benzema > Bale/Jovic

So the formation would be 4 3 3.

So the final starting 11 will be:

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