{"id":656150,"date":"2025-06-25T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=656150"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:25:58","slug":"real-madrid-predicted-lineup-rb-salzburg-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/06\/25\/real-madrid-predicted-lineup-rb-salzburg-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid Predicted Lineup vs RB Salzburg for CWC Matchday 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a Real Madrid predicted lineup for their final group stage match in the Club World Cup. They will take on fellow European side RB Salzburg with everything still to play for. The two sides in this clash both have four points with Al-Hilal just behind on two points, a loss could possibly see Los Blancos crash out of the tournament entirely, something which would mark Xabi Alonso’s start with a bit of red ink.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid Predicted Lineup vs RB Salzburg in Club World Cup Tie<\/h2>\n

How Real Madrid Have Lined Up Recently<\/h3>\n

Injuries have limited what Alonso can do since taking over which has seen him use a very set group of players. Thibaut Courtois has started in goal in both tournament matches with a back four of Fran Garcia, Dean Huijsen, Raul Asencio, and Trent Alexander-Arnold.<\/p>\n

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Aurelien Tchouameni and Jude Bellingham have started both matches in midfield with Federico Valverde rounding out the trio. Gonzalo Garcia has been the striker with Vini Jr, Rodrygo, and Arda Guler starting on the wings.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid Recent Form & Tactics<\/h3>\n

The team have set up in their usual 4-3-3 formation under the new manager who mainly used a back three at Bayer Leverkusen. It’s certainly a work in progress as the team isn’t great at keeping the ball or making things happen with it, despite winning 3-1 against Pachuca, they scored with every shot on target and faced 25 shots from their opponents.<\/p>\n

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With one win and one draw under their new manager, things have yet to click for Los Blancos. They have had injuries to key players to deal with while also bedding in new signings but the performances against Al-Hilal and Pachuca showcased a team without a clear identity or brand of football just yet.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid Injuries to Consider<\/h3>\n

Alonso is without eight different players for this one with seven out injured<\/a>. Star forward Kylian Mbappe joins Eder Militao, Ferland Mendy, Dani Carvajal, Eduardo Camavinga, David Alaba, and Endrick on the recovery table. Asencio was sent off in the previous outing and will be suspended for this one, adding to the manager’s woes.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid Predicted Lineup vs Salzburg<\/h3>\n

GK – Thibaut Courtois<\/p>\n

LB – Fran Garcia<\/p>\n

CB – Dean Huijsen<\/p>\n

CB – Antonio Rudiger<\/p>\n

RB – Trent<\/p>\n

CM – Dani Ceballos<\/p>\n

CM – Aurelien Tchouameni<\/p>\n

CM – Jude Bellingham<\/p>\n

W – Brahim Diaz<\/p>\n

ST Gonzalo Garcia<\/p>\n

W – Vini Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a Real Madrid predicted lineup for their final group stage match in the Club World Cup. They will take on fellow European side RB Salzburg with everything still to play for. The two sides in this clash both have four points with Al-Hilal just behind on two points, a loss could possibly see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":656159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1366,6,30,1831],"tags":[1701],"class_list":["post-656150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-madrid","category-la-liga","category-news","category-starting-line-up","tag-club-world-cup"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656160,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656150\/revisions\/656160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}