Real Madrid will try to get back to winning ways when they play Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu. Celta Vigo is in danger of being relegated, and Real Madrid wants to avoid that.

If Real Madrid wins their game against Celta Vigo at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday, they will be even further ahead at the top of the table. The away team will try to keep their spot in the Spanish top flight by winning their third straight league game.

If Real Madrid wins, their five-point lead at the top of the table will grow to eight points, since Girona, in second place, has played one more game. The team has also made it to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.

In general, the season has been going well so far, but their recent play has been worrying. In their last five league games, Real Madrid has only won two. They also came into this game after a poor draw with RB Leipzig in the second leg of the Round of 16 match.

People who came to Celta Vigo may not have played their best since the beginning of the season. But they’ve only scored four points in their last two games. With 24 points from 27 games, they are currently 17th in the points table.

They are five points ahead of Cadiz in 18th place, and a win here would help them a lot in their fight to stay alive. They are coming into this game after beating Almeria 1-0, so they will be sure to give Los Blancos a tough game. This episode of The Hard Tackle looks more closely at both teams and tries to guess what strategies they might use.

Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, and David Alaba will not be able to play for Real Madrid for a long time because they hurt their ACLs. There are no more injuries for Real Madrid, but they still can’t get Jude Bellingham’s ban lifted, so he can’t play.

Carlo Ancelotti will make a few changes to the starting eleven that played in their last game because he says that starting five midfielders instead of Rodrygo Goes was not the best choice.

It looks like the home team will stick with the 4-4-2 shape, and Andriy Lunin will stay in goal. Both Ferland Mendy and Dani Carvajal will play as full-backs. Aurelien Tchouameni could move back into the middle of the defense to play with Antonio Rudiger.

The back four will have Luka Modric to help them, who could play as a holding midfielder. Federico Valverde and Toni Kroos will back him up, and Brahim Diaz will play in place of Bellingham in the XI. Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior, both from Brazil, will start at the top.

This is what the team is likely to play (4-4-2): Lunin; Carvajal, Rudiger, Tchouameni, Mendy; Valverde, Modric, Kroos; Diaz, Rodrygo, Vinicius