Real Madrid vs RB Salzburg: FIFA Club World Cup – team news, start, lineups

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Who: Real Madrid vs Red Bull Salzburg
What: FIFA Club World Cup 2025 – Group H
Where: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, United States
When: Thursday, June 26, 9pm section clip (01:00 GMT connected Friday, June 27)

How to follow: We’ll person each the build-up from 6pm section (10:00 GMT) connected Al Jazeera Sport.

Record-winners Real Madrid conflict to support apical spot successful their radical against the broadside presently level connected points with them, Red Bull Salzburg.

The 17-time Austrian champions could assertion rod position, and with it a amended gully successful the circular of 16.

Al Jazeera Sport takes a look astatine the Group H decider.

How person Real Madrid fared truthful acold astatine the Club World Cup?

Real Madrid opened with a 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal. Gonzalo Garcia, successful for Kylian Mbappe, who was absent with gastroenteritis, gave Los Blancos the lead, but Ruben Neves levelled from the spot earlier the break. Federico Valverde missed a precocious punishment for Los Blancos.

The Spanish giants’ Raul Asencio was sent disconnected successful the seventh infinitesimal of their 3-1 win against Pachuca successful their 2nd match.

Jude Bellingham, Arda Guler and Federico Valverde shrugged disconnected the setback to powerfulness Real into an unassailable pb earlier Elias Montiel netted a consolation for the Mexicans successful the 80th minute.

Real Madrid's Federico Valverde celebrates scoring their 3rd extremity with Brahim Diaz astatine the Club World Cup

How person Salzburg fared truthful far?

After a 2-1 opening triumph implicit Pachuca, Salzburg missed the accidental to seal their spot successful the circular of 16, with a crippled to spare, arsenic they were held to a 0-0 gully by Al Hilal.

What bash Real Madrid request to qualify?

A gully would warrant Real a top-two finish, but that script could mean the Spaniards suffer the apical spot, should Al-Hilal, who are 2 points disconnected the apical 2 successful third, bushed Pachuca.

What bash Salzburg request to qualify?

The Austrians indispensable triumph to beryllium assured of advancement to the knockout stages.

A gully would beryllium capable if Al Hilal and Pachuca gully their last game, portion Salzburg could adjacent advancement successful decision – if Al Hilal’s ain chances are ended by defeat.

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What is the latest connected Mbappe’s instrumentality for Real Madrid?

Kylian Mbappe has returned to grooming pursuing a bout of gastroenteritis, but the French guardant has not made the squad for this match.

Real manager Xabi Alonso says helium is hopeful the 26-year-old volition beryllium disposable soon aft helium missed some Club World Cup matches truthful far, having been hospitalised with the illness.

Real Madrid's Trent Alexander-Arnold and manager Xabi Alonso during grooming astatine the Club World Cup

How did Real Madrid suffice for the Club World Cup?

Real, who relinquished some their home and European titles this season, qualified for the Club World Cup with their 2022 UEFA Champions League last triumph against Liverpool.

How did Salzburg scope the Club World Cup?

Salzburg’s performances successful the UEFA Champions League implicit the past 4 years was the qualifying origin for this contention via the UEFA ranking pathway.

Salzburg finished 3rd successful the Austrian apical formation this season, six points down title-winning Sturm Graz.

What happened the past clip Real Madrid met Salzburg?

The teams met successful the League Phase of the Champions League earlier this season, with Real emerging 5-1 winners astatine Santiago Bernabeu.

Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior some scored twice, with Mbappe chipping successful with the other. Mads Bidstrup’s onslaught for Salzburg was simply a consolation successful the 85th minute.

How galore Club World Cups person Real Madrid won?

Real are the five-time grounds winners of this competition, and past lifted the trophy successful 2023 pursuing their triumph against Al Hilal.

Real Madrid's Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham during training

Head-to-head

This is lone the 2nd gathering betwixt the European clubs, pursuing Real’s Champions League triumph successful their lucifer earlier this season.

The caller format for Europe’s premier nine contention means the teams nary longer person to play each different location and distant anterior to the knockout stages.

Salzburg person met Spanish absorption connected 24 occasions implicit the years, but person won lone 5 of those encounters, losing 15.

Real Madrid squad news

Real volition beryllium without the services of Asencio, pursuing his sending disconnected against Pachuca.

The defender could beryllium replaced by Antonio Rudiger arsenic helium continues his comeback from injury.

All eyes volition beryllium connected the Real teamsheet to spot if Mbappe volition marque his archetypal quality astatine the competition, adjacent if it is conscionable from the bench.

Salzburg squad news

Takumu Kawamura’s genu wounded successful grooming earlier his side’s 2nd crippled successful the radical looks acceptable to sideline the midfielder for immoderate time.

Goalkeeper Alexander Schlager’s manus wounded keeps him out, arsenic does winger Moussa Yeo’s genu problem.

Maurits Kjaergaard could beryllium successful enactment for a commencement aft making his archetypal quality successful 8 months arsenic a substitute successful the gully with Al Hilal. The midfielder has been absent with an ankle injury.