Like today’s rival, Real Madrid have never left the top league in Spain. During its 118-year history, the royal club has won the title 34 times and won 19 Cups and 11 Super Cups of the country. It must be remembered that Galacticos won the Champions League 13 times and five times in a row. Such a glorious history does not leave the team any chance, except to remain the leader in all tournaments. In the Champions League draw, after six rounds, the creamy ones managed to take first place, even though after two defeats against Shakhtar Donetsk, the capital club had every chance of leaving the tournament, but the victory over Borussia Gladbakh (2:0) saved the favorite. After 12 rounds of the current La Liga championship, Zinedine Zidane’s wards managed to record seven victories and two peaceful outcomes, which brought 23 points and the third position. There are three points before the first Real Sociedad, but the champion has a game in hand. Following the sensational defeat to Alaves (1:2), Madrid played two victories: over Sevilla (1:0) and Atletico (2:0). The indicators of “white” in the attack line look very modest, which hit the opponent’s goal only 19 times, which is the fourth result in the Primera. In the infirmary of owners are Azar, Diaz, Jovic and Edegor.
Borussia had a great start in the Bundesliga, but Lucien Favre’s team failed to hold the entire opening segment at a consistently high level. After 11 rounds the Bumblebees are fifth in the table with 19 points, being two points behind the Champions League zone. Borussia frankly failed in the last matches. The unsuccessful streak started in the ninth round, where the Bumblebees sensationally lost with a score of 1:2 to Cologne. This was followed by a 1:1 draw with Eintracht, whereas in the last round Stuttgart staged a real pogrom against the vice-champion of Germany, having won 5:1 at Signal Iduna Park. This defeat cost the Swiss specialist the job. The team will go to the match with Werder Bremen without Lucien Favre.
