Real Madrid ended up in a fairly easy group in the Champions League – Zinedine Zidane’s team fought for a ticket to the playoffs with PSG, Brugge and Galatasaray. As a result, the status of the favorite Los Blancos was justified – they came to the finish line second, losing five points to Parisians and ahead of the third Brugge by eight points. In the championship of Spain, the Royal Club traditionally relies on the champion title, but so far loses the competition to Barcelona. According to the results of 25 rounds, Real is second in the table and only two points behind the leader. Los Blancos fell out of the podium due to the last two unsuccessful matches – at first they were unable to outplay Celta on their field, having scored a draw (2: 2) with an opponent, then they completely lost 0: 2 on a Levant away. The fight was also overshadowed by the injury of Eden Hazard, who will miss the Champions League and El Clasico match.
Union does not set itself ambitious tasks this season – the team of Urs Fischer is betting on maintaining a residence permit in the Bundesliga and is solving it without any special problems so far. After 22 rounds, the Iron are in 12th place in the table with 26 points, breaking away from the zone of transitional matches by six points, which allows them to feel safe. In the last round, Union took Bayer on their field and gave the opponent a real fight, but errors in defense did not allow the capital club to get hold of at least one point. The defeat (2:3) did not allow the Iron to advance on the table and, apparently, we can already forget about the fight for the Europa League. Approximate composition: Rafal Gikiewicz, Marvin Friedrich, Keven Schlotterbeck, Neven Subotic, Julian Ryerson, Christian Gentner, Robert Andrich, Christopher Lenz, Marcus Ingvartsen, Marius Buelter, Sebastian Andersson. More soccer winning predictions can be obtained from the link provided.
