Real Madrid vs Girona Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Real Madrid annihilated Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League as their focus shifts back to the title race in La Liga with the visit of Girona to the Bernabeu this weekend.

Kick-off date/time: Sunday 23rd February, 2025: UK – 3:15pm / US ET – 10:15am / US PT – 7:15am

How to watch on TV: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN have the exclusive rights to La Liga games in the USA, so Real Madrid vs Girona may be televised on one of their affiliated channels

How to watch online: UK – Premier Sports / US – ESPN+

Real Madrid Team News: Bellingham’s ban

England international and key man for Real Madrid Jude Bellingham is missing through suspension for Madrid’s next two Liga matches after aggressive dissent to the referee last weekend. They remain without key defenders David Alaba, Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Courtois; Fede Valverde, Raul Asencio, Rudiger, Fran Garcia; Dani Ceballos, Modric, Camavinga; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Junior

Unavailable: Alaba (Injured), Militao (Injured), Dani Carvajal (Injured), Bellingham (Suspended)

Questionable: Lucas Vazquez (Injured)

Girona Team News: No Yangel Herrera

Former Manchester City defensive midfielder Yangel Herrera is also missing through suspension this weekend, whilst Girona deal with a couple of issues in attack as both Arnaud Danjuma Groeneveld and Abel Ruiz are doubtful.

Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Paulo Gazzaniga; Alejandro Frances, Juanpe, Krejci, Miguel Gutierrez; Oriol Romeu, Ivan Martin; Tsygankov, Van de Beek, Bryan Gil; Miovski

Unavailable: Yangel Herrera (Suspended)

Questionable: Danjuma (Injured), Abel Ruiz (Injured)

Real Madrid vs Girona Prediction

Kylian Mbappe was inspired in midweek as he scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid defeated Manchester City by three goals to one to complete a 6-3 aggregate victory in the knockout playoff round of the UEFA Champions League the other day. Los Blancos were held to a 1-1 draw by Osasuna at El Sadar last weekend and will be a little frustrated as they have fallen behind Barcelona at the top-of-the-table ahead of this weekend’s round of fixtures. Girona most recently suffered a 2-1 loss at home to Getafe to continue their poor run of form of late with six defeats in their last seven matches across all competitions. Madrid are firm favourites here, even as they deal with the absence of Bellingham.

Real Madrid vs Girona Tip: Real Madrid to win