Real Madrid
Line-up
- 1T. Courtois
- 12Marcelo
- 3Militao, Eder
- 5R. Varane
- 23F. Mendy
- 10L. Modrić
- 14Casemiro
- 15Federico Valverde
- 11Marco Asensio
- 25Rodrygo
- 18L. Jović
- 8T. Kroos
- 9K. Benzema
- 20Vinicius Junior
Subs
- 26Diego Altube
- 13A. Lunin
- 6Nacho
- 17Lucas Vazquez
- 22Isco
Missing
- 16Odriozola
- 2Dani Carvajal
- 7E. Hazard
- 24Mariano Diaz
Shakhtar Donetsk
Line-up
- 81Trubin, Anatolii
- 15V. Korniienko
- 5D. Khocholava
- 77V. Bondar
- 2Dodo
- 27Maycon
- 19Solomon, Manor
- 8Marcos Antonio
- 11Marlos
- 14Tete
- 9Dentinho
- 49Vitao
- 61Georgiy Sudakov
- 59V'Yunnik, Bogdan
Subs
- 30A. Piatov
- 1O. Shevchenko
- 28Cipriano, Marquinhos
- 34M. Mampasi
- 86D. Shostak
- 65D. Goncharuk
Missing
- 31Ismaily
- 4S. Kryvtsov
- 70Y. Konoplanka
Real Madrid won La Liga last season and will play in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 25th time, a record for the tournament (the same for Barcelona). Real Madrid always left the group, which was not possible for any other club.
Shakhtar became the champion of Ukraine last season and will play in the group stage of the Champions League for the 15th time.
Shakhtar have scored in 5 of 6 previous Champions League away games. In 5 of Real's last 7 UEFA Champions League games, teams have scored at least 2 goals .