Comments and predictions for Real Madrid vs Pachuca: The upper hand wins easily

Looking to add another trophy to their collection, Real Madrid will face Mexican side Pachuca in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final on Wednesday night in Qatar.

The tournament is a restructure of the former FIFA Club World Cup, with Manchester City the current champions after defeating Flamengo last December.

Latest Real Madrid vs Pachuca team information

After announcing their 24-man squad for the trip to Qatar on Monday, Real Madrid confirmed that Mbappe will be in the squad and could feature at the Lusail Stadium.

The French striker suffered a thigh injury during Real Madrid's Champions League win over Atalanta BC last week and so missed the 0-0 draw with Rayo Vallecano at the weekend.

Los Blancos' defence remains troubled by long-term injuries to Carvajal (who won the Euro 2024 title) and Eder Militao.

David Alaba (knee injury) recently returned to training with Real Madrid but was not selected by coach Ancelotti for this week's match in Qatar.

Ferland Mendy, who is recovering from a muscle injury suffered earlier this month, will also remain in Spain while his team-mates compete in the intercontinental tournament in the Middle East.

For Pachuca, Andres Micolta, after returning from a thigh injury in October, has been in impressive form over the past week and is expected to start in Wednesday's final.

Tuzos are still without defensive midfielder Israel Luna, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury in April, ruling him out for the rest of the season.

Latest Real Madrid vs Pachuca expected lineup

Real Madrid:

Courtois; Vazquez, Tchouameni, Rudiger, Garcia; Valverde, Camavinga, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr

Pachuca:

Moreno; Rodriguez, Cabral, Micolta, Gonzalez; Montiel, Pedraza, Deossa, Bautista, Idrissi; Rondon

Latest Real Madrid vs Pachuca football review

Since a shock 2-1 defeat to Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on December 4, Real Madrid have gone three games unbeaten in La Liga and the Champions League, helping them regain their title defence in both competitions.

However, Los Blancos had to share the spoils with Rayo Vallecano on Saturday night, as goals from Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo were not enough to earn them all three points at the Estadio de Vallecas in front of 14,000 spectators.

The sixth drop in points this season in La Liga left Real Madrid third in the table, one point behind Barcelona and two behind Atletico Madrid, before they headed to the Middle East for the holidays.

On an individual level, new signing Kylian Mbappe has yet to truly shine at the Santiago Bernabeu, and he may be struggling to integrate with the other Galacticos under coach Carlo Ancelotti in this promising 2024-25 season.

Real Madrid booked their place in the Intercontinental Cup final on Wednesday night at Lusail Stadium, Qatar, thanks to their Champions League triumph in June, when second-half goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr helped them beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final.

Pachuca, meanwhile, have had a more complicated journey to reach the Intercontinental Cup final, with the Mexican side spending more than a week in the Middle East playing back-to-back continental champions before taking on European giants Real Madrid.

Tuzos secured a convincing 3-0 win over Botafogo at Stadium 974 in Doha last Wednesday night, with goals from Oussama Idrissi, Nelson Deossa and Salomon Rondon helping the Mexican side defeat the 2023 Copa Libertadores champions.

While Los Blancos struggled at Vallecano on Saturday, Pachuca booked their place in the Intercontinental Cup final with a penalty shootout win over African champions Al Ahly, with goalkeeper Carlos Moreno saving Khaled Abdelfattah's shot to give Pachuca the win.

Before their important international wins last week, Tuzos endured a difficult end to the Liga MX Apertura season, winning just one of their last eight games, and finishing the season in 16th place out of 18 teams.

The Lusail Stadium will certainly see the first meeting between Real Madrid and Pachuca on Wednesday night, although the two teams will become familiar opponents in the future, as both are in Group H of next summer's Club World Cup alongside Al-Hilal and Red Bull Salzburg.

Real Madrid vs Pachuca score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Real Madrid vs Pachuca match:

• Sportsmole: Real Madrid 4-0 Pachuca

• WhoScore: Real Madrid 3-0 Pachuca
• Our prediction: Real Madrid 3-0 Pachuca

When and where to watch Real Madrid vs Pachuca live?

To watch the live match Real Madrid vs Pachuca in the FIFA Intercontinental Cup taking place at 0:00 on December 19, viewers can watch it on online sports channels. Wish you all have fun watching football.

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