Week 6 brings us a match on Nov 2nd where Celtic will travel to Madrid to battle Real Madrid in a meeting of these two Champions League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, which is great football weather. Real Madrid is fresh off their 2-3 loss against RB Leipzig. Joško Gvardiol scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 13th minute, then Christopher Nkunku added another in the 18th minute. Real Madrid looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Celtic recorded a 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk. Giorgos Giakoumakis scored the first goal for Celtic in the 34th minute, then Mykhailo Mudryk tied it up for Shakhtar Donetsk in the 58th minute on a feed from Danylo Sikan squeezing out at least the one point for Shakhtar Donetsk. Celtic is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Real Madrid and Celtic last played eachother at the Celtic Park on the 6th of September. Real Madrid took the match by a score of 3 to 0. Vinícius Júnior struck first for Real Madrid in the 56th minute on a feed from Federico Valverde, then Luka Modrić added another in the 60th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Celtic couldn’t manage to score, and Real Madrid took the shutout win.
Celtic is fortunate enough to have Giorgos Giakoumakis in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Federico Valverde has been the most effective weapon for Real Madrid lately. The midfielder has netted three goals in his last 5 matches.