Kairat vs. Real Madrid live, today: where to watch, schedule and probable lineups for the Champions League duel
Xabi Alonso's team will face an unprecedented match in Kazakhstan. Find out the details of Real Madrid's visit to Kairat
Real Madrid will face their second match in the UEFA Champions League of the 2025-2026 season. The Merengue team will visit Kairat at the Ortalyk Stadion in Almaty, Kazakhstan. For the first time in their history, the Merengues will play an official match in this country.
Xabi Alonso's team must clean up its image. Real Madrid visits Kairat after losing its unbeaten run in LaLiga. The problem is that the Merengues were thrashed 5-2 by Atletico Madrid. Kairat Almaty could be their revenge.
The match will be played at the Ortalyk Stadion in Almaty, a stadium with a capacity of 25,000 fans. Kairat's home stadium has less than a third of the capacity of the Santiago Bernabeu. In this stadium, Real Madrid will play its first match in Kazakhstan.
The Spanish team comes from beating Marseille on its first matchday. Real Madrid beat the French side 2-1 thanks to a double from Kylian Mbappe on penalties.
Kairat didn't have a smooth start to the Champions League stage. The Kazakhstan side were thrashed 4-1 by Sporting CP of Portugal. However, Kairat will not lose any of their merit, as they are the only team competing at this stage from the first qualifying round of the tournament.
Both teams will have some important absences. Real Madrid will be without Dani Carvajal (suspended after being sent off against Marseille), Rudiger, Militao, Mendy, and Trent Alexander-Arnold (due to injury); Kairat will be without Joao Paulo, Elder Santana, Alexandr Zarutskiy, Giorgi Zaria, and Temirlan Anarbekov.
Kairat vs. Real Madrid time and where to watch in the United States
US time: 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT. US streaming: Paramount+, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, Amazon Prime Video, ViX, TUDN USA, and UniMas.
Kairat's probable lineup
Sherkhan Kalmurza; Erkin Tapalov, Aleksandr Martynovich, Yegor Sorokin, Luis Mata; Damir Kasabulat, Ofri Arad, Aleksandr Mrynskiy,Valery Gromyko Jorginho and Dastan Satpaev.
Real Madrid's probable lineup
Thibaut Courtois; Marco Asencio, Dean Huijsen, Alvaro Carreras, Fran Garcia; Federico Valverde, Aurelien Tchouameni, Arda Guler, Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Gonzalo Garcia.