Kairat vs Real Madrid form
Kairat's participation in the qualifying stage is considered one of the biggest surprises in the 2025/26 Champions League. The representative from Kazakhstan must start their journey to conquer the historic ticket from the first qualifying round.
Despite being rated quite low, Kairat successively overcame Olimpija Ljubjana (Slovenia), KuPS (Finland), Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) to advance to the play-off round. Here, the chance for the defending champion Kazakhstan becomes even more fragile when they have to face an opponent that is superior in every aspect, from the quality and depth of the squad, to the courage and experience in the most prestigious arena of the continent.
But rather than collapse easily, Kairat fought back in both matches against Celtic and forced the Scottish champions to lose in a nerve-wracking penalty shootout. Of course, making their first appearance in the Champions League group/class stage was an unexpected achievement for a club founded in 1954.
Therefore, even though they were defeated 1-4 in the opening match by Sporting, coach Rafael Urazbakhtin and his team will not have to face any pressure. The Almaty team will still comfortably enjoy the remaining beautiful days with a relaxed spirit.
With that mindset, Kairat will not need to enter the match with a fear of Real Madrid. On the contrary, in the rare encounter with the King of Europe, Mrynskiy, Jorginho, Gromyko, Satpaev, Sorokin... will fight with all their abilities. Even if they may have to suffer another heavy defeat, it will still bring memorable memories, promising to follow them throughout their football career.
In addition to their unblemished spirit, the home team also has one of the "fearsome" weapons in their hands: the long and tiring journey for the away teams to Almaty.
For Real Madrid alone, coach Xabi Alonso and his team will have to travel 6,400 km, equivalent to more than 12 hours of flight, to visit Kairat. This is considered a torture for the Spanish Royal team, especially when they just had to go through a disastrous Madrid derby.
Despite having a 7-game winning streak since the beginning of the season, Real Madrid still surprised everyone with a somewhat weak performance at Metropolitano, losing 2-5 to city rivals Atletico.
The first defeat in La Liga 2025/26 has officially made Los Blancos lose the top spot to their arch-rivals Barcelona. After 7 rounds, coach Xabi Alonso and his team have fallen to 2nd place, 1 point behind their Catalan rivals.
In theory, the encounter with an opponent far inferior in class will be an opportunity for Kylian Mbappe and his teammates to vent their anger. But both mentally and physically, are they still strong enough to aim for a big win?
This is only the second time in Champions League history that a Spanish and a Kazakh team have met. The first time, in the 2015/16 group stage, Astana caused a surprise by holding Atletico to a 0-0 draw at home.
Kairat vs Real Madrid squad information
Kairat: Temirlan Anarbekov, Giorgi Zaria, Elder Santana and Joao Paulo are all out due to injury.
Real Madrid: Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Antonio Rudiger and Ferland Mendy are still unavailable due to injury.
Expected lineup Kairat vs Real Madrid
Kairat: Kalmurza; Tapalov, Martynovich, Sorokin, Mata; Kassabulat, Arad; Mrynskiy, Jorginho, Gromyko; Satpaev
Real Madrid: Courtois; Asencio, Huijsen, Carreras, Garcia; Valverde, Tchouameni; Mastantuono, Guler, Vinicius; Mbappe
Prediction: 0-2
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