A new era at Real Madrid begins this evening in Miami as they take on Al-Hilal in their opening game of the FIFA Club World Cup in Group H. Former Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso, who spent five years as a player at Real,

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup has gone true to form through the first three days, and Real Madrid will hope to continue that trend against Al-Hilal in Miami on Wednesday afternoon. The Spanish giants are -340 favorites against Al-Hilal, who finished as the runners-up to Al-Ittihad in the Saudi Pro League this season.

Here we go then! This stood out as one of the big group-stage matches when the draw was made, given the eye-watering investment into this Al-Hilal team. As you will have seen by n