Kylian Mbappé set to miss Real Betis game as Madrid confirm left knee sprain

Kylian Mbappé volition miss Real Madrid’s LaLiga lucifer against Real Betis connected Sunday and is besides a uncertainty for adjacent week’s Spanish Supercopa, sources person told ESPN, aft the nine confirmed helium has a sprain successful his near knee.

The forward, LaLiga’s apical scorer with 18 goals this season, did not bid connected Wednesday, sources said, adjacent though helium took portion successful Tuesday’s unfastened league with fans. The contented is the aforesaid genu occupation that has bothered the France planetary successful caller weeks.

What Madrid said and what comes next

"Following tests carried retired contiguous by RM Medical Services connected our subordinate Kylian Mbappé, helium has been diagnosed with a sprain successful his near knee," Madrid said successful a little connection connected Wednesday. "His advancement volition beryllium monitored."

Madrid big Betis astatine the Bernabéu successful their archetypal crippled of 2026, past question to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the Supercopa. They are acceptable to look Atlético Madrid successful the semifinal connected Jan. 8. A triumph determination would enactment them into a last connected Jan. 11 against either Barcelona oregon Athletic Club.

His workload earlier the diagnosis

Mbappé has started each 18 of Madrid’s league games this season, though helium missed their Champions League gathering with Manchester City connected Dec. 10. He besides played 90 minutes successful 3 games successful a week earlier Christmas, appearing against Alavés and Sevilla successful LaLiga and Talavera de la Reina successful the Copa del Rey.

That tally closed retired a immense twelvemonth for him. He ended 2025 matching Cristiano Ronaldo’s nine grounds for 59 goals successful a calendar year, and Madrid volition present show him intimately arsenic they effort to negociate some his signifier and his fittingness during a packed January.