Real Madrid play host to FC Bayern Munich on Tuesday night at the Santiago Bernabéu in what is a must-win UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first-leg clash.
Both sides come into this game with different fortunes, with the hosts looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat to Mallorca while Bayern came from two goals down to win 3-2 away at Freiburg.
This clash is one that many expect to produce goals due to the firepower of both sides, and even on betting sites, the odds of both sides scoring are very juicy.
Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich Preview
Often called Champions League royalties, Real Madrid have competed in well over 40 UEFA Champions League quarterfinals, and regardless of their domestic form, they know how to turn up in this competition.
This season has, however, not been the best for them, but they have still found themselves in the last eight of Europe’s premier club competition.
A 5-1 win on aggregate over Manchester City in the round of 16 set up Alvaro Arbeloa’s side with five time-winners Bayern Munich.
Madrid go into this clash knowing that an exit from the competition means there is a likelihood of going trophyless this season.
The Galaticos trail rivals, FC Barcelona by 7 points in the domestic league and have already been eliminated from the Copa del Rey.
But all hope will be on Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Jr to unsettle the defence of the Bavarians, who are unbeaten in this season’s Champions League.
The visitors, on the other hand, boast of a well-rounded forward line that has seen goal contributions shared.
Luis Diaz has 22 goals and 18 assists; Michael Olise has 16 goals and 28 assists, while Harry Kane boasts of 48 goals and 5 assists.
A fun fact is that each of the trio had once played in the Premier League at some point in their career.
Going into the game, the visitors have just lost two games out of the 43 played this season, with the losses coming against Augsburg in the Bundesliga and a 3-1 loss to Arsenal in the UCL league phase.
In the last round, a 10-2 win over Italian side Atalanta was enough to see them book a 29th and 30th meeting with Real Madrid.
If we are being fetishistic, we can as well say this fact that four out of Madrid’s 15 Champions League titles were won after they had gone past the German giants in the last eight.
Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich Betting Trends
Tonight’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal clash between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich will be the 29th time they have met.
The Spanish team boasts of 13 wins, while their German counterparts have 11.
Both sides have been in action on several fronts this season and have registered several patterns over time.
Here are some betting trends of both teams, and don’t forget to check out the best Free Bets & Betting Offers, courtesy of Free Bets Ng.
- Only three of Real Madrid’s UCL games this season have failed to produce more than 2 goals.
- There have been only four games in which Madrid have kept a clean sheet in the UCL this season.
- In ten UCL games this season, Bayern Munich have recorded three red cards.
- Bayern Munich have failed to keep a cleansheet in 8 out of 10 UCL games played this season.
Match Prediction
Real Madrid’s home and away thrashing of English giants Manchester City was a statement making one, that they can show up in this competition even if they are terrible elsewhere.
Bayern are a very strong team, but at the Santiago Bernabeu it will be very hard to defeat Madrid as the hosts will fancy their chances of winning.
Numbers reveal that this will be a high scoring game because, in 83% of Bayern’s last six away games over 2.5 goals have been recorded.
The hosts have also recorded over 2.5 goals scored in their last three games across all competitions.
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