Ace Football previews the Champions League game between Real Madrid and Man City who meet up on Wednesday. The match preview includes the current team and H2H stats as well as the best betting tips for the match.
Real Madrid will be taking on visiting team Man City at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in a second-leg Champions League semi-final tie on Wednesday.
The newly-crowned La Liga champions enter the contest with a 4-3 aggregate deficit to overcome against the Premier League leaders. Whoever comes out on top will face Liverpool in the Champions League final on May 28.
Latest form and previous Champions League encounters between Real Madrid and Man City
Real Madrid gunning for another win
Real Madrid are a bit back and forth at the moment, but at least mostly forth, as they beat Osasuna by 3-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 4-3 against Manchester City, before claiming 3 points in a 4-0 win against Espanyol.
Man City are in excellent form
Manchester City are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last 3 matches on the bounce. Watford got left behind in a 5-1 win, before Real Madrid got hammered in a 4-3 victory. Leeds was the most recent victim in a 0-4 win for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Fixture history: Real Madrid vs Man City
Their latest encounter in the Champions League was a seven-goal thriller that saw Manchester City beat Real Madrid. It was a result out of the ordinary, and more could be on the cards in Spain on Wednesday/
Highlights from the last game between Real Madrid and Man City:
Betting stats and facts for Real Madrid and Man City
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on stats from the last couple of games that Real Madrid and Man City played across all tournaments.
- Real Madrid have not lost 15 of the last 17 home matches
- In 6 of the last 7 matches Real Madrid played, both teams scored
- Real Madrid have scored in 12 of the last 13 matches
- Manchester City have not lost the last 13 away matches in a row
- Manchester City have scored in 19 of the last 21 away matches
- Manchester City have won 6 of the last 8 away matches
- In the last 3 matches in a row Real Madrid versus Manchester City played, both teams scored
- In the last 3 Real Madrid matches versus Manchester City the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Real Madrid have lost the last 3 matches versus Manchester City in a row
Players to watch in Real Madrid vs Man City
It is difficult to look past Karim Benzema, when on the search for a marksman. He seems to be on a strong run as he hit the target 5 times in his last 6 games for Real Madrid. Gabriel Jesus has managed to score 6 times in the last half dozen matches for Man City. It is probably safe to say that they will both be looking to add to their total here once again.
Match predictions: Real Madrid vs Man City
In conclusion, we present betting tips for this game between Real Madrid and Man City, which are based on the above-mentioned stats and facts. Besides the main prediction for this match, we have some low and high-risk alternatives as well.