Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Champions League, KO: 20:00 Oct 22, 2024, Santiago Bernabeu
Real Madrid go head-to-head against Dortmund on Tuesday. Read our Predictions and Betting Tips with Match Preview, Head-to-head stats (h2h) and Team Form Analysis.
Our prediction for this Champions League match:
After surviving Celta Vigo in the La Liga round 10, Real Madrid will look to give fans yet another reason to celebrate when they face Borussia Dortmund in the replay of last seasseason’smpions League final. Los Blancos aim to recover from a 2-0 loss to Lille, and seeing that Carlo Ancelotti can count on key players for TuesTuesday’s, a home win should be considered. David Alaba, Dani Carvajal, and Brahim Diaz should be the only absentees in the home team.
On the other hand, the Yellow-Blacks recorded a hard-fought 2-1 win over St. Pauli at the weekend, but their display was anything but promising. We will bet on the home team as Real Madrid want this triumph more than Borussia Dortmund, who have already recorded two wins in the new Champions League campaign. Adeyemi, Besong, Couto, Duranville, and Reyna are injured for the Bundesliga outfit while towering defender Niclas Sule should recover to face the title holders.
How the bookies view it: Los Blancos big favorites.
Despite losing to Lille in their last Champions League outing, Real Madrid is a massive 4/9 favorite with WIN96.
Borussia Dortmund are big underdogs at 5/1 on WK777, while a share of the Santiago Bernabeu spoils is an unfancied 15/4 with the same firm.
Highlighted Player (Kylian Mbappé):
Kylian Mbappe is a French footballer who plays forward for Paris Saint-Germain. The French rising star began his youth career at AS Bondy, and in 2013, he moved to AS Monaco. After making 12 appearances for Monaco B, Kylian Mbappe debuted for the senior team in 2015. Mbappe quickly established himself as a regular goalscorer, with the teenager finding the net 15 times in 29 appearances in the Ligue 1 in the 2016/2017 season.
In 2017, he moved to fellow French club PSG on loan, with the option of making the deal permanent. Kylian Mbappe scored 13 goals in 27 appearances for les Parisiens in 2017/2018, and it has to be noted that Unai EmerEmery’sops eventually won the national championship.
Head to head: Real tend to reign supreme
Real Madrid have won seven of the overall 12 meetings between the pair, the most recent of which was the 2024 Champions League final. That triumph also saw the Spanish heavyweights extend their unbeaten run in this fixture to five matches.
Highlighted Team (Borussia Dortmund):
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Borussia Dortmund have won eight Bundesliga trophies while clinching the German Cup title three times.
Players to watch: Mbappe to make his mark?
Kylian Mbappe has hit eight goals across his opening 12 appearances for Real Madrid. As tends to be the case more often than not, the French forward is the anytime goalscorer market leader on Tuesday night at 4/5 on 777PUB.
Serhou Guirassy, who has notched three times across Borussia DortDortmund’sning two Champions League games this season, is 23/10 (William Hill) to strike in the Spanish capital.
Predicted line-ups
Real Madrid cannot call upon the services of the injured Brahim Diaz, Dani Carvajal, and David Alaba on Tuesday night.
Karim Adeyemi, who stole the show by hitting a hat-trick in those above 7-1 hammering of Celtic, is ruled out with a hamstring injury. Last seasseason’smpions League runners-up will also be without injured trio Giovanni Reyna, Julien Duranville, and Yan Couto.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Vazquez, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Bellingham, Tchouameni, Valverde; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Can, Sabitzer; Malen, Brandt, Gittens; Guirassy
Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction
We are braced for a spectacle when Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund lock horns at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. Our tipsters expect a thriller with goals at either end, and it will be difficult for the German visitors to take anything from the all-Whites at their home patch.
Real Madrid will be desperate to return to winning ways on matchday three after the surprise defeat at Lille. They will be up against a free-scoring Borussia Dortmund, who scored ten goals in two outings.
The Los Blancos are still struggling and have no rhythm despite winning 2-0 and 2-1 against Villarreal and Celta Vigo after their last Champions League match. They were lucky in both games; individual brilliance rather than collective effort earned them victories.
While they have struggled in the opposition penalty box, problems are in midfield and defense, where the opposition often had free runs and multiple one-to-one situations against Thibaut Courtois.
Despite all these struggles, Carlo AnceAncelotti will be confident while playing at the Santiago Bernabeu, with their last defeat across any competition dating back to April 2023. This means Real Madrid are unbeaten at home across all competitions for 19 months.
Borussia Dortmund thrashed Celtic 7-1 last time, however they are far from convincing while playing away from home. They were humbled 5-1 in Stuttgart and then surprisingly lost 2-1 to relegation-bound Union Berlin in the latest two road games.
Like his opposite number, Nuri Sahin has much tinkering to do ahead of a game where fans in yellow and black will be vying for revenge after the 2-0 defeat to Madrid in the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium last season.
While picking the tips, I realized that my money is in Real Madrid, encouraged by their prolonged unbeaten run at home, and I expect many goals.
Therefore, my main pick for this match will be the over 3.5 goals at full-time for 2.10 odds. In the meantime, I find excellent value in backing Real Madrid to win, with both teams scoring at 2.60 odds.
My correct score recommendation is the adventurous 3-2 priced at 19 odds.
