Real Madrid vs Chelsea – Current holders Real Madrid will host Chelsea in the first leg of their quarterfinal tie on Wednesday evening at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
Both teams will put the entire focus to the Champions League success following their wobbly domestic league campaigns. Los Blancos officially have up the title quest in La Liga on Saturday evening by falling 2-3 at home to Villarreal.
Carlo Ancelotti’s men thus left Barcelona with a chance to further increase their double-digit gap at the top of the league standings.
Nevertheless, we must not forget that Real Madrid have annihilated their bitter Spanish rivals in the rematch of the Copa del Rey semifinal last week as an 0-4 drubbing of Barcelona at Spotify Camp Nou has booked Madrid’s final against Osasuna in May.
While Madrid will at least be in contention for the cup trophy, Chelsea are not anywhere near the title battle in England.
The Blues are out of all domestic cup competition and they have just dropped out of the top half of the Premier League standings after failing to find the back of the net in three consecutive league outings.
Frank Lampard did not quite enjoy his return to Chelsea’s bench as the Blues did not impress at all on Saturday afternoon in a 1-0 defeat at Wolves.
Real Madrid vs Chelsea – Betting Analysis
Real Madrid advanced from the last year’s Champions League quarterfinal against Chelsea after the extra-time in the reverse outing at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
We’ve seen two thrilling encounters back then as Los Blancos went through 5-4 on aggregate, needing the extra time despite winning the first leg 1-3 in London.
Both teams were on target in five of the previous six head to head encounters. Chelsea have not been pulling up any trees since the start of the year.
The new manager bounce did not go well in the weekend’s game against Wolves and we can hardly see the visitors causing any problems to Carlo Ancelotti and his troops on Wednesday.
What are the top odds for this match?
Regarding the current betting odds in the win-draw-win market, the win for Real Madrid is available for 1.74, going for the draw is 3.82, and selecting the winning team to be Chelsea gets you 4.92. They are the top prices offered right now.
Real Madrid vs Chelsea – Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Home to Win
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