Bayern Munich – Real Madrid Prediction & Picks (25.04.2018)

Bayern München and Real Madrid meet in Allianz-Arena, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Champions League (Semi-finals). In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the away team, which records 2 wins and 1 loss in the last 3 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 12-04-2017, for the UEFA Champions League, which ended with Real Madrid’s victory by (1-2). The goals of the match were scored by A. Vidal (25 ‘), for Bayern München, and Cristiano Ronaldo (47′ and 77 ‘), for Real Madrid. In this match the home factor may be decisive, since Real Madrid presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Bayern München:

Until reaching this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Semi-finals), the home team eliminated: Sevilla and Beşiktaş. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 13 wins and 2 losses in away matches; against 13 wins and 2 draws in his stadium. In the last match they played, for the Bundesliga, they won against Hannover 96 by (0-3). In the last 5 home matches for the UEFA Champions League Bayern München have won 4 and tied 1.

For this competition, he does not lose in his stadium 5 matches ago. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 42 of the last 60 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals.

Bayern Munich left for this motivated match, having won another victory this season, the third consecutive, beating Hannover by 0-3. To reach this phase of the Champions League, Bayern Munich eliminated with some difficulties to Sevilla. In this game against the fans, coach Jupp Heynckes must act in the usual tactical system, 4-3-3, privileging the defensive organization and the direct passes for the attack: Thiago is the brain of the team, being responsible for creating and organize the offensive process. On the other hand, Lewandowski is the best marker of Bayern Munich, with 5 goals scored in the league millionaire. The list of players unavailable due to injury includes Neuer, Coman and Vidal.

Real Madrid:

The visiting team reaches this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Semi-finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Juventus and PSG. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in away matches, with 34 goals scored and 14 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 40 goals scored and 21 conceded. In the last match that they disputed, for the First Division, they tied with Athletic Club at home (1-1). In the last 5 away matches for the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid have a record of 4 wins and 1 loss. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency to have goals, since in 54 of their last 61 games there were More than 1.5 goals and in 48 of the last 61 there were Over 2.5 goals. In 10 matches in this competition, they have only won 1 result in the 4 matches they have conceded the first goal.

Real Madrid has changed a lot throughout the season and this has made him move away from the 1st position of the Spanish championship. But still managed to maintain its quality in the Champions League and in the last phase eliminated the Italians from Juventus. Despite playing away from home, coach Zinédine Zidane must organize the team in 4-4-2, privileging possession of the ball and attacks through the flanks: Isco must be one of the surprises in the starting line-up, being This player owns great technical quality. Cristiano Ronaldo is the great danger of the merengue attack, since he has 15 goals scored in the Champions League. For this game the coach can not count on the injured Nacho.