Real Madrid – CSKA Moscow Prediction & Picks (12.12.2018)

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Real Madrid – CSKA Moscow SOCCER PICKS

Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow meet at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Champions League (Group Stage). Attention to the home factor, since Real Madrid usually conquer different results at home and abroad.

Real Madrid:

After 4 wins and 1 loss, the home team is currently in the 1 st position, with 12 points won. In the last match, they won by (0-2) away against Roma, after in the previous match, they won (0-5) with Viktoria Plzeň. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 27 goals scored and 24 conceded; against 12 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss at their stadium, with 36 goals scored and 11 conceded. The team comes to this match after a win away with Huesca by (0-1). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Real Madrid has won 8, tied 1 and lost 1. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency to have goals, since in 61 of their last 66 matches there were Over 1,5 goals and in 49 of the last 66 there were Over 2,5 goals. In 15 games, he never got the comeback in the 5 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 8 of their 18 goals between minutes (0′-15 ‘).

Real Madrid comes to this game with a victory, by 0-1, in the field trip to Huesca. In the last match for the Champions League, the Madrilenians beat Roma by 0-2. In this home game, coach Santiago Solari should play in 4-3-3, benefiting possession of the ball and attacks by the flanks, especially through the left. Karim Benzema is the great highlight of Ral Madrid, with 10 goals in 21 games. In the last 10 games played it is possible to notice that the premises present quality in both sectors, as they scored an average of 2.7 goals and suffered an average of 1.1 goals per game. Apparently, the Spanish Nacho is in doubt, due to injury.

CSKA Moscow:

The away team is currently in the 4 th position, with 4 points won, after 1 win, 1 draw and 3 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home against Roma, by (1-2). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Viktoria Plzeň, by (1-2). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 9 draws and 2 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium. In the last match they played, for the Premier League, they beat Yenisey Krasnoyarsk at home (2-1). In their last away match, for the Premier League, they tied for (0-0) against Rostov. In the last 10 away matches CSKA Moscow has won 4, tied 4 and lost 2. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 4 of the last 5 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches for this competition. In 15 games, he never got the comeback in the 4 games in which he suffered the first goal.

CSKA Moscow started for this motivated game, having won a 2-1 victory against Yenisey, in a game for the Russian championship. In the last match in the Champions League, CSKA lost at home against Viktoria Plzen. In this game away from home, coach Viktor Goncharenko must maintain the usual 4-3-3, Chalov being the most advanced of the Russian team. This player is the great highlight so far, since he scored 10 goals in 23 games played. It should be noted that CSKA Moscow has exhibited some weaknesses at the time of finalizing, because in the last 10 meetings scored on average 1.1 goals per game. Viktor Vasin is the only absentee of this game, due to an injury.


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