Real Madrid vs Man City prediction, odds, stats, best bets for Champions League quarterfinal first leg

Real Madrid and Manchester City meet in the Champions League knockout stage for the third straight season as Los Blancos will host Pep Guardiola's gang at the Bernabeu on Tuesday.

The two sides have split the last two meetings, and on both occasions, the winner would go on to lift the trophy. In 2022, Real Madrid turned around a 4-3 first leg deficit with a 3-1 win at home in the second leg to reach the semifinals. The following year, Man City clobbered Real Madrid 4-0 at home in the second leg to book a place in the final.

Oddly, while the two clubs both enter sporting lengthy unbeaten runs, neither side comes into this matchup in particularly lights-out form.

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Real Madrid have not lost to anyone not named Atletico Madrid all year, but they've played to four draws since the start of February, including three of them at home. Meanwhile, Man City haven't been beaten in any competition in 2024, but they face a deficit in the Premier League title race as Erling Haaland is struggling through a goal slump.

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As defending treble winners, Manchester City are slight favourites on the road at the Bernabeu here, but in truth, it's a tough one to call, and the betting market reflects that, with both sides given plus moneyline odds to emerge victorious.

Goals are expected as well, but not too many — the poor goal scoring form of Erling Haaland plus the hit-or-miss Real Madrid attack has the market a bit muted as well.

To put it plainly, Manchester City are as vulnerable in European play as they have ever been. While Real Madrid don't exactly feel like Champions League title contenders either, just