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Mixed martial arts Real Madrid vs Manchester City Bet Builder Tips: Wednesday May 4th
A seven-goal thriller sets up the mouth-watering tie in Madrid. Those of a Manchester City persuasion line the Spanish capital’s bars and restaurants with a hesitant, tentative eye on what’s to come.
After two goals in eleven opening minutes, it appeared to be playing out as a clinical routine victory for the Citizens. Yet, with an array of Galacticos within the ranks, Real Madrid proved adept at defying the odds once more.
Defying Champions League expectations has mutated into the DNA of this great club. It’s now second nature.
You’ll struggle to find a City fan content after their first leg showing. Chances squandered and a fragility, when asked questions defensively, will be their reasoning. As a result, Karim Benzema’s brace, capped off by a daring chip from the spot, guarantees a night on the edge of a Bernabéu seat for those making the journey.
Pep Guardiola’s first leg dominance for large parts feeds into City’s odds to progress in the tie. Although boasting a slender one-goal advantage, Manchester City can be backed at 1.22 to qualify for the showpiece event in Paris. One to avoid, for me.
Real Madrid vs Manchester City Stats and Facts
- City’s 4-3 win over Madrid in the first leg was the joint-highest scoring semi-final match in Champions League history
- Manchester City could become the first side for two decades to win four consecutive competitive matches against real Madrid with a victory here
- Madrid have lost all five previous Champions League semi-final ties after losing the first leg
- City have progressed in nine of the previous two-legged knockout ties after winning the first leg
- Vinicius Junior has created 28 chances for Real Madrid in the Champions League this season. That’s the most in a single season by any Madrid player since Mesut Ozil in 2010-11
Real Madrid vs Manchester City Bet Builder Tips
- Over 12.5 Real Madrid Shots
- Over 2 Second Half Cards
- Card Each in the Second Half
Bet Builder Available at 4.33 Odds
Odds via bet365 as at 13:00 on May 3rd 2022. Odds may now differ.
If City do progress and manage to outperform their Spanish counterparts, there’s one angle that should romp home.
On bet365, the Real Madrid shot line starts at Over 11.5 for an evens wager. Now, if the hosts struggle to draw level, this should be something they’re capable of.
If desperately seeking a leveller, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Real Madrid hit several in the final stages. Admittedly, it’s not a fool-proof selection. But, as we’ve seen, this set of players can work their way back into a fixture quite efficiently.
A spark of brilliance or a piece of individual artistry to unlock the tightest of defences – the onlooking Madristas expect these happenings. Their steeped history is littered with such on the biggest of stages.
At the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid averages 18.20 shots per90 in this season’s Champions League. When playing away from home in the competition, their opponents concede just 7.20. With Madrid chasing the game from the second minute in the first leg, Benzema and company managed 11.
Over a bigger sample size in La Liga, Real have stumped up an 18.53 shots per90 average on their own turf. Similarly, City ships 7.12 each game in the Premier League, almost carbon copies of said European form.
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Real Madrid do not only possess players who thrive in the opposition’s box. Likewise, for City, there’s a steeliness to both. Casemiro, Rodri, Kroos, and Bernardo Silva, to name a few, have all devoured the dark arts playbook on their journey to join the ranks of the sport’s elite.
With so much on the line, this fixture will get heated. I’d be amazed if we witnessed ninety minutes where that desire and passion bubbled only enough for just one or two mistimed couples. This Champions League semi should, in theory, have Daniele Orsato reaching for his pocket more than once.
To round off the bet builder, I’ve chosen to focus on the second half in the hope there are cards aplenty. With the trophy slipping out of either side’s grasp, I’m happy to wager that there will be enough bite to back up and bark on show.
In Orsato, we have a referee averaging 5.29 cards per90 from seven Champions League outings. From that total, 4.00 bookings come after the break. In the Serie A this term, Orsato’s total cards increases to 6.23, whilst his second-half figures nudges to 4.38.
After harnessing Real Madrid’s need to provide attempts on goal and the bookings that should follow, we end up with a four-selection bet builder at odds of 4.33.
Strap yourselves in. It should be a cracker.
WHAT IS A BET BUILDER?
A bet builder is a kind of accumulator bet solely focussed on one match. A standard acca features multiple selections across different selections combined together into one bet. If one selection loses, the whole bet loses. A bet builder is similar but each selection is placed on the same match. Similar to the American prop bet, the bet builder goes into detail on a single match. Common selections include match outcome, total goals, cards, corners, and players to score.
