Manchester City vs Real Madrid Match Preview

Manchester City has done a great job to reach the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. First, they took care of Sporting Lisbon with ease and after that faced Atletico Madrid but after a hard-fought duel managed to prevail. It has been a good season for them so far as they are also leading in the Premier League. The thing is they dropped many points and allowed Liverpool to come close and now the distance is just one point. There is a lot of pressure on them because in case of another false step they could wave goodbye to the domestic league. So it will not be easy here having to concentrate at 100% knowing they have a decisive game on the weekend.

The more bad news is the absences of Cancelo, Stones, and Walker. This will create problems in their defense and they are playing against a solid team like Real Madrid which knows how to use these spaces.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, once again reached the UEFA Champions League semi-finals and has a good chance of winning it all. They had to face even more difficult rivals as they started with Paris SG but managed to bounce them back after losing the first leg. After that, they took care of Chelsea with another amazing display by Benzema.

Once again the Frenchman will be leading their offensive side and considering he is having the best season of his career this Real Madrid team is very dangerous even on the road. They will miss Hazard and Jovic but I doubt any of them was going to start here anyway so it should not influence their performance.

In conclusion, I think Real Madrid can manage to cover +1.5 goals Asian handicap here. They are playing great football and after securing La Liga will have their focus fully on the UEFA Champions League. Something that their rivals can not permit themselves. In the six previous h2h meetings in the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid won twice and Man City also won twice. In both City wins, Real Madrid covered +1.5 goals Asian handicap.