Round of 16: Real Madrid VS Atletico Madrid - Prediction

The Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League will feature a highly anticipated Madrid Derby tomorrow when Real Madrid Welcome Atletico Madrid at Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid Are the most successful club in the history of the UEFA Champions League With 15 titles. The Los Blancos also made a solid start this season and are among the favorites to win the title once again. Although Real Madrid had to play the play-off, they smashed Manchester City to reach The Round Of 16. Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid have been a Very consistent team in this competition this season, qualifying for the Round of 16 directly by winning 6 out of 8 games in the league phase. However, the Simione boys will Have now the Toughest challenge as they need to defeat the most successful team in the competition's history. Let's see who wins the first leg of the Madrid Derby tomorrow.

Stats&Facts

• Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid will meet for the 10th time in the UEFA Champions League, making it one of the most frequent ties between teams from the same country.
• The two teams have faced off in the knockout stages of the European Cup/UCL five times before. However, Atletico Madrid failed every time to progress into the next Round .
• In their last two European meetings, Atlético Madrid defeated Real Madrid. However, before that, Atlético had won only one of their first eight European clashes (D2 L5).
• This will be the 12th time Real Madrid faces another Spanish team in the Knockout stages of the European Cup/UCL. They have only Been eliminated twice, both times by Barcelona.
• Real Madrid have lost only one of their last 17 knockout matches in the UEFA Champions League.

Team News

Real Madrid's midfielder Jude Bellingham picked up a red card during the match against Osasuna and is serving a three-game domestic ban. However, the English midfielder has also picked up five yellow cards in the Champions League, resulting in not eligible to play against Atletico Madrid tomorrow. Apart from Bellingham, Real Madrid will also miss the service of Eder Militao, Dani Carvajal, Dani Ceballos, and Jesus Vallejo due to their respective injuries , but Ancelotti confirms that Federico Valverde is available to play tomorrow. As for Atletico Madrid, they will be without Cesar Azpilicueta and Koke due to their injuries. The visiting side does not have more injury cases ahead of the match. Possible Lineup for Real Madrid: Courtois; Valverde, Rudiger, Asencio, Mendy; Tchouameni, Camavinga; Rodrygo, Diaz, Vinicius; Mbappe Possible Lineup for Atletico Madrid: Oblak; Molina, Le Normand, Gimenez, Galan; Llorente, De Paul, Barrios, Lino; Griezmann, Alvarez

Prediction: Real Madrid 2-2 Atletico Madrid

When it comes to the UEFA Champions League, no time is a favorite against Real Madrid. Especially , Real Madrid can change the entire game in the final ten minutes. Despite Real Madrid's dominance in the UCL, we expect a draw between the two sides tomorrow. This is because Atletico Madrid are in a superb form. They also had a thrilling 4-4 draw against the league leader, Barcelona. They had a 1-1 tie against Real Madrid in the league. So there is a high chance that tomorrow's game Is going to be a draw between the two Madrid teams.

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Real Madrid: 1.90 Draw: 3.56 Atletico Madrid: 4.15 Visit BFB247 to get real-time Betfair Odds and an exclusive 2.5% commission on winning bets!