Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid Bet Builder Tips: Vinicius to strike in Champions League Final

Borussia Dortmund face Real Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday at Wembley and below you can find our best bet builder tips for the occasion. It’s a three-pronged approach that our man Anthony Eadson has taken a lean towards this weekend, so read on and find out why he thinks this 14/1 poke has more legs than the odds suggest.

To kick-off my Bet Builder on Saturday night I am backing Under 4.5 goals to be scored in the match. With the small matter of one of the biggest trophies in world sport on the line, Champions League finals can often be a little cagey, and often the most important game of many players' careers. 

Taking a look back at the last nine renewals of the Champions League final and eight of those have featured under five goals. The only exception being when Real Madrid beat Juventus 4-1 at the Millenium Stadium in Wales back in 2017. 

I also feel Wembley is a stadium that can suck the life out of games at times, as we have seen countless times over the last decade with both club and international fixtures at the venue. 

Regular readers of my ramblings at bettingodds will be aware that I have recommended Vincius Junior to score and be carded a few times this season and I’m once again applying that logic here. 

Since the beginning of March the Brazilian has started 11 matches for Los Blancos and has scored and been booked in six of those! This sample straight away adds appeal to the double for this huge game, however I do feel there is a slight correlation between scoring and being carded due to the potential of a player taking their shirt off when scoring - particularly in finals such as the Champions League. This was the case on Wednesday when Olympiacos’s Ayoub El Kaabi scored a 117th minute winner in the Europa League final. 

In total Vinicius has been shown 10 yellow cards for Real Madrid this season, along with 23 goals across all formats. Carlo Ancelotti is a master in these big games and I’m expecting a narrow victory for his side. Backing Vinicius to score and be carded along with Under 4.5 goals pays 14/1 with BoyleSports.