Real Madrid vs Chelsea Predictions: Back Havertz shots at the Bernabeu

Live on BT Sports, Real Madrid host Chelsea in the 2nd leg of the Champions League quarterfinals this Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The defending Champions Chelsea have a monumental task in front of them after they were beaten by a hungry Real Madrid side 3-1 back at Stamford Bridge.

After scoring a hat-trick in the 2nd leg against PSG, Benzema scored another 3 goals at Stamford Bridge to give the Spanish giants a huge foothold in this tie. Real Madrid have only failed to qualify once in 10 previous occasions after winning the first leg away from home and no English team has ever won at this ground by at least two goals.

The stats tell us this tie is already done and dusted but football doesn’t always work that way. The Blues responded to the defeat against Real Madrid by demolishing Southampton 6-0 away from home. Tuchel couldn’t have asked for a better reaction from his side and that win will certainly give them the confidence to overturn the 3-1 scoreline in Spain. We should see another highly competitive UCL clash which should definitely see some goals considering Chelsea have to attack and Madrid are deadly on the break.

A massive Champions league clash awaits us and as usual, I have you covered with 2 of my best betting angles included in the preview below:

Team News:

Eder Militao, Eden Hazard & Luka Jovic are out for Real Madrid.

Ben Chilwell, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku are out for Chelsea.

Real Madrid possible starting lineup:

Courtois; Carvajal, Nacho, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Casemiro, Modric; Asensio, Benzema, Vinicius Jr

Chelsea possible starting lineup:

Mendy; Christensen, Silva, Rudiger; James, Kovacic, Kante, Alonso; Ziyech, Mount; Havertz

- Kai Havertz Over 1.5 shots in the match

- Over 0 cards in the 2nd half for Chelsea

- Over 0 goals in the match for both teams combined

Kai Havertz has cleared this line in his last 5 consecutive premier league starts and has taken 11 shots in his last 3 champions league starts. He had 6 attempts against Real Madrid in the first leg and should be comfortably able to clear this line considering Chelsea need to attack from minute one.

As for the cards, I am expecting Chelsea to go into the 2nd half trailing on aggregate, which should make them push men forward and leave spaces in behind. The Blues will be expected to pick up a yellow card on the break as Madrid look to hit them on the counter.

Finally, I am adding 1 goal in the game to bump up the odds. We saw a goal-fest at Stamford Bridge and we should see another game full of chances at both ends.

Combining these 3 selections gives us a solid bet builder that we will be backing with 1pt as our main bet for this massive Champions League game.

Kai Havertz scored a header in the first leg against Real Madrid and there will be plenty of crosses coming in from Reece James for him to attempt more headers in the 2nd leg. The absence of Militao could further work in our favour and odds of 11/2 look too big for him to get 1 headed shot on target with Paddy Power’s boosted prices. We will take that with a small 0.25pt stake as our final bet for this game.

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