The first of the two Champions League semi-finals takes place on Tuesday night with Real Madrid hosting Chelsea in their 1^st leg. We take a look at the game from a betting angle.

Real Madrid saw off Liverpool in the quarter-finals, winning the home leg 3-1 before holding Liverpool to a goalless draw at Anfield. Prior to that they had beaten Atalanta 4-1 on aggregate and their group stage form was a bit more inconsistent with 2 losses, 3 wins and a draw. In the playoffs both of their home matches had finished in 3-1 victories

They were in League action on the weekend and played to a goalless draw to Betis and you have to go back to the 30^th of January to find the last time Real Madrid tasted defeat. Interestingly enough Madrid have been held scoreless in 3 of their last 4 games in all competitions.

Chelsea beat Porto 2-1 on aggregate despite going down 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in the 2^nd leg. The damage was done in the 1^st leg at Porto with Chelsea winning 2-0 and in their last 16 match they were very efficient in seeing off the dangerous Atletico Madrid 3-0 on aggregate. Chelsea’s away form in the group stages was also perfect and they won all 3 of their matches.

Chelsea were also in action domestically over the weekend beating West Ham 1-0 away in a crucial EPL match. Chelsea’s last 4 matches across all competitions have seen only 1 goal or less scored.

These sides last met in the International Champions Cup in 2016 with Real Madrid winning 3-2.

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BETTING – Click here to bet

Real Madrid 27/20

Draw 9/4

Chelsea 9/4

Suggested Bet: The draw at 9/4

I am expecting this to be a very tight game and although Real Madrid are rightfully the favourites at home I think that Chelsea can get a point to take back to Stamford Bridge.

Looking at some of the other markets on offer, Over 2.5 Goals is quite tempting at 12/10 as although recent Chelsea and Real Madrid games have been low scoring, Real Madrid home games in the Champions League tend to have goals in them.

You can get 9/10 that Both Teams find the back of the net and I quite fancy that my Correct Score prediction in this game is a 1-1 draw, currently on offer at 19/4.

Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change