Real Madrid vs Juventus Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Preview

Joel Amorim May 11, 2015 @ 12:33 am

Next Wednesday, 13th of May 2015, a Real Madrid, hurting in their pride, will entertain the current Serie A champions Juventus at the mythical Santiago Bernabéu for the second-leg of the Semi-finals stage of the UEFA Champions League.

Real Madrid’s home draw against Valencia last Saturday is probably not a good prelude for their midweek match against the Vecchia Signora. Los Merengues were down by 2-0 at the end of the first-half and their superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, missed a penalty just before the break. Everything seemed to be going wrong for the current European champions, but somehow they did manage to bounce back and snatch a draw during the second-half. Once again, Real Madrid’s defensive frailties were blatantly obvious and the team’s inability to grant clean sheets against strong and organized teams was again exposed.

Real Madrid are currently far from those highly confident moments they exhibited earlier this season and they are now on the verge of not winning both La Liga and the UEFA Champions League, something that would be devastating for Carlo Ancelotti and for the club itself that keep spending outrageous amounts of money to win every single competition one season after another.

The midweek match against Juventus will surely be a very complicated one and Real Madrid need to put up something very special to overcome such a well organized team as the current Serie A champions.

As for Juventus, after being coronated Serie A champions for the fourth time in a row, they are now focused on the UEFA Champions League title, something that has been escaping them since 1995-96.

Juve put up a quality overall performance last week against Real Madrid and managed, for long periods of the match, to neutralize the Spanish side’s strongest assets.

Juventus will certainly present a more defensive approach at Santiago Bernabéu next Wednesday, opting for quick and organized counter-attacks to not only maintain their first-leg lead but also in an attempt to surprise Real’s extremely sloppy defensive line.

Given both sides’ recent overall performances, Juventus seem to have everything needed to at least grant a draw during their visit to Santiago Bernabéu next Wednesday.

Real Madrid

Stats: W-3 L-1 D-1

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Juventus

Stats: W-3 L-1 D-1

Recent Form - DWWWL

Possible Line-ups

Real Madrid (4-4-2) – Casillas - Carvajal - Pepe - Varane - Marcelo - Isco - Sergio Ramos - Gareth Bale - James Rodriguez - Ronaldo - Karim Benzema

Juventus (4-3-1-2) - Buffon - Lichtsteiner - Bonucci - Chiellini - Evra - Marchisio - Vidal - Pirlo - Pereyra - Tevez - Morata

Injury List / Suspended Players

Juventus - Caceres (inj) - Asamoah (inj)

Real Madrid - Toni Kroos (inj) - Luka Modric (inj)

Head-to-head matches:

Top Players:

Real Madrid - Cristiano Ronaldo - Toni Kroos - James Rodriguez

Juventus - Carlos Tevez - Andrea Pirlo - Arturo Vidal

League Positions