Real Madrid Hot Favourites To Qualify Over Schalke

Real Madrid will be looking to bounce back from an unlikely weekend defeat at the hands of Athletic Club with a Champions League second leg victory over Schalke tomorrow. Carlo Ancelotti`s side have now fallen from the top of La Liga following that loss against the mid-table club, a point off the pace of Barcelona. A win at home to the German hopefuls will be their eighth successive victory in the Champions League this season.

A win at home to Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga last weekend was Schalke`s first victory in five matches in all competitions. Roberto Di Matteo`s club now lie in fifth position but are only a win away from regaining third whilst first and second place now look to be long gone with Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg the only two teams still in the running for the top honours. The club scraped through to this stage of the Champions League by the skin of their teeth, having picked up only two wins in their campaign. They will be looking to avoid being knocked out by the reigning champions for the second time in straight seasons, losing out to Real by an aggregate score of 9-2 last time.

Schalke failed to hit the back of the net in their home encounter in the first leg of this competition, eventually losing out by two goals to nil. Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock in the 26th minute in what was the only goal of the first 45. The match remained at 1-0 until just shy of the final 10 minutes when Marcelo found the back of the net to double his team`s advantage going into the second leg. william hill have the best price on the Whites winning 2-0 again tomorrow, this can be backed at odds of 13/2 at that establishment. betfred have 4/7 on Ronaldo scoring at any time during the match-up once again.

Indeed Real Madrid are the favourites to beat Schalke in this return fixture. betfair, betfred and Totesport all have a price of 1/4 on the Spanish side`s win by any means. An away victory can be backed at the massive price of 15/1 at Betvictor whilst it is 13/2 (also Betvictor) should you think that the game will end tied after 90 minutes. Whilst at the best price of 1/100 (Numerous) it probably isn`t worth betting on the Madrid club to qualify for the next stage, fans of the underdog can back Di Matteo`s men at odds of 50/1 (bet365, betfair) to make it through to the next round of the tournament.

Last year`s winning finalists have scored 18 goals in this competition this season and have conceded just two. The pair of Iker Casillas and Keilor Navas have not let in a goal in the last 450 minutes of Champions League football. A Real Madrid clean sheet can be backed at 5/6 at most bookmakers whilst a home win to nil is available at odds of 21/20 (Betvictor).

Both Karim Benzema and Ronaldo have both scored five goals in this competition during this campaign. Benzema has closed the scoring on three of these occasions and is available at 9/2 with Coral to be the last goalscorer tomorrow night. Ronaldo has provided the opener four times and can be picked up at 5/2 with most bookmakers to do so again. Whilst the away side have scored nine goals in this competition so far, they have conceded 16 times, keeping only one clean sheet. Experienced 31-year-old striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has bagged three goals and is the club`s top Champions League scorer of the season. paddy Power`s 11/10 says both teams will score tomorrow night.

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