Real Madrid vs. Napoli: Champions League, previews and betting tips

The most attractive duel of Wednesday’s Champions League is without a doubt Real Madrid vs. Napoli. With a draw against Union Berlin and a decline in form, the Italian side has made it difficult for itself to qualify for the knockout rounds. Any points from the stadium of one of the biggest clubs in the world would help the team from under Vesuvius a lot.

Although Carlo Ancelotti is struggling with a large number of players in his team, especially his key players, the White Ballet managed to beat Cadiz 3-0 at the weekend without any problems. rodrygo scored twice and the unbeatable Jude Bellingham added one.

Napoli seem to be back on track after the holiday break, as they beat Atalanta 2-1 in the Italian Serie A to maintain their three-point lead over fifth-placed AS Roma. Georgian talisman Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored the goal and Eljif Elmas added the winning goal.

Real Madrid’s injury list

Enough has been written about Real Madrid’s injured players, but unfortunately they keep on coming. The weekend’s game ended prematurely for Croatian veteran Luka Modric, who had to withdraw due to a muscle problem, so his return for the clash with Napoli is in the stars. That leaves only a select few from the White Ballet’s packed midfield for Ancelotti to choose from.

Key players

After playing for Brazil, Rodrygo is showing that he is currently doing very well in duels for Real Madrid. After an embarrassing start to the season where he was kind of searching, he has scored an incredible 5 goals and 3 assists in the last 3 games, more than 2 points per game. He is the one that Real Madrid fans will be counting on now.

Although Khvich Kvaratskhelia has found it very difficult at national level, it is on this stage that he has gained the necessary confidence. He scored 2 goals for Scotland and one in the Spanish net, the shots were only enough for a point, but it was a much needed boost for the Georgian winger. The confidence he gained was evident in the last league game. So the whole team hopes that he has found his cool from last season, when he scared every opponent.

Real Madrid vs. Napoli

The match played in Napoli started better for the home team. Leo Ostigard scored in the 19th minute to send the home side into the lead. The answer didn’t wait long and came in the form of a double, between the 27th and 34th minutes the pair of Vinícius Júnior and Jude Bellingham came through to turn the match in Real Madrid’s favour.

The start to the second half was again better for the home side, who won a penalty. Piotr Zielinski converted it safely to level the match at 2-2. The match was decided in the 78th minute by a Federico Valverde strike. He hit the crossbar with his shot, from which the ball deflected into the back of the helpless Alex Meret and ended up in the net.

Betting tip

Given the current scoring form of the White Ballet, the home side are definitely the favourites for the match. The fact that they have never lost to Napoli in their history also plays in the home team’s favour. According to the previous statistics, we can expect a duel in which goals should fall, so a bet on more than 2.5 goals in the match is tempting.

Betting tip I Real Madrid win and more than 1.5 goals in the match