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Manchester City v Real Madrid: Betting Offers, Odds and Free Bets

Here at freebets.ltd.uk we’ll preview this huge fixture between two European heavyweights, providing the best odds and free bet offers from our betting partners at William Hill.

Mark Leach

May 16th, 2023

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Manchester City's charge towards a famous treble switches to the Champions League on Wednesday as they host Real Madrid in the second leg of their semi-final. The tie is finely poised having shared a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Spain one week ago. Here at freebets.ltd.uk we'll preview this huge fixture between two European heavyweights, providing the best odds and free bet offers from our betting partners at William Hill.

First leg recap

A 1-1 draw in the first leg was probably a fair result last week. Manchester City edged the possession stats whilst Real Madrid had 13 shots on target to City's ten.

The home side struck first with Vinicius Jnr scoring the opening goal on 36 minutes. Midfielder, Kevin de Bruyne equalised just after the hour mark.

Form

Since that draw at the Bernabeu, Manchester City have moved one step closer to retaining their Premier League title thanks to a 3-0 win away at Everton on Sunday. Predictably, Erling Haaland was on the scoresheet, netting either side of an Ilkay Gundogan brace.

A much-changed Real Madrid side were 1-0 winners at home to Getafe at the weekend but their hopes of a third title in four seasons were ended by Barcelona's win away at Espanyol on Sunday.

Betting tips

On paper, this looks to be the toughest fixture left for Manchester City in their attempts to land the treble this season. With history within their grasp, we're backing Manchester City to progress to next month's final. Manchester City to win in 90 minutes is excellent value at 1/2.

Manchester City's hopes of progress rest firmly on the shoulders of star centre forward, Erling Haaland. The Norwegian has 52 goals in all competitions this season, including 12 already in this season's Champions League. Haaland is priced at 8/15 to score at any time on Wednesday whilst he is 13/5 to open the scoring.

Having scored the opening goal at the Bernabeu a week ago, Vinicius Jnr now has seven goals in the Champions League this season. The Brazilian is 7/2 to score at any time.

With so much riding on Wednesday's evening we could be in for a real classic. Both teams to score seems inevitable at 4/6. We're happy to back a goal in both halves at 4/7 whilst over 3.5 match goals is our bet of the day at 11/8.