Lille v Real Madrid

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Lille halted a worrying looking five-match winless run in all competitions on the weekend when the French side recorded a comprehensive 3-0 win away from home at Le Havre and the hosts will no doubt be keen to build upon this result when they play host to Real Madrid at their Decathlon Arena on Wednesday night, while the Spanish visitors were held to a 1-1 draw in the Madrid derby against Atletico Madrid.

Lille previously slipped to a 2-0 defeat away from home at Sporting Lisbon in their opening league game of this season's Champions League but although the French side now return to the Decathlon Arena where Bruno Genesio's side will hold home advantage, Lille look to have their work cut out here.

The French hosts had suffered four defeats on the trot previously as they slumped to losses at the hands of Slavia Prague (in the 2nd leg of their play-off tie) along with losses in the domestic Ligue 1 to the likes of PSG and Saint-Etienne respectively.

Throw in their matchday 1 loss away from home at Sporting Lisbon and you can see why confidence may be low in terms of backing the hosts to take all three points here on Wednesday night, especially against a confident Real Madrid outfit.

Onto Real Madrid then, and the visitors extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 11 games overall with a point shared in a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid but Carlo Ancelotti's side have also picked up eight wins within this period as well, giving the visitors a more than decent chance of recording back-to-back wins in this season's Champions League.

The current Champions League title winners registered a fairly straightforward 3-1 home win against German outfit Stuttgart in their opening game of the newly formatted league phase of this competition and the bigger picture of results overall certainly does not appear to bode well for Lille!

Indeed, Real Madrid have been dealt just two defeats in their previous 39 games in all competitions and having lifted the elite European trophy on 15 previous occasions, the Spanish visitors will be tough to beat again this term let alone here on Wednesday night.

In addition, Real Madrid have won 11 of their last 14 ties overall at this level while results away from home in the Champions League have also been impressive from Carlo Ancelotti's side as they have collected six wins within their last seven away ties.

Lille v Real Madrid Verdict

Lille and Real Madrid have never met before in any sort of competitive fixture but although Lille hold home advantage here, Real Madrid look the more likely to gain another win here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Real Madrid win @ 1.50

Other side bets worth considering:

Real Madrid win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.20

Correct Score: Real Madrid 3-1 @ 12.00