Man City v Real Madrid

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Last week's highly entertaining and free-scoring clash between Real Madrid and Manchester City in the 1st leg of their Champions League quarter-final ended all square in a 3-3 draw at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid and the teams will slug it out in Manchester on Wednesday night to determine who proceeds through to the semi-finals of this season's competition.

Manchester City produced the perfect preparation to this upcoming return leg on the weekend as Pep Guardiola's side simply swept aside lowly Luton Town with a comprehensive 5-1 thrashing of The Hatters in the Premier League and although The Citizens are unlikely to repeat that scoreline here on Wednesday night, the hosts are nevertheless unbeaten in their last 27 matches in all competitions.

This amazing sequence of form includes picking up no fewer than 22 victories along the way and suggests the hosts may be too strong for their Spanish counterparts when Real Madrid visit their Etihad Stadium.

Indeed, Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 25 home games across all competitions and having recorded 20 wins in the process, Pep Guardiola's side are priced as the bookies favourites to win this return leg.

Real Madrid also registered a win in their domestic top flight over the weekend in La Liga although the Spaniard visitors' victory was a lot more modest than their English counterparts as they recorded a 1-0 win away from home at Mallorca which in turn extended their unbeaten run to 15 games in all competitions.

Within this solid looking unbeaten run, Real Madrid have collected 10 wins which included a 2-1 win on aggregate against German Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig in the Round of last 16 in the Champions League so the visitors will also fancy their chances of progressing through to the semi-finals of this season's competition.

Real Madrid have also performed well on their travels overall as the Spanish visitors are unbeaten in their last seven games which consists of five wins and two draws while the bigger picture shows Carlo Ancelotti's side have been handed just the single defeat from their previous 18 outings on the road.

That loss came in the form of a 4-2 defeat away at local rivals Atletico Madrid but having also picked up 13 wins within with this period as well on their travels, Real Madrid should be respected in this upcoming return leg at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night.

Manchester City v Real Madrid Verdict

Previous exchanges have gone in the favour of Manchester City as the hosts have won five out of the last eight meetings against Real Madrid and although another tightly fought tussle is expected, Manchester City may just sneak a narrow victory here.

Therefore, our main bet will be Manchester City win @ 1.66

Other side bets worth considering:

Manchester City win & Over 2.5 goals @ 2.30

Correct Score: Manchester City 2-1 @ 8.50