On Tuesday, 8 April, at the Emirates Stadium, the current UEFA Champions League winner Real Madrid will face Arsenal in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Arsenal London
Arsenal won the last match of the Champions League against PSV Amsterdam. After winning the first leg 7-1, the Gunners drew 2-2 at home. Oleksandr Zinchenko and Declan Rice scored the goals in the second match. They have not lost in their last seven matches in all competitions.
The hosts have scored in six consecutive Champions League matches this season. They have not conceded a single goal since their defeat to Internazionale in the league stage.
Arsenal’s players are unbeaten in home matches this season in the Champions League, winning four and drawing one of five matches. ‘The Gunners are undefeated in three home games in all competitions.
In their last six matches in all competitions, Arsenal have won three and drawn three. During this time, they have scored 14 goals and conceded six, with five of the six games scored 1-0. Most of the goals (eight) were scored in the first half, while their opponents scored three times in the first 45 minutes.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid won its last Champions League match in the Round of 16 against Atletico Madrid with a 4-2 penalty shootout victory. In the first leg, the Bianconeri had a one-goal lead, which was enough to prevent a 1-0 defeat in extra time in the second leg at the
Air Metropolitano Stadium in Riyadh. Neither team managed to score in extra time, leading to a decisive penalty shootout.
Real Madrid has three wins and three losses away from home at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu this season.
Out of the last six matches, Real Madrid won three, drew and lost two. During this period, they scored 12 goals and conceded 11, with two of the six matches scoring 1-0.
They scored six goals in the first half, while their opponents scored seven times before the break.
Arsenal vs Real Madrid match prediction
The teams last met in July 2019 and drew 2-2.
Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka have attracted Arsenal’s attention in the Champions League. The duo is the team’s joint top scorer with four goals. Havertz and Saka have also scored the same number of goals to make it 1-0, one each.
Real Madrid has been favoured by Vinicius Junior and Kylian Mbappe, who have scored seven times each in this season’s Champions League. The team is currently in a depressed state of morale after losing its last two games.
Both will score
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