After overcoming Manchester City against the odds, the bookies now have Real Madrid as favourites to reach the Champions League final. It would be some achievement to navigate their way through the tougher half of the draw after downing the holders over 210 minutes of football, with a penalty shootout seeing them successful.
Carlo Ancelotti is no stranger to European success and his team will head to the Allianz Arena in this semi-final first leg encounter hoping to engineer a positive result, with Jude Bellingham having shone brightly for Los Merengues this term, while there’s plenty to like about a forward line that includes Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo.
Bayern Munich have fared badly domestically to the extent that Bayer Leverkusen have already landed the Bundesliga title, although they were deserving winners over Arsenal and will now hope to make home advantage count once again. Harry Kane is having a storming season and has more recently been joined in the first team by Eric Dier.
Serge Gnabry could be fit to line up in this encounter, with Leroy Sane in strong form and we’re expecting a high-scoring clash. That is reflected in the betting odds where the BTTS Yes clash is trading at a short price, with Bayern looking a big price to find a way through. We make it more of a 50-50 encounter and that makes the German side favourites.