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2013-04-24 - Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid

A Sports Betting Pick by Addicted

BORUSSIA DORTMUND v REAL MADRID
Football : Europe : Champions League
Wednesday, 24th April 2013 - Kickoff 7:45pm GMT

BETTING PREVIEW

Two sets of champions from last year, having been dethroned comprehensively, will now bid to rescue this season with silverware, but they have to go through each other to get to the final. This is a very tough game to call.

Dortmund have already faced Madrid twice this season, as they were in the same group. The results were encouraging, with the German champs winning here 2-1 before a 2-2 draw in Madrid. You'd think they should surely avoid defeat, but here's the thing - Madrid aren't the same team as they were then.

Madrid started their season in awful fashion, and it has cost them their La Liga title. They were also almost beaten at home by Manchester City, before somehow finding a way to win. The point is, they've improved, and their current form sees them winning most matches, with just the loss away at Galatasaray. Although there too they scored 2 goals.

I'm thinking there may be value in backing Madrid in some way, although not for the win. With Ronaldo in amazing form, I feel a bet on him to score may be worth it. He has 11 in the Champions League alone, and would love to do what Messi could not do for his team last night.

Dortmund may have won here 2-0 in their last game, but look at games before that. Even when they win, they concede. 6-1 away at Furth, and before that they allowed Augsburg and Malaga to come here and score 2 goals each, which for a while had Dortmund trailing. Madrid are better than both those sides.

THE BETTING VERDICT

Mourinho is a crafty manager, and I always have faith in him to set his team up well in Europe.

Real Madrid have scored 2 or more goals in all of their last 5 games, and I think Mourinho will be looking for at least 2 away goals here, which should give them at least a draw, or a narrow loss that can be rectified in the Bernabeu.

The Statistics :

DORTMUND LAST SIX HOME FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2013-04-09	W	3-2	H v Malaga
	2013-03-05	W	3-0	H v Shaktar_Donetsk
	2012-12-04	W	1-0	H v Man_City
	2012-10-24	W	2-1	H v Real_Madrid
	2012-09-18	W	1-0	H v Ajax
	2011-12-06	L	2-3	H v Marseille

REAL_MADRID LAST SIX AWAY FORM
	DATE	RESULT		OPPOSITION
	2013-04-09	L	3-2	A v Galatasaray
	2013-03-05	W	1-2	A v Manchester_Utd
	2012-11-21	D	1-1	A v Man_City
	2012-10-24	L	2-1	A v Dortmund
	2012-10-03	W	1-4	A v Ajax
	2012-04-17	L	2-1	A v Bayern_Munchen

HEAD TO HEAD DORTMUND v REAL_MADRID
DATE	HOME	SCORE	AWAY
2012-10-24	Dortmund	2-1	Real_Madrid
2003-02-25	Dortmund	1-1	Real_Madrid

The Pick :

Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Real Madrid

BEST BETTING TIP :

Take Real Madrid Team Total - Over 1.5 goals @ 2.25

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