Champions League Betting Tips and Preview Pt 1

Several key Champions League fixtures kick off on Tuesday and there are some crunch clashes emerging in the build-up to the quarter final stages. Tuesday’s action sees Chelsea facing off against Turkish side Galatasaray where they come in as the significant favourites - both to win the fixture and progress along from the tie itself. 

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Real Madrid vs Schalke is the other kick-off and the bookmakers aren’t even taking bets on Real to qualify to the next leg as they come into the fixture with a hefty 6-1 aggregate lead on their German counterparts. 

In regards to the match itself, punters will find Real Madrid priced at 1.25 to get the victory in the second leg while Schalke, who don’t really have much to play for unless their can score four or five quick goals early on in the match, are available at a rather lengthy 11.0. 

It probably goes without saying that Cristiano Ronaldo is the favourite to grab the first goal of this match and he can be backed at a 2.5 listing to do so. Karim Benzema is in a rich vein of form at the moment and he’s sitting at an enticing 4.0 price tag. With Ronaldo being so difficult to contain, you reckon that Schalke will have some plans for him and this may leave Benzema wide open to feast on thru-balls from the midfield. Gareth Bale is priced at 5.0 and will likely take a fair amount of money to score first - especially considering he will see a solid amount of action from dead-ball situations. 

Chelsea are the 1.40 favourites to get the better of the Turkish side and they were able to cope with the first leg pretty well conceding and leaving things still open heading back to Stamford Bridge. The away goal surely puts Jose Mourinho’s side in the driver’s seat but it’s going to be interesting to see how things pan out early in the fixture. If Chelsea concede at any point then it is well and truly all to play for.