It's time for episode two of the Chelsea - Real Madrid Semi-finals battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 05.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League Semi-finals meeting between Chelsea and Real Madrid. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Madrid, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.

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Chelsea form and stats

Chelsea participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Bayern München.

8 victories, 6 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Chelsea have to build on here at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Chelsea has performed like this (both home and away): 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss.

Chelsea are confident in defense, having played 297 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Chelsea's previous game was a Premier League match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Fulham. The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Real Madrid that finished 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with Chelsea perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Chelsea as a small favourite), we find four games. Chelsea has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.

There will be little rest for Chelsea after this match as they are travelling to Manchester City for a Premier League game in only three days.

The Chelsea fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 29 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Chelsea have conceded only 16 goals.

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Real Madrid form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Manchester City drew the shortest straw.

Real Madrid have an excellent away record in the La Liga so far with 10-6-1 from 17 games. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses both home and away. In general it has been a productive period now for Madrid as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games. Real Madrid are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played twelve in a row without losing.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is eager to challenge this, with his 390 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The supporters enjoyed Real Madrid's previous game versus Osasuna, a La Liga 2-0 win played at home. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Chelsea in the Champions League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Madrid in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Real Madrid, two draws and zero defeats.

After this away game Madrid return home for a La Liga game against Sevilla. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 29 times in 17 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

Chelsea and Real Madrid have met before this season: Real Madrid - Chelsea 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Chelsea zero wins, one draw and Real Madrid one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
21 goals
ChelseaJ. Frello Filho
J. Frello Filho
6 goals
ChelseaM. Mount
M. Mount
6 goals

Chelsea missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelsea Real Madrid
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   11 25
16 8   Won W   6 15
6 3   Drew D   4 7
3 2   Lost L   1 3
33 18   Scored S   16 40
13 7   Conceded C   6 16
84% 77%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   73% 84%
56% 62%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   55% 76%
16% 15%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 44%
12% 15%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 16%
8% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 4%
24% 15%   BTTS BTTS   45% 52%
68% 77%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 48%
24% 31%   Failed to Score F T   27% 16%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
1 1   Red cards R C   0 2
 
12.5 13   Shots (avg) S (   13 14
4.8 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.6 4.5
28% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 34 25 5 4 71 24 17 12 2 3 37 15 17 13 3 1 34 9 47 80
2 Manchester United 33 19 10 4 64 35 16 9 3 4 34 21 17 10 7 0 30 14 29 67
3 Leicester City 34 19 6 9 61 39 17 9 1 7 30 22 17 10 5 2 31 17 22 63
4 Chelsea 34 17 10 7 53 31 17 8 6 3 29 16 17 9 4 4 24 15 22 61
5 West Ham United 33 16 7 10 53 43 17 9 4 4 29 21 16 7 3 6 24 22 10 55
6 Liverpool 33 15 9 9 55 39 17 8 3 6 25 20 16 7 6 3 30 19 16 54
7 Tottenham Hotspur 33 15 8 10 56 38 16 8 3 5 28 18 17 7 5 5 28 20 18 53
8 Everton 33 15 7 11 45 42 17 5 4 8 23 27 16 10 3 3 22 15 3 52
9 Aston Villa 33 14 6 13 48 38 16 6 3 7 26 23 17 8 3 6 22 15 10 48
10 Leeds United 34 14 5 15 50 52 17 6 5 6 22 19 17 8 0 9 28 33 -2 47
11 Arsenal 33 13 7 13 44 37 17 6 4 7 19 20 16 7 3 6 25 17 7 46
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 11 8 14 32 45 17 6 4 7 18 22 16 5 4 7 14 23 -13 41
13 Crystal Palace 33 10 8 15 34 56 17 5 5 7 16 27 16 5 3 8 18 29 -22 38
14 Brighton & Hove Albion 34 8 13 13 35 39 17 3 8 6 18 19 17 5 5 7 17 20 -4 37
15 Southampton 33 10 7 16 41 59 16 6 3 7 22 21 17 4 4 9 19 38 -18 37
16 Burnley 33 9 9 15 30 45 16 4 6 6 13 18 17 5 3 9 17 27 -15 36
17 Newcastle United 33 9 9 15 36 54 16 5 5 6 22 27 17 4 4 9 14 27 -18 36
18 Fulham 34 5 12 17 25 45 17 2 4 11 9 24 17 3 8 6 16 21 -20 27
19 West Bromwich Albion 33 5 10 18 30 64 16 3 5 8 12 33 17 2 5 10 18 31 -34 25
20 Sheffield United 33 5 2 26 18 56 17 4 1 12 11 25 16 1 1 14 7 31 -38 17
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 34 23 7 4 61 22 17 13 3 1 37 9 17 10 4 3 24 13 39 76
2 Real Madrid 34 22 8 4 58 24 17 12 2 3 29 10 17 10 6 1 29 14 34 74
3 Barcelona 33 22 5 6 77 31 17 11 4 2 43 18 16 11 1 4 34 13 46 71
4 Sevilla 33 22 4 7 49 26 16 12 1 3 25 10 17 10 3 4 24 16 23 70
5 Real Sociedad 34 14 11 9 51 35 17 7 6 4 28 20 17 7 5 5 23 15 16 53
6 Real Betis 33 14 8 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 24 20 16 6 3 7 18 25 -3 50
7 Villarreal 33 12 13 8 50 38 16 6 6 4 22 19 17 6 7 4 28 19 12 49
8 Granada 33 13 6 14 43 54 16 9 3 4 24 20 17 4 3 10 19 34 -11 45
9 Celta de Vigo 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 8 3 6 27 27 17 3 8 6 19 24 -5 44
10 Athletic Club 33 10 12 11 43 36 17 8 5 4 27 16 16 2 7 7 16 20 7 42
11 Osasuna 34 10 10 14 31 41 17 6 5 6 18 20 17 4 5 8 13 21 -10 40
12 Levante 34 9 11 14 38 48 17 5 7 5 22 25 17 4 4 9 16 23 -10 38
13 Cadiz 33 9 10 14 28 49 17 4 5 8 14 26 16 5 5 6 14 23 -21 37
14 Valencia 33 8 12 13 41 48 16 6 7 3 25 19 17 2 5 10 16 29 -7 36
15 Getafe 33 8 10 15 26 39 17 5 6 6 13 11 16 3 4 9 13 28 -13 34
16 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 10 17 28 52 17 5 5 7 15 21 17 2 5 10 13 31 -24 31
17 Elche 34 6 12 16 29 50 17 4 8 5 16 21 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 30
18 Real Valladolid 33 5 15 13 31 45 16 3 6 7 17 25 17 2 9 6 14 20 -14 30
19 Huesca 34 6 12 16 32 50 17 4 6 7 16 21 17 2 6 9 16 29 -18 30
20 Eibar 34 5 11 18 26 46 17 2 6 9 11 19 17 3 5 9 15 27 -20 26

Chelsea:
Real Madrid:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atletico Madrid 34 23 7 4 61 22 17 13 3 1 37 9 17 10 4 3 24 13 39 76
2 Real Madrid 34 22 8 4 58 24 17 12 2 3 29 10 17 10 6 1 29 14 34 74
3 Barcelona 33 22 5 6 77 31 17 11 4 2 43 18 16 11 1 4 34 13 46 71
4 Sevilla 33 22 4 7 49 26 16 12 1 3 25 10 17 10 3 4 24 16 23 70
5 Real Sociedad 34 14 11 9 51 35 17 7 6 4 28 20 17 7 5 5 23 15 16 53
6 Real Betis 33 14 8 11 42 45 17 8 5 4 24 20 16 6 3 7 18 25 -3 50
7 Villarreal 33 12 13 8 50 38 16 6 6 4 22 19 17 6 7 4 28 19 12 49
8 Granada 33 13 6 14 43 54 16 9 3 4 24 20 17 4 3 10 19 34 -11 45
9 Celta de Vigo 34 11 11 12 46 51 17 8 3 6 27 27 17 3 8 6 19 24 -5 44
10 Athletic Club 33 10 12 11 43 36 17 8 5 4 27 16 16 2 7 7 16 20 7 42
11 Osasuna 34 10 10 14 31 41 17 6 5 6 18 20 17 4 5 8 13 21 -10 40
12 Levante 34 9 11 14 38 48 17 5 7 5 22 25 17 4 4 9 16 23 -10 38
13 Cadiz 33 9 10 14 28 49 17 4 5 8 14 26 16 5 5 6 14 23 -21 37
14 Valencia 33 8 12 13 41 48 16 6 7 3 25 19 17 2 5 10 16 29 -7 36
15 Getafe 33 8 10 15 26 39 17 5 6 6 13 11 16 3 4 9 13 28 -13 34
16 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 10 17 28 52 17 5 5 7 15 21 17 2 5 10 13 31 -24 31
17 Elche 34 6 12 16 29 50 17 4 8 5 16 21 17 2 4 11 13 29 -21 30
18 Real Valladolid 33 5 15 13 31 45 16 3 6 7 17 25 17 2 9 6 14 20 -14 30
19 Huesca 34 6 12 16 32 50 17 4 6 7 16 21 17 2 6 9 16 29 -18 30
20 Eibar 34 5 11 18 26 46 17 2 6 9 11 19 17 3 5 9 15 27 -20 26

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.