Match Preview

When the groups were drawn for this year’s competition, it was clear that UEFA Champions League, Group H was going to be one of the toughest sections to qualify from. However, in the opening gambit of Group H fixtures, Real Madrid have the chance to get off to the best start possible against the only weak team in the group, APEOL Nicosia. Our Real Madrid vs APOEL Nicosia preview takes a look at a genuine David and Goliath clash, where one team is expected to trounce the other. The euro football odds reflect that fact, so it might be hard to dig out some real value for this in the bookmakers.

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The home team take a sensational UCL home record into today’s free Real Madrid vs APOEL Nicosia betting tips. Zinedine Zidane’s men have only tasted defeat once in their last fifteen Champions League matches at the Bernabéu, losing just once in thirty two there overall. The current European champions come into Wednesday’s clash following successive home draws against Valencia and Levante.

The Cypriot visitors to Spain this week have an appalling away record in Europe, which effects our Real Madrid vs APOEL Nicosia predictions greatly. They have only scored twice in their last seven trips outside Cyprus and have only picked up two wins in twenty. Recently, they have won just three from seven at home and abroad.

The teams in our preview played each other twice in the UCL in 2012, Los Blancos overcame their lesser opponents 8-2 on aggregate over that two game match-up.

Real Madrid vs APOEL Nicosia Prediction and Betting Advice

We dive into the handicap markets to open our Real Madrid vs APOEL Nicosia picks today. Our advice is to take the home team at -2 to close the bookmaker’s odds to a slightly more valuable number. In both Real’s meetings with APOEL in 2012, a -2 handicap bet would have paid out. Obviously a lot can happen in five years, but the home team are actually much stronger than they were back then and the away side a slightly weaker. Los Blancos will be like a wounded tiger on Wednesday having been booed by their own fans after drawing their second home match in a row against Levante at the weekend. Ronaldo, Bale, Isco and the rest should be able to blow the Cypriots away relatively easily and don’t be surprised to see them put some crazy numbers on the score board at the Bernabéu.

Next to take centre stage in our Champions League football tips and predictions is our recommendation to bet on the home team to score in both halves on Wednesday. In two of their last three matches, Los Blancos have scored in both forty five minute segments. APOEL should be thrown around like a rag doll from the referees first whistle and Real should plunder several goals over the entire ninety minutes. Zinedine Zidane will know the home supporters will heap the pressure on his players if they start the game at anything less than a hundred miles an hour. The Cypriots will do their best to stifle and even though they have kept five clean sheets in their last seven European away contests, facing Ronaldo and Madrid is a little different than keeping the opposition out in Wales against the New Saints.