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This is a match between two teams with great technical-tactical competence, nevertheless, Real Madrid has great advantage by playing at home. In addition to this detail, the Spaniards have an enormous record in the Champions League, having added 11 victories in this competition. So, it’s expectable that the meringues will come for this match with a very offensive strategy, with a medium-high block, putting aside a possible surprise on the part of Naples.
So, we believe this will be a very disputed match with a lot of danger throws, especially for the home team, making a bet on the home team’s victory to be full of value.
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Preview
Real Madrid and Napoli meet at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Champions League (8th Finals). These two teams have never met before, so this will be the first head‑to‑head between them.

Analysis Real Madrid

The home team comes to this stage of the UEFA Champions League (8th Finals) after having finished the group stage in the 2nd position of Group F, with 12 points won. In their last match, for the Primera División, they got an away win against Osasuna by (1‑3). In the last 10 home matches Real Madrid has won 8, tied 1 and lost 1.

They haven’t lost any of the last 6 matches for this competition. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 6 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 6 matches for this competition. There is a tendency for goals in their home matches, since 30 of the last 32 have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 26 out of 32 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 4 of their 15 matches, and have never been able to turn the score around. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 20 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 9 of their 24 goals between minutes (61'‑75').

Real Madrid comes for this match after a victory against Osasuna by 1-3, adding in this way the third consecutive triumph in the Spanish championship. It’s important to note that the Merengues reach the last 16 of Group F, with 12 points, 2 of the leader Borussia Dortmund. In this home match, the coach Zinédine Zidane should play in 4-3-3, benefiting ball possession and attacks by the flanks, especially through the left one. As usual the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo is the great highlight of Real Madrid with 14 goals and 3 assists. Looking back over the last 10 matches it’s possible to note that the home team players have some defensive fragility, once that they suffered on average 1.3 goals per match. It seems that only Danilo is in doubt due to injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Keylor Navas, Carvajal, Marcelo, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Casemiro, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, James Rodríguez, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Coach: C. Ancelotti.

Analysis Napoli

The away team comes to this stage of the UEFA Champions League (8th Finals) after having finished the group stage in the 23th position of Group B, with 0 points won. In their last match, for the Serie A, they got a home win against Genoa by (2‑0). Their last away match was for the Serie A and ended in a win by (1‑7) against Bologna. In the last 10 away matches Napoli has won 6, tied 2 and lost 2. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 5 of the last 6 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 5 of the last 6 matches for this competition. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 12 of the last 15 matches, they have reached half‑time in front in 7 of those 12 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 10 of them.

Like their opponent, Naples come for this match after a 2-0 victory against Genoa, adding the second consecutive win in the championship. To reach this stage of the Champions League, the visiting team won the 1st place in Group B with 11 points. In this away home match the coach Maurizio Sarri should keep the usual 4-3-3, with Mertens being the forward player of the Italian team. This player is the great highlight so far as he has already scored 16 goals and did 7 assists. It’s worth noting that Naples have shown great competence when finishing, because in the last 10 matches they scored an average of 2.9 goals per match. Vlad Chiriches is the only absence from this match due to injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Faouzi Ghoulam, Albiol, Kalidou Koulibaly, Amadou Diawara, Piotr Zieliński, Marek Hamšík, Dries Mertens, José Callejón, Lorenzo Insigne.
Coach: W. Mazzarri.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Real Madrid vs Napoli match, on 15 February 2017, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Real Madrid wins ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Real Madrid vs Napoli on 15 February 2017 will be played at Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.

 

UEFA Champions League - 2016/2017

  • 100% 217 / 217 Games

  • Home team wins 46.08%
  • Draws 27.65%
  • Away team wins 26.27%
  • Over 1.5 78.34%
  • Over 2.5 51.61%
  • Over 3.5 29.95%
  • Goals 613
  • Goals /match 2.82
  • Goals /match home 1.7
  • Goals /match away 1.12
  • Both teams score 50.69%
  • Goals after 80' 14.19%
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