Man City warmed up for their Champions League match against Real Madrid on Tuesday at the Bernabeu by drawing 1-1 with Stoke – and the bookies certainly don’t fancy the Premier League Champions.

City are as large as 9/2 for the victory despite Real’s shocking start to La Liga, which has seen them fall eight points off the pace of Barcelona after just four matches.

Match Odds

Real Madrid 4/6
Draw 14/5
Man City 9/2

Jose Mourinho declared ‘I don’t have a team’ after his players suffered their second defeat of the campaign against Sevilla on Saturday and with the league slipping out of sight he will surely be placing all his chips on a European run.

The 4/6 price for a home win looks too short on Real’s present form and 3/1 for City draw no bet gets a speculative vote, for the value if nothing else.

Roberto Mancini’s men may be collectively inexperienced in the Champions League but individually they are not and there seems no better time to be playing at the Bernabeu.

Yaya Toure is one man who will be well aware of what awaits the City players from his time spent at Barcelona. The midfielder is a bona fide performer on the big stage and at 4/1 is a great price to score anytime.

With Madrid’s domestic form all over the place at the moment this match looks tough to call but 13/8 for three or more goals is one of the rare value bets available.

 

Tipster’s Best Bets

Man City draw no bet @ 3/1 with bet365 (1pt)
Yaya Toure to score anytime @ 4/1 with bet365 (1pt)
Over three goals @ 13/8 with bet365 @ (1pt)

 

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