Real Madrid vs Tottenham Predictions, 17 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-1

Real Madrid v Tottenham Predictions for Tuesday's night kick-off Champions League group fixture facing Spain LaLiga hosts Real Madrid and Premier League side Tottenham at Santiago Bernabeu. Madrid are the current Champions League (CL) holders after they became the 1st team in competition history to successfully defend their title in June this year.

Match status: 2017-18 Champions League - Group H
Kick-off: Tuesday 17 Oct 2017, 07:45pm GMT
Venue: "Santiago Bernabeu" in Madrid, Spain

Real Madrid v Tottenham Team News

These sides have met twice before in the CL back in April ’11, with Real Madrid winning both games 1-0 and 4-0, respectively. Madrid haven’t lost to an English side in this competition since Liverpool beat them home and away back in ‘08/09 (10 games).

Harry Kane (Tottenham) is this season’s leading scorer in the CL with 5 goals. Kane has scored 15 goals in his last 12 games in all competitions and has scored 43 goals in 38 appearances in 2017 for club and country (1.13 goals per game).

Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid) is the all-time leading goalscorer in the CL with 109 goals and has scored 2 goals in each of this season’s CL games. Ronaldo ended his 3-game La Liga drought at the weekend with the winner away to Getafe.

Madrid games this season in La Liga have produced the most corners (13.50 average per game), while Tottenham games in the Premier League have an average of 12.50 corners per game, the joint highest in the division. (Corner stats as of Saturday midnight).

The last time Madrid failed to score in this competition was back in the semi-final away to Manchester City in 2015/16, a run of 17 games. 14 of those 17 games saw both teams score, while their last 15 games in the competition have all produced over 2.5 goals!

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Real Madrid: Kiko Casilla - Marcelo, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Achraf Hakimi - Luka Modric, Casemiro, Toni Kroos - Isco - Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema (4-3-1-2 formation)

Tottenham: Hugo Lloris - Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sanchez, Eric Dier - Serge Aurier, Harry Winks, Mousa Dembele, Jan Vertonghen - Son Heung-Min, Christian Eriksen - Harry Kane (3-4-2-1 formation)

Missing Players of Real Madrid and Tottenham:

Real Madrid: Gareth Bale, Jesus Vallejo, Mateo Kovacic.

Tottenham: Danny Rose, Victor Wanyama, Erik Lamela, Dele Alli.

Head-to-Head Record: Real Madrid v Tottenham

2015 Audi Cup
Real Madrid 2-0 Tottenham

2010/11 Champions League Quarter-finals
Tottenham 0-1 Real Madrid

2010/11 Champions League Quarter-finals
Real Madrid 4-0 Tottenham