Ajax vs Real Madrid Predictions and Betting Tips, 13 Feb 2019

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-2

Ajax v Real Madrid Predictions for Wednesday's CL 1/8 finals first leg at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam. Reigning champions will be looking to build on their impressive win over Madrid rivals Atletico 3-1 away and against Ajax, whom they have beaten in their previous six face-to-face meetings, the Madrid giants can well count on a first-leg victory.

Match status: 2018-19 Champions League Last-16
Kick-off: Wednesday 13 Feb 2019, 08:00pm GMT
Venue: Johan Cruijff Arena (Amsterdam)

Ajax v Real Madrid Team News

Being drawn with Real Madrid in the Round of 16, or at any other stage, has been a death sentence for the last couple of years and the Madrid club have deservedly been called Champions League specialists having won 3 of the last four campaigns. However, by no means Ajax should be written off right away; how can a team that got into the same group with Benfica and Bayern Munich and stayed undefeated taking the runner-up spot be dumped without proving unable?

The Jews qualified to meet the champions from second position in Group E with 12 points - only 2 behind Bayern Munich - after six games (W3 D3) and in doing so, summer signing Dusan Tadic became the standout player who sent in 5 of Ajax's 11 group goals. He is the joint-third-best scorer together with five other contenders.

Los Blancos still have everything to successfully defend their title despite the departure of the club's best goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo for Juve last summer and two managerial changes following Zinedine Zidane's ever successful tenure - Julen Lopetegui and now Santiago Solari.

Winning four of the six group stage fixtured eventually put the Madrid giants through from the driving seat of Group G, the two defeats coming at the hands of Russian side CSKA Moscow with no reply from current champions (0-1, 0-3). These games aside and Real Madrid would have had a perfect record and put into the prime position to again winning the competition.

Two of the former "BBC", Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, are jointly leading their team's scoring lists both in the Champions League, where they have 3 each, and La Liga, with Benzema getting the joy from 10 of Madrid's 37 goals to the Welshman's 5.

Injured or Suspended Players:

Ajax: Hassane Bande, Lisandro Magallan.

Real Madrid: Isco, Marcos Llorente, Jesus Vallejo, Luca Zidane.

Head-to-Head Record: Ajax v Real Madrid

2012-13 Champions League Group Stage
Real Madrid 4-1 Ajax

2012-13 Champions League Group Stage
Ajax 1-4 Real Madrid

2011-12 Champions League Group Stage
Ajax 0-3 Real Madrid

2011-12 Champions League Group Stage
Real Madrid 3-0 Ajax