Venue: Stade de Gerland Date: 2nd Nov 2011 Kick off time:19.45
Real Madrid travel to France on Wednesday evening hoping to continue their impressive start to the season. They currently sit top of both of their domestic and European leagues and have yet to concede a goal in this season’s Champions League.
Olympique Lyon v Real Madrid Match Odds
With such an exemplary record in their opening three games- Real Madrid start this match as strong favourites. BetFred’s 8/13 is the best of a cautious market from the bookies with them clearly expecting Mourinho’s men to make it four in four.
However historically Madrid don’t perform at Stade de Gerland and have never beaten the Frenchmen on their home turf. The Spanish side had lost on the three previous visits without scoring a goal, but a Karim Benzema strike helped them earn a point who when the sides met in last season’s competition.
You can get odds as high as 21/4 with Unibet and bwin for Lyon to win on their home patch meaning a calculated £10 punt would see a nice £62.50 return.
For the more reserved among you, Betfred are offering 3/1 on the draw and just to remind you; Madrid have never beaten Lyon in France.
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Goals
Lyon have failed to score in two of their three Champions League games this season and so it’s difficult to imagine them scoring a handful in this match. However they have scored eight goals in their last five games and therefore home total goals to be 2 or more at 3/1 is worth a look.
However Madrid haven’t conceded in their last four games or at all in this competition. They did thump Lyon 4-0 on match day 3 and Betfred are offering 25/1 on the same scoreline in this one.
Karim Benzema returns to the club where he started his career and of course he did net when the sides last met. He’s a tasty 6/1 to open the scoring in this match and 33/1 to get a hat trick. Both of those odds are with Betfred and if Benzema scores the last goal- they will refund all losing first and last goal scoring bets. As well as correct score and scorecast bets.
Prediction- It’s difficult to see anything other than a glut of goals in a Madrid win.
Cheeky Punts + Offers
With the majority of bookies not giving much away, the value could be spreading out your money on a few cheeky bets. Lyon to score the last goal with bwin at 12/5 is not beyond the realms of possibility as they did exactly that when the sides met last year- with Bafetimbi Gomis cancelling out Benzema’s opener.
Opening a bwin account and placing the free 25£ bet for new customers on this outcome, would give you a nice little £85 return.
On the flip side Unibet are offering 23/17 on no goals for the home side and all new customers receive a 20£ risk free bet.. Simply deposit £20 and if the above loses then your money is returned, however if it wins £47 is coming your way.
