These two sides have met in the group stage of both the last two competitions so this will be their 5th meeting in the last 3 years.
Real will be the first to admit that Lyon have been a bit of a bogey team for them in the last decade however people can read into that as much as they like, this is here and now and Real are playing their best football right now then they have been over the past 10 years.
Lyon are also not the same team they once were and although they 3rd in the French League, they are not the dominant force they once were.
Real Madrid have been sublime this season, they breezed through pre season smashing goals in at every venue.
They out played Barcelona in the Spanish Super Copa despite losing out over 2 legs to a last minute goal.
Real have had one hiccup in the league losing out 1-0 to a Levante side, who are also playing their best football for quite some time, although Real did play half of that game with 10 men.
Apart from that game, Real have hardly broken a sweat yet, destroying Zaragoza 0-6 and Espanyol 0-4 both away from home.
Where they have looked their best however is at the Bernabeu, where they have won their last 5 games in a row in all competitions.
They recently beat Real Betis 4-1 just last Saturday and have also beat Rayo Vallecano 6-2 (another game where they played the majority of the match with just 10 men!) Getafe 4-2 and they beat Ajax 3-0 here in their first Champions League game of this Campaign .
Whilst they still do concede silly goals at times, you cant fault their attack, it just oozes class.
Ronaldo has already scored 7 times this season and he has been his usual sensational self since pre season, Mourinho now has the luxury of choosing from 2 in form strikers as well with both Higuain (8 goals) and Benzema (3 goals) both playing great football at present.
Backed up by the likes of Alonso, Ozil, De maria Kaka, Khedira and its easy to see that this side is capable of scoring goals past any team, any where, the fact that this game is at the Bernabeu tonight makes it even more appealing.
Apart from their loss to Barca last season Real have now recorded 6 wins from 6 games at home in the Champions League, finding the net 18 times and conceding not once, an awesome stat!
Lyon have done well to keep themselves in with a chance in the French Ligue 1 after so many had written off their chances of competing before the first game of the season had even kicked off.
It shows they are not the force they once were however, last season they finished 12 points away from champions Lille and they can count themselves lucky to even be in the Champions League this season.
The loss of Benzema to Real Madrid was an obvious blow to them when it happened and they have since lost Juninho also.
Its at home where Lyon are at their strongest and they are not a good travelling side.
In fact they have won just 1 of their last 6 away games and have lost their last 2 in a row in the league, once to leaders PSG and the other to Caen.
Lyon failed to beat Ajax away from home in their last Champions League game and have actually only won once on the road in Europe in 10 attempts!
For me Real could concede tonight despite their impressive record, they have in the league against teams with less ability then Lyon, but one thing you can bank on them doing is scoring goals, they will just have too much in attack for Lyon tonight but lets face it they would against most teams.
For this reason the asian handicap scares me off a little bit and the odds are low anyway, with Real as low as 1.18 with bookies for the outright win, all the value for me tonight lays in backing Real to score in both halves.
They are as low as 1.57 with Victor Chandler to do this tonight yet you can get 1.8 with Coral, I would be very surprised to see this price stay so high throughout the day so if your thinking of following this tip I recommend getting your bets on now.
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