UCL: strong odds on Real Madrid to get off the floor

Real Madrid are struggling in the Champions League, and the bookmakers are predicting that the defending Spanish champions will not be in the top 8 at the end of the regular season.

It’s been an eventful few weeks for defending Champions League champions Real Madrid, who have also hit a bit of a slump. We might even be putting it mildly, as Ancelotti’s side have suffered two huge slaps in the face, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There were signs of things to come, as they were beaten agonisingly by Celta Vigo in La Liga, and then came the return leg of the UCL Final against Dortmund, where they were 2-0 down at half-time in front of their own crowd. Thanks to the German team’s short-circuiting, they managed to turn things around, but the 5-2 win might have been a little too much to bear.

Then came the eagerly awaited El Clásico, the first classic for Mbappe or Barca coach Flick. Nearly 80,000 spectators were shocked by the result, as the scoreboard at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu read 0-4 at the interval, with some bookmakers paying 100 times the correct score. After the stalemate, Ancelotti had plenty of time to sort things out, with nine days to go until Tuesday’s BL round, when everyone was expecting a reaction from the Royal League. As is well known, this was hardly the case as
Real Madrid went down to defeat against Milan, and those who had predicted a 3-1 away win were looking at 50-60 times odds.

What are Real Madrid’s chances of finishing in the TOP8?

So after Lille, Milan have also fooled the defending champions, but it is too early to sound the alarm bells, as in the new format it is enough to finish in the top 24 out of 36 to have a chance of reaching the last eight. Yes, but only the top eight will qualify, and Ancelotti’s chances are not looking good.
Bet365 has a marketplace where you can bet on the teams that will make the top 8, with the bookies paying 3.25 on Real Madrid!

The Blancos are only 11th in this list, and interestingly, they are offered the highest odds of all the favourites to win the final. In the outright market, the defending champions are still in second place (5.50), so the bookmakers think that the Ancelotti brigade will get their act together sooner or later.
It’s not the easiest of draws, with the league halfway through, and they’ll be away to Liverpool at the end of November, before visiting a sparkling Atalanta. They can improve in the final rounds, where Bellingham should surely pick up six points, as on paper neither Salzburg nor Brest can give them any problems.