It's a true meeting of European royalty on Tuesday as Bayern Munich host Real Madrid in their Champions League semi-final first leg at the Allianz Arena, which kicks off at 20:00 UK time.
The pair have lifted the famous old trophy a whopping 20 times between them and the Spanish giants are 6/4 favourites to extend their record haul of 14 titles.
Bayern are 11/4 second favourites to win it for a seventh time and they are 6/4 to qualify from this mouth-watering tie, with Real warm 8/15 favourites to finish the job at the Bernabeu next week.
- Real Madrid to win & both teams score
- Real Madrid to win 2-1
- Harry Kane to score
Madrid The Real Deal
Real Madrid have won this competition more than any other side and they have enjoyed their recent trips to Bayern's Allianz Arena.
The Spanish giants have won their last three visits to Bayern's backyard, with two of those matches finishing 2-1 to Los Blancos and a similar outcome looks likely this week.
This competition remains Bayern's last-chance of silverware in a campaign that has been hugely disappointing by their standards.
They have relinquished the Bundeslia title to Bayer Leverkusen for the first time in 11 seasons, while they were dumped out of the DFB-Pokal by minnows Saarbrucken.
Thomas Tuchel's men have regrouped to win their last four matches, and they did a professional job over two legs to beat Arsenal 3-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.
However, Madrid are a step up in class and they arrive in Munich with one hand on the La Liga trophy and full of beans following last week's 3-2 El Clasico win over Barcelona.
That win is part of a phenomenal unbeaten streak which has seen Carlo Ancelotti's side remain unscathed since a derby defeat to Atletico in September, and their experience at this stage of the competition can guide them through to a first-leg victory on Tuesday.
REAL MADRID TO WIN AND BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
Familiar Outcome Looks Likely
Real's last two visits to Munich have yielded a pair of 2-1 victories and a similar story could unfold on Tuesday evening.
Both teams have scored in each of the last four meetings and Madrid have kept clean sheets in just four of their last ten fixtures.
The injuries are piling up for Bayern, but they still possess enough attacking talent to threaten the Real rearguard and they have scored in all but one of their last 13 fixtures.
Bayern Can Count On Kane
It's 46 goals and counting in all competitions for Harry Kane this season and, if anyone is going to score for Bayern this week, then it is likely to be the England man.
Kane has been a constant source of goals in a miserable season for Bayern and his prowess from the penalty spot also makes him a solid bet to get on the scoresheet again this week.
The former Spurs man has seven goals in the Champions League this season, one less than Kylian Mbappe, and he poses the biggest threat to Real this week in what looks set to be an exciting contest.
