The first leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Real Madrid and Chelsea is scheduled for Wednesday 12 April at 22:00 at the Santiago Bernabeu live on Digi Sport 1, Orange Sport 1 and Prima Sport 1.

Real Madrid and Chelsea will meet again in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after the Whites dramatically advanced in the previous round to win the trophy for the 14th time.

Real Madrid sit 2nd in the Primera Division and have virtually no chance of a title shot at Barcelona’s expense, especially as they lost 3-2 at home to Villarreal last weekend after just three days. a brilliant 4-0 at the Camp Nou against the big opposition that saw them qualify for the Copa del Rey final.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League after topping a group with RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic, in which they won four, drew and lost one, before progressing to the last eight. in the final Liverpool, 5-2 away and 1-0 at home.

Real Madrid have won the Champions League 14 times, most recently in the preliminary round, after the final against Liverpool at the Stade de France in Paris, scoring 1-0 (Vini Jr 59), and have lost three more times or in the final act of the competition.

Chelsea sit 11th in the Premier League, a long way from both the European places and the relegation positions, and have just appointed Frank Lampard as interim manager following the sacking of Graham Potter, who in turn was appointed to replace Thomas Tuchel.

In their last league match, Chelsea lost 0-1 away to Wolverhampton, making it four consecutive games without a win (two draws and two defeats).

Chelsea reached this stage of the competition after winning a group that also included AC Milan, Salzburg and Dinamo Zagreb (four wins, a draw and a loss) before eliminating Borussia Dortmund in the Round of 16 , 0-1 away and 2-0 at home.

Chelsea have two Champions League trophies, won in 2012 (1-1 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, 4-3 on penalties in the final against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena) and 2021 (1-0 in the last game with Manchester City in Porto), but he lost another game with toffees on the table in 2008 (1-1 after 90 and 120 minutes respectively, 5-6 on penalties against Manchester United).

The last time these two teams met was in the quarter-finals of the 2021-2022 Champions League, when Real defeated Chelsea after 3-1 away (Benzema 21, 24, 46 respectively, Havertz 40) and 2-3 at home in extra time ( Rodrigo 80, Benzema 96 respectively, Mount 15, Rudiger 51, Werner 75).

The winner of the double match between “Real” and “Chelsea” will play in the semi-finals of the competition with the winner of the quarter-final, in which “Manchester City” and “Bayern” will meet.

Superbet offers odds of 1.72 on prediction 1: the home team will win the match between Real Madrid and Chelsea.

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