Real Madrid v Ajax betting tips: Can Ajax continue Real’s home woes?

Preview and odds for Champions League clash

Real Madrid will be hoping to put their recent home struggles aside when they host Ajax tonight.

There’s a Champions League quarter-final spot up for grabs this evening, and Real hold the advantage after a somewhat fortunate 2-1 win in Amsterdam last month.

But the 13-time European champions have lost their last three games at the Santiago Bernabeu. Can Los Blancos keep a young and vibrant Ajax side at bay?

It should be an intriguing contest, and it kicks off at 8:00pm, live on BT Sport 3…

Head-to-head

Real’s 2-1 win last month was their seventh straight victory over Ajax, in a run stretching back to 2010.

Ajax have won two of the six visits to the Bernabeu, but have lost each of their last three by an aggregate 9-1 scoreline.

As mentioned, Real go into this one having lost their last three at home, while their Dutch visitors have bounced back by that first-leg defeat to win three domestic games on the spin.

Likely XIs

Luka Modric has admitted that the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo last summer has left Real struggling for goals at times, but they’ve still got bags of quality up front.

Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Vinicius Junior started up front in Amsterdam, and though that trio struggled to make an impact in last week’s double defeat to Barcelona, they should be Santiago Solari’s chosen trio tonight.

Solari will be without Sergio Ramos however, as the Real skipper begins a two-game ban for deliberately receiving a yellow card.