The most expensive team in the world travel to the San Siro tonight to face AC Milan in the UEFA Champions league group stages. Real Madrid’s squad has been valued at around half a billion Euros but that counted for nothing last time these two sides met, with Milan triumphing 3-2 in a classic match at the Bernabeu. Since then Madrid have given themselves more reason to win this game, losing 4-0 to third-tier side Alcorcon in the Spanish Cup.

The hosts are favourites for tonight’s game at 13/8 (bet $80 to win $130 profit), only slightly ahead of Madrid at 7/4. The draw is priced at 23/10. Real have drawn only one of their last thirteen games but Milan have drawn five over the same period.

The bookmakers see the teams as almost inseparably similar, and a 1-1 draw is the most likely result tonight at 11/2. Both sides are 10/1 to win 1-0 and the same price to win 2-1. The 0-0 draw is priced at 13/1 and a 2-0 win for either team is 14/1. 2-2 is 16/1.

Twenty-one year-old French striker Karim Benzema is favourite to open the scoring in the absence of reigning world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo at 13/2. After Benzema come Real’s Raul and  Milan’s Filippo Inzaghi, the two greatest goalscorers in European club competition with 68 goals each, at 7/1. Also at 7/1 is twenty year-old Brazilian striker Pato, who scored the winning goal at the Bernabeu last time these sides met.

The half-time/full-time market is as close as the others, with Milan/Milan and Madrid/Madrid both at 4/1, along with draw/draw. Draw/Madrid and draw/Milan are 5/1 and Milan/draw and Madrid/draw are 14/1.

Tonight’s match is set to be another memorable one. Madrid have won the most European Cups of any any club with nine, followed by Milan with seven, and the sub-plot of Raul and Inzaghi vying for the title of all-time top goalscorer in this competition.

Madrid are third favourites to add another European crown to their long list of accomplishments at 6/1, but Milan are not rated as highly as in the past, and are well behind tonight’s visitors at 33/1.

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