Real Madrid and Atalanta will face off in the second leg of the Champions League last-16 round on Tuesday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CET.

Preview

Even without Karim Benzema in the squad, Zinedine Zidane's men were victorious in the first-leg encounter in Bergamo with Ferland Mendy scoring a winner in the dying minutes of the game. Madrid, however, have only won once in three La Liga matches since beating Atalanta in February as their 2-1 win over Elche on Saturday followed back-to-back draws against Sociedad and Atletico.

Gian Piero Gasperini's side, in turn, claimed three victories in four Serie A games after their loss at the hands of the Whites last month, including a 3-1 win against Spezia over the weekend, ans thus moved to fourth in the league standings.

Dani Carvajal, Alvaro Odriozola and Mariano Diaz are all unavailable through injuries while Casemiro is suspended for this one.

Atalanta's Remo Freuler will also miss Tuesday's clash after receiving a red card in the first leg while Hans Hateboer remains on the sidelines.

Prediction

Madrid will be extra motivated to make it to the CL quarter-finals as they failed to do so in the past two seasons, having been eliminated by Ajax and Manchester City in the last-16 round in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Atalanta, on the other hand, have won each out of their last five away matches in the competition. Gasperini's men actually look more than capable of getting even with the Whites for last month's loss this time around, considering their recent form, and we can envisage the Italian outfit reaching the quarter-finals.

Tip

Atalanta to qualify at 3.68 with 1XBET.