The standout fixture of the Champions League matchday 3 between Real Madrid and Inter Milan will take place on Tuesday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CET.

Preview

One would arguably be surprised to find out that Real Madrid have actually failed to win their last four CL games. Following last season's defeats at the hands of Man City in the competition's last-16 round, Zinedine Zidane's men lost to Shakhtar Donetsk in the opening matchday of the Group B this term before drawing Borussia Monchengladbach in their latest European encounter. Nevertheless, the Whites have defeated Barcelona and Huesca in their last two La Liga games.

Inter also can't boast a great run of results in this season's Champions League run as Antonio Conte's side drew Gladbach and Shakhtar in the opening two rounds. The Nerazzurri haven't been particularly impressive in the Serie A this term too. As a reminder, the Milan giants will travel to Madrid on the back of a disappointing home draw against Parma over the weekend.

As for Madrid's injury absentees, there's nothing new in Zidane's squad as Nacho, Martin Odegaard, Dani Carvajal, Alvaro Odriozola and Lucas Vazquez all remain sidelined. Eden Hazard, in turn, is likely to feature on Tuesday after making his full injury return vs Huesca. No one would've probably expected Eder Militao to feature this time around and the Brazilian won't anyway as he has recently tested for Covid-19.

Romelu Lukaku is expected to miss out on his side's trip to the Spanish capital due to a muscular strain.

Prediction

Lukaku's absence is set to be a huge blow for Inter but the likes of Lautaro Martinez and Alexis Sanchez have the quality to replace Rom at the Alfredo Di Stefano. If you take into consideration both sides' defensive problems of late, it should be a pretty entertaining clash on Tuesday.

Tip

Both teams to score at 1.53 with 1XBET.