Real Madrid vs. Sheriff Tiraspol 9/28/21 UEFA Champions League Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Real Madrid is hosting Sheriff Tiraspol at Santiago Bernabeu in round 2 of Group D of the UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid is the goalscoring machine this season, and it looks like Benzema will finally be the top goalscorer in LaLiga. Sheriff has somehow wandered into the Champions League, and if that wasn’t enough, they have won their first game.

Real hasn’t lost any of their last 9 games, and for the first time this season, they haven’t scored a goal. Real Madrid was playing against Villarreal in LaLiga, and they have had 49% of ball possession, 2 shots on goal, 6 corner kicks, 3 big chances created, and a high 90% of the correct passes. Both teams have had some solid chances in this game, especially Villarreal, but this game has ended in a 0-0 draw. in their game against Inter in the Champions League, Real was defending well, and they have scored a winning goal in the last minute of the game. Rodrygo is the only goalscorer for Real Madrid in the Champions League. The good news for Real is they don’t have any injuries, they are in good form, and they are scoring a ton of goals. I expect a great game from Real Madrid.

As I’ve mentioned, Sheriff has somehow wandered into this competition, and half of the people don’t even know where Tiraspol is. Sheriff is the best team in Moldova, and they are undefeated in their last 19 games. Surprisingly enough, Sheriff is not at the top of the table in Moldova, but they do have 3 games less than the leading team. In their first Champions League game against Shakhtar at home, Sheriff has had only 25% of ball possession, 4 shots on goal, 5 corner kicks, 1 big chance created, and 71% of the correct passes. Even with this extremely low ball possession, Sheriff has scored 2 goals by some miracle, and they have won this game 2-0. Yansane and Traore have each scored 1 goal for Sheriff so far in the Champions League. Sheriff was barely getting by against Shakhtar, I can’t even imagine how this game against Real Madrid will look for them.

This will be a one-sided game where Real Madrid will dominate, and they will probably have around 80% of ball possession. I see Real Madrid scoring early, in the first 10 minutes, and I see them winning by a big margin in this game.