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Your support makes all the difference.Real Madrid travel to Napoli tonight in the Champions League as they look to capitalise on their 3-1 first-leg advantage and progress through to the quarter-finals of Europe’s elite competition.
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What time is kick-off?
7.45pm (GMT), Tuesday 7 March.
Where can I watch it?
BT Sport 3
It’s a big game for…
Dries Mertens. With 25 goals to his name across all competitions this season, the Belgian could be the man to inspire a shock fightback for the hosts tonight. Mertens was in particularly fine form at the weekend, clinching both goals in his side’s 2-1 Serie A victory away at AS Roma. Napoli need Mertens more than ever if they’re to stand any chance of reaching the quarters.
Best stat…
Real Madrid have progressed in each of their past eight Champions League ties when they have won the first leg.
Player to watch…
Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese returns to Zidane’s squad after being rested for the side’s recent 4-1 victory over Eibar due to a “niggle”. Expect a fresh and rejuvenated Ronaldo to be firing on all cylinders as he seeks to secure his side’s spot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Predicted line-ups…
Napoli XI: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Zielinski, Diawara, Hamsik; Callejon, Mertens, Insigne
Real Madrid XI: Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo
Form guide…
Napoli: WLLWLW
Real Madrid: WDWLWW
Odds…
Napoli to win: 2/1
Real Madrid to win: 32/25
Draw: 14/5
FULL-TIME: Napoli 1 Real Madrid 3 (Real Madrid win 6-2 on aggregate)
That scoreline reflects very harshly on Napoli, who started the game brilliantly well but faded in the second-half. Two Sergio Ramos headers did the damage, before Alvaro Morata grabbed a fortuitous third in injury-time.
So, once again Sergio Ramos is on hand to win Real Madrid an important match. Here are 5 things we learned from Real's 3-1 victory. Thanks for joining us.
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