Champions League semifinal odds: Manchester City favoured over Real Madrid, Milan Derby should be close
Four teams remain in the Champions League.
The latest: Real Madrid look to keep their dynasty alive but they’ll have to get by a Manchester City team that seems to be the best in all of Europe. Meanwhile, the Milan Derby is reignited with the stakes as high as ever.
Here are the latest Champions League odds for the semifinals, which begin on May 9.
Champions League odds to qualify for final
All Champions League odds as of 3:55 p.m. ET on 05/02/2023.
Champions League semifinal odds: Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
Manchester City have had a solid few weeks.
They rolled over Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals, blew out Arsenal in the Premier League and now have their eyes set on a European treble.
Pep Guardiola’s team are hefty -286 favourites to advance to the final and most people would agree with that number. City haven’t lost a game in any competition since February 5 and have outscored their opponents by 22 goals in the UCL.
A lot of that is thanks to Erling Haaland, who’s buried a tournament-leading 12 goals in eight appearances.
Their opponents are no pushovers, though.
Real Madrid are the reigning champions and have already decisively beat two Premier League sides in this competition. They advanced past Liverpool 6-2 on aggregate in the round of 16 before beating Chelsea 4-0 on aggregate in the quarterfinals.
Karim Benzema, Vinicius Jr. and Rodrygo have combined for 15 goals and form a deadly attacking trident.
Even still, Real Madrid are +235 underdogs to win at home in leg one.
Inter Milan vs. AC Milan odds
The Milan derby should be a war from start to finish, as indicated by the incredibly close odds to advance to the final.
The first leg of this battle will take place at the San Siro where AC Milan have been a stellar 10-3-2 at home this season in Seria A. The Red and Blacks are also undefeated in their past six Champions League games, picking up wins in each of their last three UCL home fixtures.
Their 1-0 home win over Napoli in the quarterfinals was the difference in what ended up being a 2-1 aggregate victory.
Milan are slight +165 favourites to win the opening leg. Olivier Giroud leads AC Milan with five Champions League goals and it remains to be seen if Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be fit for this contest.
It looks like Inter will have Romelu Lukaku back in the lineup and he’s scored three UCL goals in five games this year.
These teams played twice in Serie A with the home team winning each game.
