Real Madrid vs Ajax

The fortunes of Real Madrid completely changed after the first leg of the last 16 round tie with Ajax. The record Champions League winners have lost three out of four matches since the 1-2 victory in the first game of this tie in Amsterdam.

Madrid have lost three games on the spin at Santiago Bernabeu. Double defeats to Girona (1-2) and Barcelona (0-1) eliminated them from the title contest given Madrid are now 12 points short of reigning La Liga champions Barcelona.

Salt was added to injury as the Los Blancos bashed 0-3 at home to Barcelona to suffer a Copa del Rey elimination in the semi-final as well.

They can be lucky to have a 2-1 advantage from the first leg of the Champions League affair against Dutch runners-up. This makes them huge favourites to qualify even though an easy win is far from sight.

Key Facts:

Real Madrid have won each of last seven meetings with Ajax with a stunning goal difference of 22-3.

Each of the last six head to head matches between these two likes saw three or more goals scored

Prediction: Real Madrid 2-1 Ajax.

Dortmund vs Tottenham

Dortmund are faced with an almost impossible task to come back from a three-goal deficit to advance into the Champions League quarter-final.

 No team has ever managed to advance after losing the first game 3-0 in the history of Champions League (Barcelona came back from a 4-0 loss against PSG) which best explains how tough task is ahead of BVB’s players here.

Things have gone bad for Dortmund in recent weeks, they fell 2-1 away at relegation threatened Augsburg on Friday evening.

Lucien Favre’s men thus lost a significant advantage on defending champions Bayern Munich at the top of Bundesliga standings as teams now stand lock on 54 points after 24 rounds.

Dortmund actually won just one of last seven matches in all competitions shipping at least two goals in five of last six outings along the way.

Key Facts:

This will be sixth head to head encounter between the two sides.

Tottenham won three and lost two so far.

Spurs showed quality with a demolishing 3-0 victory in the first leg of this last 16 round tie three weeks ago at Wembley.

Prediction:

Dortmund 2-1 Tottenham