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Real Madrid vs Arsenal Betting Tips: Latest odds, team news, preview and predictions

Real Madrid play their second match of the International Champions Cup when they take on Arsenal at Fedex Field in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Zinedine Zidane's side were beaten 3-1 by Bayern Munich in their opening game of the competition at the weekend.

The Gunners, by contrast, have beaten Bayern and Fiorentina, so will be looking to make it a clean sweep of victories against the 13-time European champions.

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Latest odds

bet365 offer Real Madrid at evens (2.00) to claim a win, while Unai Emery's side can be backed at 5/2 (3.50) to record their third triumph of the summer. ICC games go to penalties if the game ends as a draw and a stalemate after 90 minutes can be backed at 13/5 (3.60).

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Team news

Zidane changed his entire team at half time against Bayern and could adopt the same strategy here. Brazilian duo Casemiro and Eder Militao remain absent from the squad, while Gareth Bale is not expected to feature again for the side.

Arsenal are likely to field a strong eleven with the likes of Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette all set to come back into the starting lineup.

Preview

Arsenal's tour of North America has been an extremely positive adventure, with the side recording three wins from the three games they have played on US soil.

Each of those fixtures have seen over 2.5 goals and the Gunners should be able to contribute to another high scoring game. As well, Madrid's recent matches in the International Champions Cup have seen plenty of goals.

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Los Blancos are ICC regulars, having contested 20 encounters in the competition since 2013, and their last six games in the tournament have produced a total of 24 goals.

Arsenal's 3-0 win over Fiorentina at the weekend was their sixth game in the ICC and the first time they have kept a clean sheet, therefore opposing a low-scoring game seems logical.

Tips and predictions

Both teams to score and over 2.5 goals is offered at just 4/6 (1.66), which has paid out in each of Madrid's last six games in this competition. Perhaps a more attractive is backing both teams to score in the first half at 12/5 (3.40), which could be an intelligent way of backing a high-scoring match.

Both coaches will probably field strong lineups before making changes and backing the opening 45 minutes to see goals at both ends is an appealing option.

Odds correct at the time of writing. Please gamble responsibly. 

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