2024 UEFA Champions League Final Preview and Predictions

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How Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund Got to UEFA CL Final

Borussia Dortmund advanced to the 2024 UEFA Champions League Final by eliminating PSV Eindhoven in the Round of 16 (3-1 aggregate), Atlético Madrid in the Quarterfinals (5-4 aggregate), and Paris Saint-Germain in the Semifinals (2-0 aggregate). BVB made it through the Group Stage and on to the Knockout Stage by winning Group F (3-2-1, 7 GF-4 GA). The Black and Yellow are 7-3-1 in their last 11 European matches and have kept Clean Sheets in six of those matches. Dortmund has scored the first goal in an impressive nine of its last 10 outings. Borussia Dortmund has just one UEFA CL Final appearance—also at historic Wembley Stadium—and lost to its league rivals Bayern Munich, 2-1, in 2013. In that showdown, veterans Marco Reus and Mats Hummels both played.

LaLiga heavyweights Real Madrid made it to the 2024 UEFA Champions League Final by eliminating RB Leipzig in the Round of 16 (2-1 aggregate), EPL champions Manchester City in the Quarterfinals (4-4 aggregate 4-3 PK Shootout), and Bundesliga legends Bayern Munich in the Semifinals, so Los Blancos have hard the more challenging path to this big game. Real Madrid went a perfect 6-0-0 in Group Stage play (16 GF-7 GA), and Toni Kroos and Los Blancos are a spotless 8-4-0 in their last 12 in this competition. This is the first time they have made it to a UEFA CL Final without suffering a setback. Real Madrid has won the UEFA Champions League Final a remarkable 14 times—the most in history.

Dortmund and Real Madrid have their game June 1st, Saturday.

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2024 UEFA Champions League Final Betting Odds

Oddsmakers have made Real Madrid the logical favorite here at -165, with underdogs Borussia Dortmund priced at +350 and a Draw at +310 in the three-way line market. Real Madrid's -0.5 is -175, with Dortmund +0.5 at +125 in the spread market, while the odds to lift the UEFA CL trophy (outright winner) see Real Madrid at -334 with Dortmund at +250. Real Madrid opened up at +850 odds to win the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League at FanDuel Sportsbook in October 2023, with Dortmund priced at +5000 (50/1), so anyone who backed BVB way back in the fall in this Futures marketmay be in for a huge payday should the Black and Yellow pull off the big upset in Londontown. The Total here is set at 2½ (goals), with the Over juiced at -145 and the Under 2½ at +105. With Real Madrid GK Thibaut Courtois back from an ACL injury and talented Dortmund GK Gregor Kobel, goals may be scarce, but remember how much firepower both have on the attack. You can find our UEFA Champions League predictions below.

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How to Watch on TV, Stream, or Attend the 2024 UEFA CL Final

You can watch or stream the 2024 Champions League Final on CBS or Paramount+ in the USA, and the match will kick off at 3 pm EDT, 2 pm CDT, 1 pm MDT, and 12 pm PDT. In Canada, you can find the game on DAZN, while in Mexico, you can catch it on TNT. The match starts at 21:00 CET (Central European Time) and at 8 pm local London time. In the United Kingdom, it will be televised on TNT Sports (Discovery+). In France, you can watch the UEFA CL Final on Canal 1+ and TF1. In Italy, you can find the match on Mediaset and Sky Italia, and in Germany, you can see it on DAZN and ZDF. In Japan, you can watch the match on WOWOW; in China, you can see it on CCTV or iQIYI, while down under in Australia, it can be viewed on Stan Sport and Channel 9.

Here is a list of all stations worldwide where you can watch the Champions League Final.

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Possible 2024 Champions League Final Starting Line-ups

Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Maatsen, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson; Can, Sabitzer; Adeyemi, Brandt, Sancho; Füllkrug

Real Madrid (4-3-3): Courtois; Mendy, Rüdiger, Éder Militão, Carvajal; Kroos, Camavinga, Valverde; Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior

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Previous Real Madrid-Borussia Dortmund History in UEFA CL

The 69th European Cup Final is a showdown between one team everyone expected to be here—Real Madrid—and another—Borussia Dortmund—who have shocked the world. Manager Edin Terzić and BVB will definitely be thinking that it can pull off the upset over mighty Real Madrid, and the Black and Yellow and captain Emre Can have gone a stealthy 6-1-2 in its last nine matches, registering two Clean Sheets in its previous two victories.

In their lifetime in UEFA Champions League play, the reigning LaLiga champions have six wins, five draws and four losses against Borussia Dortmund. The last five times these clubs have met in the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid has gone 2-2-1 (W-D-L), winning the last two meetings in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League in Group H play.

So there have been 19 goals in the last five meetings between the clubs, for an average of 3.8 gpg, with the previous four all seeing more than 3 goals scored (5, 4, 4, 4). But totals bettors, beware: The last four UEFA Champions League Finals have all seen a final of 1-0 scorelines.

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Players to Watch in the UEFA Champions League 2024 Final

With Manchester United exile Jadon Sancho returning from loan and providing some quality minutes for BVB, striker Niclas Füllkrug (3 goals, 3 assists), Marcel Sabitzer (5 assists), and Julian Brandt (2 goals), the German underdogs should be able to score a goal or two and Real Madrid has given up 15 goals in this tournament heading in here.

Terzić has a solid bench with guys like veteran Marco Reus (2 goals), Chelsea loanee Ian Maasten, and Donyell Malen, so BVB could make life hard for the big favorites in London. This one certainly won’t be a proverbial walk in the park for Real Madrid, and Dortmund could pull off the upset as big +250 underdogs to end up as the new European champions.

But Real Madrid is a proud club who seldom lose—Los Blancos went 29-7-1 in winning LaLiga—and have just one losscombined in UEFA CL and Spanish league play this season, a 3-1 setback to rivals Atlético Madrid at Cívitas Metropolitano on September 24, 2023.

With Kroos and Luka Modrić in the midfield, Real Madrid Manager Carlo Ancelotti has some wonderful tactical creativity in his Starting XI as well as on his bench. And despite losing leading scorer Karim Benzema, Los Blancos have a number of attackers who can put the ball in the net: Vinícius Júnior (5 goals, 4 assists), Rodrygo (5 goals, 2 assists), Jude Bellingham (4 assists) and Joselu (5 goals).

And they will only be stronger next season when 25-year-old French sensation Kylian Mbappé joins the fold in Madrid. The rich get richer.

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UEFA Champions League 2024 Final Predictions and Picks

Neither side has anyone suspended for the match, and both clubs have deep benches. With Courtois possibly having a little rust in the Real Madrid goal, expect Dortmund to be able to tally once or twice in regulation. And despite the odds, this one could very well go to Extra Time and possibly even a Penalty Kick Shootout to determine a winner. When it looked as though Real Madrid might have been doomed in this tournament, Los Blancos always found a way to rally and get a late goal or two, as it did dramatically against Bayern Munich in the Semifinals with Joselu scoring late in the 88th and 91st minutes.

With so many scorers and pleasant forecasted temperatures of 19 C° (66°F) at Wembley Stadium (Hatko Hybridgrass) a week out, seeing a fifth straight 1-0 scoreline in a UEFA Champions League Final seems like a stretch, and there very well could be two goals on the scoreboard by Halftime. Backing the Over 2½ goals seems like the best angle here.

And despite the possibility Dortmund shocks the world in Jolly Old England, with Real Madrid simply not losing matches in 2024, healthy and possessing a sparkling 13-6-1 record in its last 20 games against German teams in UEFA competition, backing Courtois, Kroos, Modrić, Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior and the Spanish favorites is the logical call here.

2024 UEFA Final Score Prediction: Real Madrid 3 Borussia Dortmund 2

2024 UEFA Final Betting Picks: Real Madrid -165, Over 2½ -145

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