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Real Madrid have progressed from 21 of their last 22 UEFA Champions League ties when they’ve won the first leg, with the exception against Ajax in the last 16 in 2018-19. Under Carlo Ancelotti, they’ve progressed from nine out of nine.
Atlético Madrid have only lost one of their last seven home games against Real Madrid in all competitions (W3 D3). In home games against them in cup competitions, meanwhile, Atlético are unbeaten in the last five, winning four of them (D1).
Since winning eight consecutive away games against Atlético Madrid between January 2008 and February 2014, Real Madrid have only won three of their last 17 away matches against them across all competitions (W7 D7).
Atlético Madrid haven’t lost a UEFA Champions League knockout match at one of their home stadiums (Vicente Calderón and Metropolitano Stadium) since a 3-2 defeat to Ajax in March 1997 and are unbeaten in 18 since (W11 D7).
This will be Carlo Ancelotti’s 75th UEFA Champions League game as Real Madrid boss, becoming the first Los Blancos manager to reach this milestone in the competition and seventh coach to do so with a single team.
Real Madrid are averaging 2.55 goals per game in the UEFA Champions League this season (28 in 11 games), their best in a season since 2016-17 (2.77). They’ve had more shots on target this season (78) than they had in 13 games last season (74).
Julián Alvarez has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last five UEFA Champions League appearances for Atlético (6 goals, 1 assist). The only two Argentinean players to score or assist in six in a row are Claudio López (six in 1999 for Valencia) and Lionel Messi (eight in 2011-12 and six in …
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