over rivals Atletico ahead of their return meeting in
the Champions League semi-finals.
History weighs heavily against Diego Simeone's
side and their head-to-head record with their city
rivals in Europe's elite competition offers little
comfort.
Zinedine Zidane's men were dominant in a 3-0
Santiago Bernabeu triumph in which Atletico rarely
threatened, leaving them needing something close
to a miracle on home soil.
The hosts will look to talisman Antoine Griezmann
and their excellent home record in the competition
for inspiration, but Madrid of course carry the most
potent threat in Champions League history –
Cristiano Ronaldo.
Here, we take a look at some of the key Opta stats
ahead of Wednesday's second leg - the final
Madrid derby and the last Champions League
encounter at the Vicente Calderon.
- Atletico only had one shot on target in the first
leg, their lowest tally in a Champions League game
under Simeone.
- This is the fourth season in succession that these
city rivals have faced off in the Champions League
knockout phase, with Atletico yet to claim victory
during that run (D2 L3).
- Atletico have won 17 of their 22 Champions
League home games under Simeone (D4 L1), their
only defeat coming against Benfica in September
2015 (1-2).
- Madrid have won their last five Champions
League games, their longest ever run of victories in
the knockout stages of the competition. A sixth win
in a row would establish a new record for the latter
stages of the Champions League.
- Madrid, alongside Juventus, are the only
unbeaten team in this season's Champions League
(W8 D3). They have also only lost one of their last
13 knockout games (W9 D3), that being a 2-0
defeat against Wolfsburg in April 2016.
- Zidane's side have scored at least two goals in
each of their 11 Champions League games this
season. The first leg was also the only time they
have kept a clean sheet in this season's
competition.
- Atletico are the lowest scoring team in this
season's Champions League among the four semi-
finalists (13 goals in 11 games).
- Ronaldo has scored 103 goals in the Champions
League, three more than Atletico. He has netted
0.79 goals per match in the knockout stages (52 in
66 games), a better rate than in the group stages
(0.71).
- The Portugal international has scored eight of
Madrid's last nine goals in the Champions League
– the other coming from Marco Asensio.
- Griezmann has scored or assisted 50 per cent of
Atletico's goals in the Champions League since
last season (12 goals and three assists). However,
he did not shoot or have a touch inside Madrid's
box in the first leg.
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