Atletico Madrid vs Locomotive Moscow UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Atlético Madrid are unbeaten in their last 10 games against Russian opponents in European competition (W8 D2), with their last such defeat coming back in February 2013 (0-2 v Rubin Kazan in the UEFA Europa League).
Lokomotiv Moscow have never won an away game against Spanish opponents in European competition, losing seven of their eight previous such games (D1).
Atlético Madrid have won their last four games when hosting Russian sides in European competition, with each of the last two coming against Lokomotiv Moscow – 3-0 in March 2018 and 2-0 in December 2019.
Lokomotiv Moscow’s last victory against a Spanish team in the UEFA Champions League was back in October 2001 (2-0 v Real Madrid), having gone winless in seven such games since then (D2 L5).
Atlético Madrid have only lost one of their last 23 home games in the UEFA Champions League (W18 D4), while they’re unbeaten in 11 since losing to Chelsea in September 2017 (W9 D2).
Lokomotiv Moscow have only kept one clean sheet in 20 away games in the UEFA Champions League (0-0 v Club Brugge in September 2002), conceding 36 goals in total across these away trips.
Atlético Madrid have conceded seven goals in three UEFA Champions League matches so far this season – more than they have in any other group stage in a single season under Diego Simeone.
Lokomotiv Moscow have completed a sequence of 10+ open play passes on just seven occasions in the UEFA Champions League this season – the fewest of any team in the competition.
Since making his first appearance for Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League in September 2019, João Félix has scored more goals (5) and been directly involved in more goals (6) in the competition than any other player for the club.
If he finds the net in this game, Anton Miranchuk (three goals) would equal Dmitri Loskov and Maksim Buznikin (four goals) as the top scorers for Lokomotiv Moscow in the UEFA Champions League.
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