Real Madrid vs Inter Milan UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Real Madrid have won six of their seven home major UEFA European matches against Inter Milan (L1), although this is the first time the Spanish side have hosted the fixture since September 1998 - a 2-0 win for Madrid in Inter’s first ever game in the Champions League.
In the last 10 major UEFA European matches between Real Madrid and Inter Milan, the home side has won the match (D1) since a 2-0 away win for Inter in the European Cup in March 1967.
In the European Cup/Champions League, only against Lyon (30%) do Real Madrid have a lower win percentage than they do against Inter Milan (33%, 3 wins in 9 games) among teams they’ve faced at least five times.
Real Madrid have won eight of their last nine UEFA Champions League games against Italian opponents (L1), with the exception a 3-1 home defeat to Juventus in second leg of the 2017/18 quarter-final.
In major UEFA European competition, Inter have lost 15 of their 20 away games in Spain (W3 D2), losing eight of their 10 in the Champions League (W1 D1).
Real Madrid have failed to win either of their opening two UEFA Champions League matches in a season for the second campaign in a row, having won at least one of their opening two games in their first 23 seasons in the competition.
Inter Milan have drawn their opening two UEFA Champions League matches this season – the last time that happened in 2009/10, they went on to win the competition under Jose Mourinho.
Real Madrid are winless in their last four UEFA Champions League matches (D1 L3), their worst run since September 2006 when they went five without a win, a run which featured Zinedine Zidane’s last ever Champions League appearance.
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema found the net on MD2 at Borussia Mönchengladbach, the 16th different season the Frenchman has found the net in the UEFA Champions League, a joint-record he shares with Ryan Giggs and Lionel Messi.
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Inter midfielder Arturo Vidal has scored against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League with two previous teams, Juventus and Bayern Munich. No player has ever scored against Real Madrid with three different teams in the competition.
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