Real Madrid vs Atalanta UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Real Madrid have progressed from eight of their last nine UEFA Champions League knockout ties when they’ve won the first leg away from home. However, the one time they were eliminated in this run came at this exact stage in 2018-19 against Ajax, following a 4-1 second leg defeat at the Santiago Bernabéu.
This will be just the second time Atalanta have faced Spanish opponents away from home in European competition. Their previous game came at this exact stage of the UEFA Champions League last season, winning 4-3 away at Valencia in the Round of 16 second leg (8-4 on aggregate victory).
Real Madrid have won 11 of their last 12 games against Italian opponents in the UEFA Champions League (L1), scoring at least two goals in 10 of these fixtures. The last Italian side to stop Real Madrid from scoring in the competition was Juventus back in November 2008.
Atalanta are on the longest current run of away victories of any team in the UEFA Champions League, having won each of their last five. They have scored 14 goals across these five games, while keeping four clean sheets in the process (only three goals conceded).
Real Madrid are winless in their last four home games in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League (D1 L3), including defeats in each of the last two (v Ajax in 2018-19 and Man City in 2019-20). They have never previously lost three consecutive home games in the knockout stages of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League.
Atalanta are yet to concede a goal away from home in the UEFA Champions League this season. Indeed, coming into the round of second legs, only Manchester City (1) have faced fewer shots on target per game away from home than Atalanta (1.7).
Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos could make his 100th UEFA Champions League start in this game, becoming just the second German outfield player to reach a century of starts in the competition, after Philipp Lahm (110).
Josip Ilicic has scored six goals in his last four starts for Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League, with four of these coming in their last away trip to Spain in the competition (versus Valencia). Coming into the round of second leg games, Ilicic remains the only player to have scored 4+ goals in an away game in the knockout stages of the competition.
Marco Asensio is yet to score for Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League this season, despite attempting 14 shots in six appearances. Coming into the round of second leg games, Asensio has had more shots without scoring than any other player (14) left in the competition.
Luis Muriel scored the winning goal in Atalanta’s last away game in the UEFA Champions League, netting in the 85th minute against Ajax in December. The Colombian hasn’t scored in any of his previous three career games against Real Madrid, however.
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