Real Madrid vs Chelsea UEFA Champions League Match Stats Preview
Real Madrid and Chelsea are facing in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League for the third consecutive season. Chelsea won at the semi-final stage in 2020-21 before eventually becoming champions, while Real Madrid won at the quarter-final stage in 2021-22 before eventually becoming champions.
Chelsea have only lost one of their seven games against Real Madrid in European competition - indeed, they have the lowest percentage of losses against Real Madrid (14%) of any side to have played them 5+ times in Europe.
Real Madrid have progressed from nine of their two-legged knockout ties against English clubs in the UEFA Champions League, including each of the last three in a row – QF vs Chelsea in 2021-22, SF vs Manchester City in 2021-22, L16 vs Liverpool this season.
Chelsea have only lost one of their last nine UEFA Champions League knockout stage matches away to Spanish opposition (W3 D5), while they are unbeaten in three such trips (W2 D1).
Real Madrid have scored in each of their last 30 home knockout games in the UEFA Champions League, since a 0-2 loss to Barcelona in the 2010-11 semi-final. The Spanish side progressed from seven successive knockout ties in which they played the first leg at home between 2012-13 and 2017-18 but have been eliminated from two of their three such ties since.
Chelsea are currently unbeaten in six UEFA Champions League matches against the reigning champions (W2 D4) since losing against FC Porto in 2004-05 – this is the longest ever unbeaten run in the competition against the current holders.
Carlo Ancelotti sides have lost three of their last four matches at the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League (W1), including the last two home matches, most recently against Chelsea with Real Madrid last season.
Raheem Sterling has scored 27 goals in the UEFA Champions League, the second most of any Englishman after Wayne Rooney (30). Sterling has been involved in five open play goal-ending sequences in the competition this season, the most of any Chelsea player.
Along with six goals and three assists in eight appearances in the competition this season, Real Madrid’s VinÃcius Júnior has completed more dribbles (32) and made more progressive carries (102) than any other winger or forward in the UEFA Champions League this term.
Each of Karim Benzema’s last 10 goals in the UEFA Champions League for Real Madrid have been scored against English clubs (in order: x4 Chelsea, x3 Manchester City, x3 Liverpool) – this is already the longest run of consecutive goals by a player coming against clubs from a single nation. All 10 of those goals have been scored during the knockout rounds.
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