Atletico Madrid vs Celtic Match Stats Preview
Atlético de Madrid remain unbeaten in their seven European meetings with Celtic (W4 D3), winning two of their three home games against the Bhoys (D1).
Celtic have lost their last six UEFA Champions League away games against Spanish sides, since a 1-1 draw at Barcelona in their first such match in November 2004. They’ve conceded 22 goals in these six defeats, including 18 in the last three.
Atlético de Madrid have avoided defeat in their first three UEFA Champions League games in a single season for the first time since 2019-20 (W1 D2), while they last remained unbeaten in their first four to a campaign in 2016-17 (W4).
Celtic have kept just one clean sheet in their last 34 UEFA Champions League games, a 3-0 win at Anderlecht in September 2017. The Bhoys are winless in their 13 matches in the competition since that victory (D3 L10).
Celtic are winless in their last six away games in the UEFA Champions League, with five of those ending in defeat (D1). They last won away from home in the competition in September 2017, in a 3-0 win at Anderlecht in Brendan Rodgers’ first spell at the club.
Atlético Madrid are unbeaten in their last six home games in the UEFA Champions League (W2 D4), with their last home defeat coming against Milan in November 2021. Indeed, they’ve only lost three of their 23 overall matches in the competition at the Cívitas Metropolitano (W11 D9).
Celtic have had the fewest shots (25) and have the lowest expected goals total (2.27) so far in the UEFA Champions League this season. While opponents Atlético de Madrid have had the joint-fifth fewest shots this term (31), the Spaniards have the highest shot conversion rate in the competition (19.4%).
Atlético Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann has scored in his last two appearances in the UEFA Champions League. Despite netting 32 goals in 88 appearances overall, he’s never scored in three consecutive games in the competition.
Atlético Madrid’s Alvaro Morata has scored three goals in his last two UEFA Champions League games, more than he had in his previous 16 (2). After scoring his first five goals in the competition in the knockout rounds, 18 of his last 20 Champions League strikes have come in the group stages, including his last 11.
Kyogo Furuhashi has scored in his last two UEFA Champions League games – the last Celtic player to score in three consecutive appearances in the European Cup/Champions League was Joseph Craig in 1977.
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