Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between Chelsea and Real Madrid

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 06.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stamford Bridge (41798 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Champions League Quarter-finals, as the hometeam Chelsea will try to edge Real Madrid in their own ballpark.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Madrid, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Chelsea nor Real Madrid as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Chelsea form and stats

The Premier League results at home this season for Chelsea are 7-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Chelsea has performed like this (both home and away): 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

The Chelsea crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Brentford here at Stamford Bridge. Midfielder Kanté was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.41 (out of ten) in that game. Kanté served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Chelsea have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost three.

Chelsea are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Southampton awaits in three days.

The Chelsea manager Tuchel has got the team scoring with 29 from 14 home games in the league.

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid's mission in Champions League last season failed in the semi-finals against Chelsea.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the La Liga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 6 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.

It's the second away game in a row for Madrid, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Celta de Vigo last time out. Casemiro got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, top player of the team. Casemiro hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 53 successful passes (of 64 total).

A loss against Barcelona was the result prior to that, in a La Liga home game.

Real Madrid are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of four matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Real Madrid are hosting Getafe in the La Liga only three days away.

The travelling fans enjoy Real Madrid's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 15 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far). There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between these teams: Chelsea won one, Real Madrid triumphed in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
24 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
14 goals
ChelseaM. Mount
M. Mount
8 goals

Chelsea missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Chelsea Real Madrid
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   13 25
17 7   Won W   9 18
6 4   Drew D   1 3
2 1   Lost L   3 4
44 21   Scored S   20 44
18 11   Conceded C   9 19
92% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 92%
72% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   62% 68%
40% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 52%
28% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   15% 28%
12% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 12%
48% 58%   BTTS BTTS   38% 40%
48% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 44%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
6.4 7.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4 5
4.4 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.8
1.5 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.1
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
15.2 18.5   Shots (avg) S (   12.1 15.4
5.2 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.7
34% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 31%
 
9.3 10.6   Shots against (avg) S A   12.7 11.1
3 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.4 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 30 23 4 3 70 18 14 11 1 2 40 10 16 12 3 1 30 8 52 73
2 Liverpool 30 22 6 2 77 20 15 12 3 0 39 7 15 10 3 2 38 13 57 72
3 Chelsea 29 17 8 4 58 23 14 7 5 2 29 14 15 10 3 2 29 9 35 59
4 Arsenal 28 17 3 8 44 31 15 10 2 3 24 12 13 7 1 5 20 19 13 54
5 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 3 10 47 36 14 9 1 4 26 16 15 7 2 6 21 20 11 51
6 Manchester United 30 14 9 7 49 41 16 8 4 4 25 19 14 6 5 3 24 22 8 51
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 31 15 4 12 33 27 16 7 2 7 18 16 15 8 2 5 15 11 6 49
8 West Ham United 30 14 6 10 49 39 15 8 3 4 27 20 15 6 3 6 22 19 10 48
9 Leicester City 28 10 7 11 43 47 14 7 3 4 24 19 14 3 4 7 19 28 -4 37
10 Aston Villa 30 11 3 16 42 42 14 5 3 6 24 21 16 6 0 10 18 21 0 36
11 Southampton 30 8 12 10 37 46 15 5 7 3 20 14 15 3 5 7 17 32 -9 36
12 Crystal Palace 29 7 13 9 39 38 15 4 7 4 22 17 14 3 6 5 17 21 1 34
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 30 7 13 10 26 36 16 3 6 7 10 20 14 4 7 3 16 16 -10 34
14 Brentford 31 9 6 16 37 48 15 5 2 8 16 19 16 4 4 8 21 29 -11 33
15 Newcastle United 29 7 10 12 32 49 14 4 6 4 20 25 15 3 4 8 12 24 -17 31
16 Leeds United 31 7 9 15 35 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 15 3 4 8 17 38 -33 30
17 Everton 27 7 4 16 29 47 14 6 1 7 19 19 13 1 3 9 10 28 -18 25
18 Watford 30 6 4 20 29 57 14 2 1 11 14 34 16 4 3 9 15 23 -28 22
19 Burnley 28 3 12 13 22 40 14 2 6 6 10 18 14 1 6 7 12 22 -18 21
20 Norwich City 30 4 6 20 18 63 15 2 3 10 10 31 15 2 3 10 8 32 -45 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 30 21 6 3 61 26 15 10 4 1 32 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 35 69
2 Sevilla 29 15 12 2 40 19 14 10 4 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 57
3 Atlético Madrid 30 17 6 7 57 37 15 10 3 2 29 14 15 7 3 5 28 23 20 57
4 Barcelona 28 15 9 4 56 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 27 54
5 Real Betis 29 15 5 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 14 7 3 4 23 17 15 50
6 Real Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 0 48
7 Villarreal 30 12 9 9 48 29 15 9 4 2 35 14 15 3 5 7 13 15 19 45
8 Athletic Club 29 10 11 8 33 28 14 7 3 4 23 15 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 41
9 Valencia 29 10 10 9 42 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 40
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 29 36 15 4 6 5 14 20 14 6 2 6 15 16 -7 38
11 Celta de Vigo 30 9 9 12 34 34 16 5 4 7 21 21 14 4 5 5 13 13 0 36
12 Espanyol 29 9 9 11 35 41 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -6 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 5 14 29 34 15 8 3 4 21 11 13 1 2 10 8 23 -5 32
14 Getafe 30 7 11 12 28 33 15 7 4 4 20 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -5 32
15 Elche 29 8 8 13 30 40 14 5 5 4 16 15 15 3 3 9 14 25 -10 32
16 Granada 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 4 6 17 22 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 28
17 Cadiz 29 5 12 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 27
18 Mallorca 30 6 8 16 26 50 15 4 6 5 13 17 15 2 2 11 13 33 -24 26
19 Levante 30 4 10 16 33 58 15 3 7 5 19 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -25 22
20 Deportivo Alaves 30 5 7 18 24 52 15 4 4 7 12 18 15 1 3 11 12 34 -28 22

Chelsea:
Real Madrid:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 30 21 6 3 61 26 15 10 4 1 32 13 15 11 2 2 29 13 35 69
2 Sevilla 29 15 12 2 40 19 14 10 4 0 28 11 15 5 8 2 12 8 21 57
3 Atlético Madrid 30 17 6 7 57 37 15 10 3 2 29 14 15 7 3 5 28 23 20 57
4 Barcelona 28 15 9 4 56 29 13 9 2 2 31 13 15 6 7 2 25 16 27 54
5 Real Betis 29 15 5 9 50 35 15 8 2 5 27 18 14 7 3 4 23 17 15 50
6 Real Sociedad 29 13 9 7 29 29 14 8 4 2 11 6 15 5 5 5 18 23 0 48
7 Villarreal 30 12 9 9 48 29 15 9 4 2 35 14 15 3 5 7 13 15 19 45
8 Athletic Club 29 10 11 8 33 28 14 7 3 4 23 15 15 3 8 4 10 13 5 41
9 Valencia 29 10 10 9 42 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 15 5 4 6 20 25 -1 40
10 Osasuna 29 10 8 11 29 36 15 4 6 5 14 20 14 6 2 6 15 16 -7 38
11 Celta de Vigo 30 9 9 12 34 34 16 5 4 7 21 21 14 4 5 5 13 13 0 36
12 Espanyol 29 9 9 11 35 41 15 8 4 3 22 16 14 1 5 8 13 25 -6 36
13 Rayo Vallecano 28 9 5 14 29 34 15 8 3 4 21 11 13 1 2 10 8 23 -5 32
14 Getafe 30 7 11 12 28 33 15 7 4 4 20 13 15 0 7 8 8 20 -5 32
15 Elche 29 8 8 13 30 40 14 5 5 4 16 15 15 3 3 9 14 25 -10 32
16 Granada 29 6 10 13 31 46 14 4 4 6 17 22 15 2 6 7 14 24 -15 28
17 Cadiz 29 5 12 12 25 41 15 2 8 5 12 18 14 3 4 7 13 23 -16 27
18 Mallorca 30 6 8 16 26 50 15 4 6 5 13 17 15 2 2 11 13 33 -24 26
19 Levante 30 4 10 16 33 58 15 3 7 5 19 22 15 1 3 11 14 36 -25 22
20 Deportivo Alaves 30 5 7 18 24 52 15 4 4 7 12 18 15 1 3 11 12 34 -28 22

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.