Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between Manchester City and Atlético Madrid

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as Manchester City host Atlético Madrid. This is a Quarter-finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It's no vacation for neither City nor Atlético 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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Manchester City form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the final.

Manchester City are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Etihad Stadium. 11 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.

Nothing to worry about in defence for Manchester City, as their goalkeeper Ederson Santana de Moraes has completely shut out the opponents for 248 minutes in the Premier League.

A strong away win for Manchester City against Burnley the last match, as Gündoğan and Bruyne were on target. The attacker Sterling won the honour of being "man of the match" for City with a rating of 8.04/10. Sterling signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 35 successful passes (of 38 total).

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Manchester City home games with this odds we find nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, zero draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.

Manchester City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (40 goals in 14 games). From these home matches, City have conceded only 10 goals.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Atlético Madrid's mission in Champions League last season failed in the 8th finals against Chelsea.

The visitors are W7-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga. Total Champions League statistics for Atlético Madrid: 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

Atlético Madrid are travelling after their nice 4-1 home win in the match against Deportivo Alaves. Félix, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.34. Félix scored two goals, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).

Prior to that result Atlético Madrid won their away game at Rayo Vallecano in the La Liga. The scoreline was 1-0.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The La Liga trip to Mallorca.

The travelling fans enjoy Atlético's attacking play in away games, having scored 28 goals in 15 league matches away. Atlético Madrid's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Atlético MadridL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
11 goals
Atlético MadridÁ. Correa
Á. Correa
11 goals
CityK. De Bruyne
K. De Bruyne
10 goals

Manchester City missing players

Atlético Madrid missing players

Manchester City Atlético Madrid
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   13 25
20 8   Won W   7 14
3 1   Drew D   1 2
2 1   Lost L   5 9
65 29   Scored S   26 47
17 9   Conceded C   17 31
92% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
76% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 80%
60% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 60%
44% 50%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 36%
32% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 24%
48% 50%   BTTS BTTS   54% 56%
52% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 28%
8% 10%   Failed to Score F T   15% 16%
 
8.8 9.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.2
2.6 2.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 4.1
1.1 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2.4
1 0   Red cards R C   3 6
 
18.7 19.5   Shots (avg) S (   11.5 11.7
6.8 7.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.4
38% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   44% 43%
 
6.8 6.3   Shots against (avg) S A   11.5 10.3
2.6 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   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

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Read more about Champions League

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.