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

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 26.April
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Champions League Semi-finals, as the hometeam Manchester City 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 2000 kilometers to play this game.

Manchester City have less rest than Real Madrid in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Watford, was also a home game here at Etihad Stadium. The away team is better rested.

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Manchester City form and stats

Last season, City's Champions League journey ended in the final.

Manchester City are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Etihad Stadium. 13 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 17 games. 6W-2D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Manchester City.

Manchester City's last game was hosting Watford and winning 5-1. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Manchester City played a great game against Watford and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Jesus was absolutely essential when Manchester City beat Watford 5-1, scoring four goals. Midfield player Jesus got a match rating of 10.0 in that game, the max score being 10. Jesus scored four goals, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 40 total).

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Brighton & Hove Albion.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for City as they are travelling to their away game against Leeds United in the Premier League. That match is four days after this one.

Manchester City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (50 goals in 17 games). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Manchester City have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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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.

Real Madrid's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Real Madrid collect 41 points from their 17 away matches in the La Liga. 13 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 7 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses both home and away.

Two away games in a row for Madrid, whose coach Ancelotti could celebrate last time after the win against Osasuna. Midfielder Camavinga was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Camavinga hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 63 successful passes (of 67 total).

Prior to that result Real Madrid won their away game at Sevilla in the La Liga. The scoreline was 3-2.

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

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Real Madrid are regular goalscorers on their travels. It's not easy to score on Madrid as they have only conceded 16 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's three Manchester City victories, two draws and two Real Madrid wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
25 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
14 goals
CityK. De Bruyne
K. De Bruyne
11 goals

Manchester City missing players

Real Madrid missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Manchester City Real Madrid
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   15 25
18 8   Won W   11 17
5 2   Drew D   1 3
2 2   Lost L   3 5
62 32   Scored S   27 48
18 14   Conceded C   13 25
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 92%
72% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 72%
56% 67%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 64%
48% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 44%
36% 50%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 20%
44% 58%   BTTS BTTS   53% 52%
56% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 32%
12% 8%   Failed to Score F T   27% 24%
 
8 8.8   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 5
2.4 2.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.4
1.2 0.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
16.8 16   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 16.4
5.6 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 6.1
44% 46%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 32%
 
6.6 6.2   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 11.4
2.5 2.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.6

  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 33 25 5 3 80 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 16 12 3 1 30 8 59 80
2 Liverpool 32 23 7 2 83 22 16 13 3 0 43 7 16 10 4 2 40 15 61 76
3 Chelsea 31 18 8 5 66 27 15 7 5 3 31 18 16 11 3 2 35 9 39 62
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 34 15 9 10 53 51 17 9 4 4 28 21 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 54
7 West Ham United 33 15 7 11 52 43 17 9 4 4 30 22 16 6 3 7 22 21 9 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 15 4 13 33 28 16 7 2 7 18 16 16 8 2 6 15 12 5 49
9 Newcastle United 34 11 10 13 40 55 17 7 6 4 24 26 17 4 4 9 16 29 -15 43
10 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
11 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
12 Brighton & Hove Albion 33 9 13 11 29 40 16 3 6 7 10 20 17 6 7 4 19 20 -11 40
13 Southampton 33 9 12 12 38 54 17 6 7 4 21 20 16 3 5 8 17 34 -16 39
14 Crystal Palace 32 8 13 11 43 41 16 5 7 4 25 17 16 3 6 7 18 24 2 37
15 Aston Villa 32 11 4 17 42 46 15 5 3 7 24 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -4 37
16 Leeds United 32 8 9 15 38 68 16 4 5 7 18 30 16 4 4 8 20 38 -30 33
17 Everton 31 8 5 18 34 53 16 7 2 7 21 20 15 1 3 11 13 33 -19 29
18 Burnley 32 5 13 14 28 45 16 4 6 6 15 20 16 1 7 8 13 25 -17 28
19 Watford 33 6 4 23 31 67 16 2 1 13 15 39 17 4 3 10 16 28 -36 22
20 Norwich City 33 5 6 22 22 69 17 3 3 11 12 34 16 2 3 11 10 35 -47 21
  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 33 24 6 3 69 29 16 11 4 1 34 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 40 78
2 Barcelona 32 18 9 5 61 32 15 10 2 3 32 14 17 8 7 2 29 18 29 63
3 Sevilla 33 17 12 4 49 27 16 11 4 1 34 16 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 63
4 Atletico Madrid 33 18 7 8 59 39 17 11 4 2 31 15 16 7 3 6 28 24 20 61
5 Real Betis 33 17 6 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 8 4 4 25 18 18 57
6 Real Sociedad 33 15 10 8 32 31 17 9 5 3 12 7 16 6 5 5 20 24 1 55
7 Villarreal 33 14 10 9 53 31 17 10 5 2 38 15 16 4 5 7 15 16 22 52
8 Athletic Club 33 12 12 9 39 34 16 8 3 5 25 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 5 48
9 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 34 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 7 2 7 18 21 -10 44
10 Valencia 33 10 12 11 44 48 16 5 7 4 23 20 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 42
11 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 36 37 17 5 4 8 21 23 16 5 5 6 15 14 -1 39
12 Espanyol 33 10 9 14 37 45 17 9 4 4 23 17 16 1 5 10 14 28 -8 39
13 Elche 33 10 8 15 36 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 38
14 Rayo Vallecano 32 10 7 15 33 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 16 2 3 11 11 26 -5 37
15 Getafe 33 8 11 14 31 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 35
16 Mallorca 33 8 8 17 29 54 17 6 6 5 16 18 16 2 2 12 13 36 -25 32
17 Cadiz 33 6 13 14 29 46 17 2 8 7 15 23 16 4 5 7 14 23 -17 31
18 Granada 33 6 12 15 36 56 16 4 5 7 20 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 30
19 Levante 33 5 10 18 41 65 17 3 7 7 23 28 16 2 3 11 18 37 -24 25
20 Deportivo Alaves 33 6 7 20 26 55 16 5 4 7 13 18 17 1 3 13 13 37 -29 25

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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 33 24 6 3 69 29 16 11 4 1 34 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 40 78
2 Barcelona 32 18 9 5 61 32 15 10 2 3 32 14 17 8 7 2 29 18 29 63
3 Sevilla 33 17 12 4 49 27 16 11 4 1 34 16 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 63
4 Atletico Madrid 33 18 7 8 59 39 17 11 4 2 31 15 16 7 3 6 28 24 20 61
5 Real Betis 33 17 6 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 8 4 4 25 18 18 57
6 Real Sociedad 33 15 10 8 32 31 17 9 5 3 12 7 16 6 5 5 20 24 1 55
7 Villarreal 33 14 10 9 53 31 17 10 5 2 38 15 16 4 5 7 15 16 22 52
8 Athletic Club 33 12 12 9 39 34 16 8 3 5 25 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 5 48
9 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 34 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 7 2 7 18 21 -10 44
10 Valencia 33 10 12 11 44 48 16 5 7 4 23 20 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 42
11 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 36 37 17 5 4 8 21 23 16 5 5 6 15 14 -1 39
12 Espanyol 33 10 9 14 37 45 17 9 4 4 23 17 16 1 5 10 14 28 -8 39
13 Elche 33 10 8 15 36 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 38
14 Rayo Vallecano 32 10 7 15 33 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 16 2 3 11 11 26 -5 37
15 Getafe 33 8 11 14 31 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 35
16 Mallorca 33 8 8 17 29 54 17 6 6 5 16 18 16 2 2 12 13 36 -25 32
17 Cadiz 33 6 13 14 29 46 17 2 8 7 15 23 16 4 5 7 14 23 -17 31
18 Granada 33 6 12 15 36 56 16 4 5 7 20 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 30
19 Levante 33 5 10 18 41 65 17 3 7 7 23 28 16 2 3 11 18 37 -24 25
20 Deportivo Alaves 33 6 7 20 26 55 16 5 4 7 13 18 17 1 3 13 13 37 -29 25

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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.