It's game one of two in the Champions League as Real Madrid host Chelsea. This is a Quarter-finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
It's quite the trip for Chelsea when visiting Real Madrid as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Madrid and Chelsea.
Real Madrid form and stats
Real Madrid have performed here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu this season with 9 wins from 14 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. 6W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Real Madrid.
The Real Madrid crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Villarreal here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The attacker Júnior won the honour of being "man of the match" for Real Madrid with a rating of 8.12/10. Júnior scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 6 of 10 times and had 27 successful passes (of 30 total).
Before that game, a strong away win at Barcelona. A Copa Del Rey match.
There will be little rest for Real Madrid after this match as they are travelling to Cadiz for a La Liga game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and Madrid are scoring many of them at home; 34 on target from 14 league matches. From these home matches, Real Madrid have conceded only 12 goals.
Chelsea form and stats
Chelsea's mission in Champions League last season failed in the quarter-finals against Real Madrid.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Chelsea have produced an overall stat of 4-4-7 so far. Total Champions League statistics for Chelsea: 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Chelsea are looking to quickly end their 284 minutes long goal drought in the Premier League.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Chelsea, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Wolverhampton Wanderers. James was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender James hit five key passes and won 10 of 13 duels.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Liverpool in the Premier League.After this away game Chelsea return home for a Premier League game against Brighton & Hove Albion. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Chelsea as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Chelsea have conceded 19 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Data for the prior five meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Madrid, one draw and two wins for Chelsea. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: two games. Benzema loves to meet Chelsea and have scored 5 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 14 goals |  V. Júnior 9 goals |  F. Valverde Dipetta 7 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
Chelsea missing players
| Real Madrid | Chelsea | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 54 | 29 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | ||
| 24 | 14 | Conceded | C | 21 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 56% | ||
| 5.6 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 6 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16.4 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.6 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.3 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 16% | ||
| 11 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.9 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Barcelona | 27 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 7 | 44 | 71 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 59 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 35 | 59 |
| 3 | Atletico Madrid | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 25 | 57 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 51 |
| 5 | Villarreal | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Real Betis | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 45 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 40 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 38 |
| 9 | Rayo Vallecano | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 37 |
| 10 | Celta de Vigo | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -3 | 36 |
| 11 | Girona | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 34 |
| 13 | Sevilla | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 32 |
| 14 | Cadiz | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 31 |
| 15 | Almeria | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 29 | -14 | 30 |
| 16 | Getafe | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 17 | Real Valladolid | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 31 | -24 | 29 |
| 18 | Valencia | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 21 | -4 | 27 |
| 19 | Espanyol | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -12 | 27 |
| 20 | Elche | 28 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 32 | -37 | 13 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 43 | 73 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 29 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 75 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 48 | 67 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 27 | 56 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 44 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 56 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 13 | 53 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 47 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 46 |
| 8 | Liverpool | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 44 |
| 9 | Brentford | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 47 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 43 |
| 10 | Fulham | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | -1 | 39 |
| 11 | Chelsea | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -2 | 39 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -11 | 33 |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -18 | 31 |
| 14 | West Ham United | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 20 | -12 | 30 |
| 15 | AFC Bournemouth | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 38 | -29 | 30 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 30 | -15 | 29 |
| 17 | Everton | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -20 | 27 |
| 18 | Nottingham Forest | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 36 | -30 | 27 |
| 19 | Leicester City | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 40 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 25 |
| 20 | Southampton | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 51 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 23 | -27 | 23 |
