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

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 09.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (81044 seats)

Real Madrid host the first leg in this deciding Champions League Semi-finals game. Manchester City will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Etihad Stadium before the return leg in 9 days.

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.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Real Madrid form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu as Real Madrid have scored 40 goals to get 37 points from 16 games. The overall stats in the La Liga are 11-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Real Madrid has performed like this (both home and away): 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

Real Madrid's previous match was a Copa Del Rey game also played at their home, ending 2-1 versus Osasuna. The home team are looking to repeat that performance. The forward Rodrygo was announced as "man of the match" for Real Madrid with the rating of 9.13/10. Rodrygo scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

Heartbreak before that as Real Madrid lost 0-2 at Real Sociedad's place.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Madrid as they have a new game in only four days, a La Liga match thankfully also at home. Getafe are visiting.

Real Madrid can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 40 times. From these home matches, Real Madrid have conceded only 14 goals. 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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Manchester City form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the semi-finals against Real Madrid.

Manchester City have an excellent away record in the Premier League so far with 10-3-3 from 16 games. Total Champions League statistics for Manchester City: 6 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses.

City go into this game after a win, the home game against Leeds United that ended 2-1. Gündoğan got a match rating of 9.03 in that game, top player of the team. Gündoğan scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 171 successful passes (of 183 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs West Ham United.

Manchester City are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 16 away games so far. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. City are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 16 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Manchester CityE. Håland
E. Håland
35 goals
Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
17 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
10 goals

Real Madrid missing players

Manchester City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Real Madrid Manchester City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 14   Played P   11 25
16 10   Won W   6 20
3 2   Drew D   3 3
6 2   Lost L   2 2
56 34   Scored S   21 69
24 12   Conceded C   10 17
92% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   82% 88%
48% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 72%
40% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 40%
28% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 28%
40% 43%   BTTS BTTS   73% 56%
48% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 40%
20% 14%   Failed to Score F T   9% 4%
 
6 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 5.8
3.9 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   2.3 2.6
2.1 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
17.4 19.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.3 14.5
6.8 7.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 6.2
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   38% 44%
 
10.6 9.6   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 7.4
3.7 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.3 2.2

  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 33 26 4 3 60 11 17 14 3 0 33 2 16 12 1 3 27 9 49 82
2 Atletico Madrid 33 21 6 6 60 26 17 11 3 3 36 14 16 10 3 3 24 12 34 69
3 Real Madrid 33 21 5 7 69 32 16 11 4 1 40 14 17 10 1 6 29 18 37 68
4 Real Sociedad 33 18 7 8 43 29 16 9 4 3 21 13 17 9 3 5 22 16 14 61
5 Villarreal 33 16 6 11 47 34 16 10 2 4 27 15 17 6 4 7 20 19 13 54
6 Real Betis 33 15 7 11 40 37 16 8 4 4 22 15 17 7 3 7 18 22 3 52
7 Girona 33 13 8 12 52 46 17 10 3 4 33 22 16 3 5 8 19 24 6 47
8 Athletic Club 33 13 8 12 43 33 17 7 3 7 20 13 16 6 5 5 23 20 10 47
9 Rayo Vallecano 33 12 10 11 40 42 17 8 5 4 25 19 16 4 5 7 15 23 -2 46
10 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 29 35 16 8 1 7 17 19 17 4 7 6 12 16 -6 44
11 Sevilla 33 12 8 13 41 49 17 7 4 6 23 23 16 5 4 7 18 26 -8 44
12 Mallorca 33 11 8 14 32 37 16 7 5 4 17 12 17 4 3 10 15 25 -5 41
13 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 38 46 16 6 5 5 22 17 17 4 4 9 16 29 -8 39
14 Almería 33 10 6 17 42 58 17 9 2 6 26 22 16 1 4 11 16 36 -16 36
15 Cadiz 33 8 11 14 26 49 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 3 5 8 10 26 -23 35
16 Real Valladolid 33 10 5 18 30 57 16 7 3 6 18 21 17 3 2 12 12 36 -27 35
17 Valencia 33 9 7 17 36 40 17 7 4 6 24 17 16 2 3 11 12 23 -4 34
18 Getafe 33 8 10 15 30 42 17 6 5 6 18 18 16 2 5 9 12 24 -12 34
19 Espanyol 33 7 10 16 40 56 16 4 5 7 19 25 17 3 5 9 21 31 -16 31
20 Elche 33 3 7 23 25 64 16 2 4 10 15 27 17 1 3 13 10 37 -39 16
  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 34 26 4 4 89 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 16 10 3 3 30 14 58 82
2 Arsenal 35 25 6 4 83 39 17 13 3 1 48 22 18 12 3 3 35 17 44 81
3 Newcastle United 34 18 11 5 61 29 17 10 5 2 32 13 17 8 6 3 29 16 32 65
4 Manchester United 34 19 6 9 49 41 16 12 3 1 28 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 8 63
5 Liverpool 35 18 8 9 67 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 17 5 4 8 22 26 25 62
6 Tottenham Hotspur 35 17 6 12 64 57 18 12 1 5 36 22 17 5 5 7 28 35 7 57
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 16 7 9 62 40 16 9 3 4 32 14 16 7 4 5 30 26 22 55
8 Aston Villa 35 16 6 13 46 43 17 10 2 5 29 19 18 6 4 8 17 24 3 54
9 Brentford 35 12 14 9 52 45 17 8 7 2 32 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 7 50
10 Fulham 34 13 6 15 45 46 17 7 4 6 24 24 17 6 2 9 21 22 -1 45
11 Chelsea 34 11 9 14 34 39 17 6 5 6 17 16 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 42
12 Crystal Palace 35 10 10 15 35 46 17 6 6 5 18 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -11 40
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 11 7 17 30 50 18 9 2 7 18 19 17 2 5 10 12 31 -20 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 35 11 6 18 37 67 18 6 4 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 17 40 -30 39
15 West Ham United 35 10 7 18 38 50 18 7 4 7 23 23 17 3 3 11 15 27 -12 37
16 Leicester City 34 8 6 20 46 59 17 4 4 9 21 23 17 4 2 11 25 36 -13 30
17 Leeds United 35 7 9 19 44 69 17 5 6 6 23 31 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 30
18 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 30 62 17 6 6 5 22 21 17 1 3 13 8 41 -32 30
19 Everton 34 6 11 17 27 52 17 5 3 9 15 24 17 1 8 8 12 28 -25 29
20 Southampton 34 6 6 22 28 60 17 2 4 11 15 31 17 4 2 11 13 29 -32 24

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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 Manchester City 34 26 4 4 89 31 18 16 1 1 59 17 16 10 3 3 30 14 58 82
2 Arsenal 35 25 6 4 83 39 17 13 3 1 48 22 18 12 3 3 35 17 44 81
3 Newcastle United 34 18 11 5 61 29 17 10 5 2 32 13 17 8 6 3 29 16 32 65
4 Manchester United 34 19 6 9 49 41 16 12 3 1 28 8 18 7 3 8 21 33 8 63
5 Liverpool 35 18 8 9 67 42 18 13 4 1 45 16 17 5 4 8 22 26 25 62
6 Tottenham Hotspur 35 17 6 12 64 57 18 12 1 5 36 22 17 5 5 7 28 35 7 57
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 32 16 7 9 62 40 16 9 3 4 32 14 16 7 4 5 30 26 22 55
8 Aston Villa 35 16 6 13 46 43 17 10 2 5 29 19 18 6 4 8 17 24 3 54
9 Brentford 35 12 14 9 52 45 17 8 7 2 32 18 18 4 7 7 20 27 7 50
10 Fulham 34 13 6 15 45 46 17 7 4 6 24 24 17 6 2 9 21 22 -1 45
11 Chelsea 34 11 9 14 34 39 17 6 5 6 17 16 17 5 4 8 17 23 -5 42
12 Crystal Palace 35 10 10 15 35 46 17 6 6 5 18 22 18 4 4 10 17 24 -11 40
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 11 7 17 30 50 18 9 2 7 18 19 17 2 5 10 12 31 -20 40
14 AFC Bournemouth 35 11 6 18 37 67 18 6 4 8 20 27 17 5 2 10 17 40 -30 39
15 West Ham United 35 10 7 18 38 50 18 7 4 7 23 23 17 3 3 11 15 27 -12 37
16 Leicester City 34 8 6 20 46 59 17 4 4 9 21 23 17 4 2 11 25 36 -13 30
17 Leeds United 35 7 9 19 44 69 17 5 6 6 23 31 18 2 3 13 21 38 -25 30
18 Nottingham Forest 34 7 9 18 30 62 17 6 6 5 22 21 17 1 3 13 8 41 -32 30
19 Everton 34 6 11 17 27 52 17 5 3 9 15 24 17 1 8 8 12 28 -25 29
20 Southampton 34 6 6 22 28 60 17 2 4 11 15 31 17 4 2 11 13 29 -32 24

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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.