Champions League full preview and statistics: Atlético Madrid to fight Milan at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 24.November
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Wanda Metropolitano (67829 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Atlético Madrid at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Milan with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

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 Atlético and Milan.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Milan, who are travelling more than 1500 kilometers to play this game.

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Atlético Madrid form and stats

Last season, Atlético's Champions League journey ended in the 8th finals against Chelsea.

Atlético Madrid have performed here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano this season with 4 wins from 7 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 0. 1W-1D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Atlético Madrid. In general it's been a long time since Atlético tasted defeat here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, as they have taken at least one point from their last 14 home games in the league.

Atlético's previous game was a La Liga match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Osasuna. The home side are looking to build on that result. Midfielder Yannick Carrasco was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.2 (out of ten) in that game. Carrasco hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times.

A 3-3 draw away in the La Liga before that, with Valencia the opponent.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Atlético Madrid as they are travelling to their away game against Cadiz in the La Liga. That match is four days after this one.

The Atlético fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 7 league matches. Atlético are not conceding a lot of goals here at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 7 matches.

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Milan form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Manchester United drew the shortest straw.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Serie A. Total Champions League statistics for Milan: 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Two away games in a row for Milan, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 3-4 versus Fiorentina in the Serie A. As you can tell from the result, the match against Fiorentina was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Zlatan Ibrahimović, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.01. Ibrahimović scored two goals and hit the woodwork once.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Inter in the Serie A.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sassuolo in just four days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Milan are regular goalscorers on their travels. As for defending, Milan rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent fixture: Milan - Atlético 1-2. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's three Atlético victories, zero draws and zero Milan wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtléticoL. Suárez Díaz
L. Suárez Díaz
7 goals
MilanZ. Ibrahimović
Z. Ibrahimović
5 goals
MilanR. Conceição Leão
R. Conceição Leão
4 goals

Atlético Madrid missing players

Milan missing players

Atlético Madrid Milan
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
12 6   Won W   6 14
8 4   Drew D   4 7
5 1   Lost L   3 4
37 17   Scored S   21 49
28 9   Conceded C   16 24
92% 82%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
76% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 76%
60% 55%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 48%
20% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 32%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   31% 32%
64% 45%   BTTS BTTS   62% 56%
24% 55%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 40%
20% 18%   Failed to Score F T   23% 16%
 
4.8 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 4
4.2 3   Corners against (avg) C A   6 5.1
2.7 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.1
5 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12 14.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 12.6
3.6 4.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.2
41% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 42%
 
9.4 7.9   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 11.7
3.4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Liverpool 4 4 0 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 8 3 8 12
2 Porto 4 1 2 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 5
3 Atlético Madrid 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 -2 4
4 Milan 4 0 1 3 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 1
  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 13 9 3 1 32 14 5 3 2 0 13 4 8 6 1 1 19 10 18 30
2 Real Sociedad 14 8 5 1 19 10 7 4 3 0 5 1 7 4 2 1 14 9 9 29
3 Sevilla 13 8 4 1 23 9 6 5 1 0 17 6 7 3 3 1 6 3 14 28
4 Atlético Madrid 13 7 5 1 22 13 7 4 3 0 11 4 6 3 2 1 11 9 9 26
5 Real Betis 14 7 3 4 22 17 7 3 2 2 12 9 7 4 1 2 10 8 5 24
6 Barcelona 13 5 5 3 20 15 8 5 2 1 16 8 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 20
7 Rayo Vallecano 13 6 2 5 19 14 6 5 1 0 13 2 7 1 1 5 6 12 5 20
8 Athletic Club 13 4 7 2 11 8 6 3 1 2 7 5 7 1 6 0 4 3 3 19
9 Osasuna 14 5 4 5 14 18 7 1 3 3 4 10 7 4 1 2 10 8 -4 19
10 Valencia 14 4 6 4 21 20 7 3 3 1 13 8 7 1 3 3 8 12 1 18
11 Espanyol 14 4 5 5 14 14 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 0 3 4 5 10 0 17
12 Villarreal 13 3 7 3 15 13 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 0 5 2 4 7 2 16
13 Mallorca 13 3 6 4 13 19 7 2 4 1 8 7 6 1 2 3 5 12 -6 15
14 Deportivo Alaves 13 4 2 7 10 17 7 3 0 4 5 9 6 1 2 3 5 8 -7 14
15 Celta de Vigo 14 3 4 7 14 18 8 1 2 5 7 12 6 2 2 2 7 6 -4 13
16 Cadiz 14 2 6 6 12 23 7 0 4 3 4 9 7 2 2 3 8 14 -11 12
17 Granada 13 2 5 6 12 20 6 1 2 3 7 11 7 1 3 3 5 9 -8 11
18 Elche 14 2 5 7 11 20 7 1 4 2 6 9 7 1 1 5 5 11 -9 11
19 Getafe 14 2 3 9 10 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 7 0 2 5 2 10 -9 9
20 Levante 14 0 7 7 12 25 7 0 5 2 6 11 7 0 2 5 6 14 -13 7
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 13 10 2 1 26 7 6 5 1 0 11 2 7 5 1 1 15 5 19 32
2 Milan 13 10 2 1 29 15 6 5 1 0 13 4 7 5 1 1 16 11 14 32
3 Inter 13 8 4 1 32 15 6 4 2 0 18 6 7 4 2 1 14 9 17 28
4 Atalanta 13 7 4 2 27 17 7 2 3 2 13 11 6 5 1 0 14 6 10 25
5 Roma 13 7 1 5 23 15 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 3 0 4 14 11 8 22
6 Lazio 13 6 3 4 25 21 7 5 1 1 18 8 6 1 2 3 7 13 4 21
7 Fiorentina 13 7 0 6 20 17 6 4 0 2 14 9 7 3 0 4 6 8 3 21
8 Juventus 13 6 3 4 18 15 6 3 1 2 7 6 7 3 2 2 11 9 3 21
9 Bologna 13 5 3 5 19 24 7 4 1 2 13 9 6 1 2 3 6 15 -5 18
10 Hellas Verona 12 4 4 4 25 21 6 4 0 2 16 10 6 0 4 2 9 11 4 16
11 Empoli 12 5 1 6 18 23 7 1 1 5 9 18 5 4 0 1 9 5 -5 16
12 Sassuolo 13 4 3 6 19 20 7 2 2 3 8 8 6 2 1 3 11 12 -1 15
13 Venezia 13 4 3 6 12 19 5 2 1 2 7 7 8 2 2 4 5 12 -7 15
14 Torino 12 4 2 6 15 12 6 3 1 2 12 6 6 1 1 4 3 6 3 14
15 Udinese 12 3 5 4 15 18 7 2 3 2 10 11 5 1 2 2 5 7 -3 14
16 Sampdoria 13 3 3 7 17 25 7 1 2 4 9 16 6 2 1 3 8 9 -8 12
17 Spezia 13 3 2 8 15 31 6 2 1 3 7 8 7 1 1 5 8 23 -16 11
18 Genoa 13 1 6 6 17 26 6 0 3 3 7 11 7 1 3 3 10 15 -9 9
19 Cagliari 13 1 4 8 15 28 7 1 2 4 10 13 6 0 2 4 5 15 -13 7
20 Salernitana 13 2 1 10 10 28 7 1 1 5 5 14 6 1 0 5 5 14 -18 7

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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.