Champions League: Get ready for the second leg of the Manchester City - Real Madrid clash

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Fri 07.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Etihad Stadium (55097 seats)

Get ready for the return leg of the Champions League 8th Finals between Manchester City and Real Madrid. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

These teams have little in common geographically as Real Madrid have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Manchester City form and stats

Last season, Manchester's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals.

Manchester City have performed here at Etihad Stadium this season with 15 wins from 19 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2. 5W-2D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Manchester City. In general it's been a long time since Manchester tasted defeat here at Etihad Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last eleven home games in the league. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Manchester has won five games in a row. The Southampton match was the last time out without a victory.

Manchester City are confident in defense, having played 182 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A nice win for Manchester last time playing, versus Norwich City. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne (2) and Riyad Mahrez scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory in the Premier League match versus Watford with a 4-0 scoreline.

As indicated by the result mentioned above, Manchester played a great game against Norwich City and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.

Manchester City are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Etihad Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 57 goals in 19 matches. Manchester have only conceded 13 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Real Madrid form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Ajax drew the shortest straw.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 11 wins, 5 draws and only 3 losses in the La Liga. Total Champions League statistics for Real Madrid: 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Things are running smoothly for Real Madrid who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Real Betis.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Leganes in their previous outing. The La Liga match ended in a draw 2-2. Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Villarreal in the La Liga.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Madrid when being an outsider away as they are today, we find one match with the visitors losing zero times, drawing one and winning zero games.

Madrid are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 30 times in 19 away games so far. Madrid are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 19 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Real Madrid - Manchester City 1-2. Manchester-Real Madrid H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Manchester City two wins, Real Madrid two wins, two draws. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
21 goals
ManchesterR. Sterling
R. Sterling
20 goals
Manchester CityS. Agüero del Castillo
S. Agüero del Castillo
16 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 10   Played P   12 25
18 8   Won W   9 18
1 1   Drew D   1 3
6 1   Lost L   2 4
60 32   Scored S   24 48
17 4   Conceded C   10 21
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 72%
60% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 60%
40% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 32%
20% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
28% 20%   BTTS BTTS   58% 52%
52% 70%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 44%
20% 10%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
7.5 6.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.4
2 1.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.9
1.2 0.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.9
2 0   Red cards R C   0 2
 
470 188   Total Shots T S   155 353
158 66   Shots on Target S O   62 141
38% 48%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 34%

  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 38 32 3 3 85 33 19 18 1 0 52 16 19 14 2 3 33 17 52 99
2 Manchester City 38 26 3 9 102 35 19 15 2 2 57 13 19 11 1 7 45 22 67 81
3 Manchester United 38 18 12 8 66 36 19 10 7 2 40 17 19 8 5 6 26 19 30 66
4 Chelsea 38 20 6 12 69 54 19 11 3 5 30 16 19 9 3 7 39 38 15 66
5 Leicester City 38 18 8 12 67 41 19 11 4 4 35 17 19 7 4 8 32 24 26 62
6 Tottenham Hotspur 38 16 11 11 61 47 19 12 3 4 36 17 19 4 8 7 25 30 14 59
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 14 9 51 40 19 8 7 4 27 19 19 7 7 5 24 21 11 59
8 Arsenal 38 14 14 10 56 48 19 10 6 3 36 24 19 4 8 7 20 24 8 56
9 Sheffield United 38 14 12 12 39 39 19 10 3 6 24 15 19 4 9 6 15 24 0 54
10 Burnley 38 15 9 14 43 50 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 7 5 7 19 27 -7 54
11 Southampton 38 15 7 16 51 60 19 6 3 10 21 35 19 9 4 6 30 25 -9 52
12 Everton 38 13 10 15 44 56 19 8 7 4 24 21 19 5 3 11 20 35 -12 49
13 Newcastle United 38 11 11 16 38 58 19 6 8 5 20 21 19 5 3 11 18 37 -20 44
14 Crystal Palace 38 11 10 17 31 50 19 6 5 8 15 20 19 5 5 9 16 30 -19 43
15 Brighton & Hove Albion 38 9 14 15 39 54 19 5 7 7 20 27 19 4 7 8 19 27 -15 41
16 West Ham United 38 10 9 19 49 62 19 6 4 9 30 33 19 4 5 10 19 29 -13 39
17 Aston Villa 38 9 8 21 41 67 19 7 3 9 22 30 19 2 5 12 19 37 -26 35
18 AFC Bournemouth 38 9 7 22 40 65 19 5 6 8 22 30 19 4 1 14 18 35 -25 34
19 Watford 38 8 10 20 36 64 19 6 6 7 22 27 19 2 4 13 14 37 -28 34
20 Norwich City 38 5 6 27 26 75 19 4 3 12 19 37 19 1 3 15 7 38 -49 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 38 26 9 3 70 25 19 15 4 0 40 11 19 11 5 3 30 14 45 87
2 Barcelona 38 25 7 6 86 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 19 9 5 5 34 22 48 82
3 Atletico Madrid 38 18 16 4 51 27 19 12 6 1 28 11 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 70
4 Sevilla 38 19 13 6 54 34 19 10 7 2 26 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 20 70
5 Villarreal 38 18 6 14 63 49 19 9 5 5 37 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 14 60
6 Real Sociedad 38 16 8 14 56 48 19 9 4 6 33 20 19 7 4 8 23 28 8 56
7 Granada 38 16 8 14 52 45 19 10 3 6 26 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 7 56
8 Getafe 38 14 12 12 43 37 19 8 6 5 25 20 19 6 6 7 18 17 6 54
9 Valencia 38 14 11 13 46 53 19 11 7 1 29 16 19 3 4 12 17 37 -7 53
10 Osasuna 38 13 13 12 46 54 19 7 7 5 26 29 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 52
11 Athletic Club 38 13 12 13 41 38 19 9 4 6 21 14 19 4 8 7 20 24 3 51
12 Levante 38 14 7 17 47 53 19 9 5 5 27 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -6 49
13 Real Valladolid 38 9 15 14 32 43 19 5 10 4 18 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -11 42
14 Eibar 38 11 9 18 39 56 19 8 3 8 25 25 19 3 6 10 14 31 -17 42
15 Real Betis 38 10 11 17 48 60 19 9 4 6 34 27 19 1 7 11 14 33 -12 41
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 10 9 19 34 59 19 7 6 6 20 19 19 3 3 13 14 40 -25 39
17 Celta de Vigo 38 7 16 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 19 2 8 9 15 29 -12 37
18 Leganes 38 8 12 18 30 51 19 5 5 9 17 26 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 36
19 Mallorca 38 9 6 23 40 65 19 8 3 8 25 22 19 1 3 15 15 43 -25 33
20 Espanyol 38 5 10 23 27 58 19 2 6 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 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 38 26 9 3 70 25 19 15 4 0 40 11 19 11 5 3 30 14 45 87
2 Barcelona 38 25 7 6 86 38 19 16 2 1 52 16 19 9 5 5 34 22 48 82
3 Atletico Madrid 38 18 16 4 51 27 19 12 6 1 28 11 19 6 10 3 23 16 24 70
4 Sevilla 38 19 13 6 54 34 19 10 7 2 26 14 19 9 6 4 28 20 20 70
5 Villarreal 38 18 6 14 63 49 19 9 5 5 37 25 19 9 1 9 26 24 14 60
6 Real Sociedad 38 16 8 14 56 48 19 9 4 6 33 20 19 7 4 8 23 28 8 56
7 Granada 38 16 8 14 52 45 19 10 3 6 26 16 19 6 5 8 26 29 7 56
8 Getafe 38 14 12 12 43 37 19 8 6 5 25 20 19 6 6 7 18 17 6 54
9 Valencia 38 14 11 13 46 53 19 11 7 1 29 16 19 3 4 12 17 37 -7 53
10 Osasuna 38 13 13 12 46 54 19 7 7 5 26 29 19 6 6 7 20 25 -8 52
11 Athletic Club 38 13 12 13 41 38 19 9 4 6 21 14 19 4 8 7 20 24 3 51
12 Levante 38 14 7 17 47 53 19 9 5 5 27 19 19 5 2 12 20 34 -6 49
13 Real Valladolid 38 9 15 14 32 43 19 5 10 4 18 15 19 4 5 10 14 28 -11 42
14 Eibar 38 11 9 18 39 56 19 8 3 8 25 25 19 3 6 10 14 31 -17 42
15 Real Betis 38 10 11 17 48 60 19 9 4 6 34 27 19 1 7 11 14 33 -12 41
16 Deportivo Alaves 38 10 9 19 34 59 19 7 6 6 20 19 19 3 3 13 14 40 -25 39
17 Celta de Vigo 38 7 16 15 37 49 19 5 8 6 22 20 19 2 8 9 15 29 -12 37
18 Leganes 38 8 12 18 30 51 19 5 5 9 17 26 19 3 7 9 13 25 -21 36
19 Mallorca 38 9 6 23 40 65 19 8 3 8 25 22 19 1 3 15 15 43 -25 33
20 Espanyol 38 5 10 23 27 58 19 2 6 11 15 31 19 3 4 12 12 27 -31 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.