It's Real Madrid vs Inter in the Champions League!

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 07.December
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (81044 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Real Madrid at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Inter 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 Madrid and Inter.

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

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Real Madrid form and stats

Real Madrid participated in Champions League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Chelsea.

Real Madrid are steadily winning La Liga games and points here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 7 games. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Real Madrid has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. In general it's been a long time since Madrid tasted defeat here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, as they have taken at least one point from their last 17 home games in the league.

Madrid are confident in defense, having played 258 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Madrid are returning here after visiting Real Sociedad in a La Liga game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Vinícius Júnior and Luka Jović scored the goal(s). Luka Jović, a forward, was the champion player for the team in that game, receiving a rating of 8.31 (out of 10). Jović scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Athletic Club.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Madrid have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost zero.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (16 in 7 games), Real Madrid's attacking play is working. Madrid have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Inter form and stats

They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the group stage.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Serie A. Total Champions League statistics for Inter: 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The fact that Inter have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic is eager to challenge this, with his 282 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

It's the second away game in a row for Inter, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Roma in the Serie A last time out. Inter delivered their win in the match against Roma already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance! Hakan Çalhanoğlu got a match rating of 8.62 in that game, top player of the team. Çalhanoğlu scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and had 62 successful passes (of 67 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Spezia in the Serie A.

We have checked recent matches where Inter have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, zero draws and three defeats.

The Inter manager S. Inzaghi has got the team scoring on the road, with 19 away goals in 9 league matches. 9 goals have been conceded by Inter in these games.

Head 2 Head

Inter - Madrid 0-1 was the scoreline in these participants' previous head-to-head fixture, played this season. Previous three meetings with these contenders: Madrid won three, Inter triumphed in zero and we saw zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
12 goals
MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
10 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
8 goals

Real Madrid missing players

Inter missing players

Real Madrid Inter
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   13 25
18 7   Won W   8 17
4 3   Drew D   4 6
3 1   Lost L   1 2
53 21   Scored S   26 60
21 9   Conceded C   12 20
88% 73%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
72% 64%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 92%
68% 64%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   62% 60%
24% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 48%
24% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
60% 64%   BTTS BTTS   62% 52%
40% 36%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 44%
12% 27%   Failed to Score F T   8% 8%
 
5.9 6.4   Corners for (avg) C F   6.5 6.8
3.6 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.6
1.4 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15.7 15.9   Shots (avg) S (   17.1 18.3
5.8 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.5 7
36% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
10.7 10.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10.8 10.8
3.6 3.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.2 3.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 5 4 0 1 12 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 9 0 9 12
2 Inter 5 3 1 1 8 3 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 10
3 Sheriff 5 2 0 3 6 10 3 1 0 2 3 6 2 1 0 1 3 4 -4 6
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 0 1 4 1 11 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 0 3 1 6 -10 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 16 12 3 1 37 15 7 5 2 0 16 5 9 7 1 1 21 10 22 39
2 Sevilla 15 9 4 2 25 11 7 6 1 0 18 6 8 3 3 2 7 5 14 31
3 Real Betis 16 9 3 4 26 18 8 4 2 2 15 10 8 5 1 2 11 8 8 30
4 Atlético Madrid 15 8 5 2 27 16 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 4 2 1 15 10 11 29
5 Real Sociedad 16 8 5 3 19 13 8 4 3 1 5 3 8 4 2 2 14 10 6 29
6 Rayo Vallecano 15 7 3 5 23 16 7 6 1 0 16 3 8 1 2 5 7 13 7 24
7 Barcelona 15 6 5 4 23 17 9 5 2 2 16 9 6 1 3 2 7 8 6 23
8 Athletic Club 15 4 8 3 13 11 7 3 2 2 9 7 8 1 6 1 4 4 2 20
9 Espanyol 15 5 5 5 15 14 8 5 2 1 10 4 7 0 3 4 5 10 1 20
10 Osasuna 15 5 5 5 15 19 8 1 4 3 5 11 7 4 1 2 10 8 -4 20
11 Valencia 15 4 7 4 22 21 8 3 4 1 14 9 7 1 3 3 8 12 1 19
12 Mallorca 16 4 7 5 16 23 8 2 5 1 8 7 8 2 2 4 8 16 -7 19
13 Villarreal 15 3 7 5 16 17 7 3 2 2 12 9 8 0 5 3 4 8 -1 16
14 Celta de Vigo 15 4 4 7 16 19 8 1 2 5 7 12 7 3 2 2 9 7 -3 16
15 Granada 15 3 6 6 16 23 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 1 4 3 7 11 -7 15
16 Deportivo Alaves 15 4 2 9 12 21 8 3 0 5 6 11 7 1 2 4 6 10 -9 14
17 Elche 15 2 6 7 12 21 7 1 4 2 6 9 8 1 2 5 6 12 -9 12
18 Cadiz 15 2 6 7 13 27 8 0 4 4 5 13 7 2 2 3 8 14 -14 12
19 Getafe 15 2 4 9 10 19 7 2 1 4 8 9 8 0 3 5 2 10 -9 10
20 Levante 15 0 7 8 13 28 7 0 5 2 6 11 8 0 2 6 7 17 -15 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 Milan 16 12 2 2 35 18 8 6 1 1 16 7 8 6 1 1 19 11 17 38
2 Inter 16 11 4 1 39 15 7 5 2 0 20 6 9 6 2 1 19 9 24 37
3 Napoli 16 11 3 2 34 12 8 6 1 1 17 5 8 5 2 1 17 7 22 36
4 Atalanta 16 10 4 2 35 19 8 3 3 2 17 11 8 7 1 0 18 8 16 34
5 Roma 16 8 1 7 24 19 8 5 1 2 10 7 8 3 0 5 14 12 5 25
6 Fiorentina 15 8 0 7 24 20 7 5 0 2 17 10 8 3 0 5 7 10 4 24
7 Juventus 15 7 3 5 20 16 7 3 1 3 7 7 8 4 2 2 13 9 4 24
8 Bologna 15 7 3 5 21 24 8 5 1 2 14 9 7 2 2 3 7 15 -3 24
9 Lazio 15 6 4 5 29 29 8 5 2 1 22 12 7 1 2 4 7 17 0 22
10 Hellas Verona 15 5 5 5 28 25 8 5 1 2 18 11 7 0 4 3 10 14 3 20
11 Empoli 15 6 2 7 23 28 8 2 1 5 11 19 7 4 1 2 12 9 -5 20
12 Sassuolo 15 5 4 6 24 23 8 2 3 3 10 10 7 3 1 3 14 13 1 19
13 Torino 15 5 3 7 19 16 8 4 2 2 16 9 7 1 1 5 3 7 3 18
14 Udinese 15 3 7 5 20 24 8 2 4 2 10 11 7 1 3 3 10 13 -4 16
15 Sampdoria 15 4 3 8 21 29 8 2 2 4 12 17 7 2 1 4 9 12 -8 15
16 Venezia 15 4 3 8 12 25 6 2 1 3 7 9 9 2 2 5 5 16 -13 15
17 Spezia 15 3 2 10 15 34 7 2 1 4 7 9 8 1 1 6 8 25 -19 11
18 Genoa 15 1 7 7 17 29 7 0 3 4 7 14 8 1 4 3 10 15 -12 10
19 Cagliari 15 1 6 8 16 29 8 1 3 4 11 14 7 0 3 4 5 15 -13 9
20 Salernitana 16 2 2 12 11 33 8 1 1 6 5 16 8 1 1 6 6 17 -22 8

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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.