It's time for episode two of the Real Madrid - Manchester City Semi-finals battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 04.May
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (81044 seats)

The first leg ended Manchester City-Real Madrid 4-3. All is set for the decider in this Champions League Semi-finals fixture!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Manchester City, who are travelling more than 2000 kilometers to play this game.

It's no vacation for neither Real Madrid nor Manchester City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Real Madrid form and stats

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

Real Madrid have performed here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu this season with 12 wins from 17 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 4 games and lost 1. 7W-0D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Real Madrid.

The Real Madrid followers enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Espanyol and win 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Madrid played a great game against Espanyol and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Courtois loved the game against Espanyol. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-0 victory. Courtois, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.31 out of 10 in that game. Courtois topped it up with a clean sheet.

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

Real Madrid can score goals in their home matches. After 17 league matches they have found the net 38 times. From these home matches, Madrid have conceded only 13 goals.

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Manchester City form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the final.

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 13 wins, 3 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 7W-2D-2L. This is both home and away.

Two trips in a row for Manchester City, whose coach i Sala could celebrate last time after the win against Leeds United. As mentioned above, City was the only team on the pitch versus Leeds United in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Jesus has scored for the visitors three games in a row. The efficiency! Midfield player Foden was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.31/10. Foden signed up for two assists, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

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

Manchester City's manager i Sala has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 8 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought before this season: Manchester City - Madrid 4-3. Stats for the prior eight meetings featuring these two participants are: two wins for Real Madrid, two draws and four wins for Manchester City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Real MadridK. Benzema
K. Benzema
26 goals
Real MadridV. Júnior
V. Júnior
14 goals
Manchester CityK. De Bruyne
K. De Bruyne
11 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 10   Played P   13 25
17 7   Won W   10 18
2 1   Drew D   3 5
6 2   Lost L   0 2
53 25   Scored S   30 60
28 12   Conceded C   4 18
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 88%
76% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 72%
68% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 56%
52% 70%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   38% 48%
24% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   23% 36%
52% 50%   BTTS BTTS   31% 44%
32% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   69% 56%
20% 10%   Failed to Score F T   15% 12%
 
4.8 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   7.4 7.7
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   2.6 2.4
2.3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.2
1 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
15.4 19.6   Shots (avg) S (   17.5 16.7
5.9 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.5
36% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 43%
 
12.2 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   7.1 6.4
3.9 3.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   2.2 2.5

  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 34 25 6 3 73 29 17 12 4 1 38 13 17 13 2 2 35 16 44 81
2 Sevilla 34 17 13 4 50 28 17 11 5 1 35 17 17 6 8 3 15 11 22 64
3 Barcelona 33 18 9 6 61 33 16 10 2 4 32 15 17 8 7 2 29 18 28 63
4 Atletico Madrid 34 18 7 9 59 41 17 11 4 2 31 15 17 7 3 7 28 26 18 61
5 Real Betis 33 17 6 10 56 38 17 9 2 6 31 20 16 8 4 4 25 18 18 57
6 Real Sociedad 33 15 10 8 32 31 17 9 5 3 12 7 16 6 5 5 20 24 1 55
7 Villarreal 34 14 10 10 54 33 17 10 5 2 38 15 17 4 5 8 16 18 21 52
8 Athletic Club 34 13 12 9 41 34 17 9 3 5 27 18 17 4 9 4 14 16 7 51
9 Osasuna 33 12 8 13 34 44 17 5 6 6 16 23 16 7 2 7 18 21 -10 44
10 Valencia 34 10 13 11 45 49 17 5 8 4 24 21 17 5 5 7 21 28 -4 43
11 Rayo Vallecano 33 11 7 15 34 38 16 8 4 4 22 12 17 3 3 11 12 26 -4 40
12 Celta de Vigo 33 10 9 14 36 37 17 5 4 8 21 23 16 5 5 6 15 14 -1 39
13 Espanyol 34 10 9 15 37 49 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 1 5 11 14 32 -12 39
14 Elche 33 10 8 15 36 44 16 6 5 5 20 17 17 4 3 10 16 27 -8 38
15 Getafe 33 8 11 14 31 37 16 7 4 5 21 15 17 1 7 9 10 22 -6 35
16 Cadiz 34 6 14 14 30 47 17 2 8 7 15 23 17 4 6 7 15 24 -17 32
17 Mallorca 33 8 8 17 29 54 17 6 6 5 16 18 16 2 2 12 13 36 -25 32
18 Granada 33 6 12 15 36 56 16 4 5 7 20 28 17 2 7 8 16 28 -20 30
19 Deportivo Alaves 34 7 7 20 28 56 17 6 4 7 15 19 17 1 3 13 13 37 -28 28
20 Levante 34 5 11 18 42 66 17 3 7 7 23 28 17 2 4 11 19 38 -24 26
  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 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 33 19 9 5 68 28 16 8 5 3 32 18 17 11 4 2 36 10 40 66
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 35 15 10 10 54 52 18 9 5 4 29 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 55
7 West Ham United 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

Real Madrid:
Manchester City:
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 5 3 84 21 17 13 2 2 50 13 17 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
2 Liverpool 34 25 7 2 86 22 17 14 3 0 45 7 17 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
3 Chelsea 33 19 9 5 68 28 16 8 5 3 32 18 17 11 4 2 36 10 40 66
4 Arsenal 33 19 3 11 52 40 17 11 2 4 28 15 16 8 1 7 24 25 12 60
5 Tottenham Hotspur 33 18 4 11 56 38 16 10 1 5 31 18 17 8 3 6 25 20 18 58
6 Manchester United 35 15 10 10 54 52 18 9 5 4 29 22 17 6 5 6 25 30 2 55
7 West Ham United 34 15 7 12 52 44 17 9 4 4 30 22 17 6 3 8 22 22 8 52
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 34 15 4 15 33 32 17 7 2 8 18 19 17 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 35 10 14 11 34 42 17 3 7 7 12 22 18 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
10 Newcastle United 35 11 10 14 40 56 18 7 6 5 24 27 17 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
11 Leicester City 32 11 9 12 47 51 16 8 4 4 26 20 16 3 5 8 21 31 -4 42
12 Crystal Palace 34 9 14 11 45 42 17 5 8 4 25 17 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
13 Aston Villa 33 12 4 17 44 46 16 6 3 7 26 25 17 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
14 Brentford 34 11 7 16 41 49 17 6 3 8 18 19 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
15 Southampton 35 9 13 13 41 58 18 6 7 5 22 22 17 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
16 Burnley 34 7 13 14 31 46 17 5 6 6 16 20 17 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
17 Leeds United 34 8 10 16 38 72 17 4 5 8 18 34 17 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
18 Everton 32 8 5 19 34 55 16 7 2 7 21 20 16 1 3 12 13 35 -21 29
19 Watford 34 6 4 24 32 69 17 2 1 14 16 41 17 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
20 Norwich City 34 5 6 23 22 71 17 3 3 11 12 34 17 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21

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