Real Madrid and Sheriff get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Sheriff, who are travelling more than 3700 kilometers to play this game.
Real Madrid form and stats
Madrid was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Champions League. Chelsea was too strong.Real Madrid have collected seven points from their first three La Liga games here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, a promising start. The Real Madrid fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and will expect new points from this game. Madrid has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.
Madrid drew their last game, also a home match. Villarreal was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Eduardo Camavinga (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.32/10. Camavinga hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Madrid won a home game hosting Mallorca (6-1).It would be a shock if the hosts fail to win this game. Let's see how Real Madrid have performed as huge favourites like they are today: three games found in the database showing two Madrid wins, zero draws and one defeat.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Madrid is on fire here. A stunning 11 from 3 league matches. On the other hand, Madrid have conceded 3 goals.
Sheriff form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 2nd qualifying round.Playing away, Sheriff have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the National Division this season. Total Champions League statistics for Sheriff: 7 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Sheriff are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played 15 in a row without losing.
Sheriff have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Giorgos Athanasiadis. It's been 209 minutes since they last conceded in National Division.
Two travels in a row for Sheriff, whose manager Y. Vernydub could celebrate last time after the National Division win against Dinamo-Auto. As mentioned above, Sheriff was the only team on the pitch versus Dinamo-Auto in their previous game, winning 7-0. This could be a tougher task.
That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus Floresti in the National Division.Sheriff are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 16 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were eleven wins, four draws and one defeat. Of the defeats, zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The schedule is very tough for Sheriff now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A National Division game at Milsami is waiting in only four days.
The Sheriff manager Y. Vernydub has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 13 goals in 4 league matches away. Sheriff's manager Y. Vernydub has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only 2 conceded goals. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Benzema 8 goals |  V. Júnior 5 goals |   N. Dago 4 goals |
Real Madrid missing players
Sheriff missing players
| Real Madrid | Sheriff | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 10 | 20 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | ||
| 48 | 25 | Scored | S | 37 | 69 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 23% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 77% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.5 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 42% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheriff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Inter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 17 |
| 2 | Sevilla | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Valencia | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Rayo Vallecano | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Athletic Club | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Barcelona | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Real Betis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 10 | Villarreal | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Osasuna | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 13 | Cadiz | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Elche | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Espanyol | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Levante | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 17 | Celta de Vigo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 4 |
| 18 | Granada | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | Deportivo Alaves | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 3 |
| 20 | Getafe | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milsami | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 2 | Petrocub | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Sheriff | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 19 |
| 4 | CSF Balti | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -1 | 14 |
| 5 | Dinamo-Auto | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -19 | 14 |
| 6 | Sfintul Gheorghe | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Zimbru | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Floresti | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | -26 | -6 |