Carlo Ancelotti’s men will try to tee off at the Santiago Bernabéu to take revenge in the best possible way at the Etihad Stadium.
RealMadrid And Manchester City HE face this Tuesday at the Santiago Bernabéu for the first leg of the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League in a collision that will cripple the soccer planet.
The team led by Carlo Ancelotti earned their ticket to this instance after removing the Chelsea by a 4-0 aggregate, as Pep Guardiola’s men knocked out Bayern Munich with a final 4-1. champion of 14 Orejonas, the meringue will try to beat off a rival who has already defeated, in the same round of the previous course, to reach the jump-off at the Etihad Stadium in the best way.
At the local level, the White House comes to this duel in the mood full after the winning the Copa del Rey last weekend against Osasuna. In La Liga, they are third with 68 points, 14 behindMore than leader Barcelona. The Sky Blues, for their part, are fighting inch by inch for the Premier League title against Arsenal. For now, they remain on top with one positive more than the Gunners with four days left until the end of the league.
The history of both clubs at the Santiago Bernabéu
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- Real Madrid and Manchester City meet for the ninth time in Europe, with both teams winning three of their previous eight (2E). The Citizens have won three of their last four games (L1), but lost the last – 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu in the second leg of last year’s semi-finals.
- Manchester City could become the first English team to beat Real Madrid multiple times in the Champions League, having done so in February 2020 (2-1). Indeed, English teams have won just four of their 18 away games against Real Madrid in the league (D4 L10), with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City winning once each.
- In the last four Champions League games for Real Madrid (8) and Manchester City (9), 17 goals were scored, an average of 4.3 per game. With City finishing on target 31 times compared to Real Madrid’s 17, the Whites have scored 47% of their shots on target compared to 29% for the Citizens.
- Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has lost just five of his 21 games against Real Madrid in all competitions (W12 D4). However, he has lost half since leaving Barcelona (3/6) after losing just two of 15 against the Whites with the Barça team (9V 4E).
- Real Madrid have three clean sheets in a row in the Champions League, a period of 346 minutes without conceding a goal since Mohamed Salah’s goal in the round of 16 at Anfield.
- This is Pep Guardiola’s 10th Champions League semi-final. The City manager has been knocked out in six of the previous nine in this round, more than any other manager in the semi-finals of the competition (including six for Jose Mourinho).
- According to Opta’s expected goalscoring model – based on the quality of shots on goal received – Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has prevented 9.9 goals in the Champions League since the start of last season (20GC – 29.9 xG), the biggest record in this period. Ederson, the City goalkeeper, conceded 2.3 more goals than expected in the same time (16 goals from 13.8xG).
- Vinícius Júnior has scored or assisted in each of his last 10 starts for Real Madrid in the Champions League (7W 5A). Since the analysis of this data in 2003/2004, only Cristiano Ronaldo has had a longer streak of goals: 11 between June 2017 and April 2018, also at Real Madrid.
- Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has scored 35 goals in 27 Champions League appearances, his minutes per goal record is the best of any player in the history of the competition (58 – min 5 goals).
- Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos (84) and Manchester City’s Rodri (62) are the players with the most passes this season that have broken the press lines in the last third of the Champions League. 25 of those passes from the German were to Vinícius Jr, the highest record from one player to another this season.
The game between the meringues and the burgers can be seen live on ESPN and Fox Sports 1 on the following channels, depending on your cable operator:
ESPN
- VTR: 48 (SD) (Stgo) – 843 (HD)
- DTV: 621 (SD) – 1620 (HD)
- ENTEL: 212 (HD)
- BRIGHT: 174 (SD) – 474 (HD)
- GTD/TELSUR: 84 (SD)
- MOVISTAR: 480 (SD) – 884 (HD)
- YOU SEE: 508 (SD)
- ZAP: 90 (HD)
fox sports 1
- VCR: 166 (SD) – 860 (HD)
- DTV: 604 (SD) – 1604 (SD)
- ENTEL: 241 (HD)
- BRIGHT: 178 (SD) – 478 (HD)
- GTD/TELSUR: 70 (SD) – 846 (HD)
- MOVISTAR: 485 (SD) – 889 (HD)
- YOU SEE: 518 (SD)
- ZAP: 100 (HD)
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Source: Goal