Atlético Madrid have lost the first leg in six previous UEFA Champions League ties and have come back to progress from three of them, with all three instances coming when they’ve lost the first leg away (2014-15 last 16 vs Bayer Leverkusen, 2015-16  quarter-final vs Barcelona and 2023-24 last 16 vs Inter).

Real Madrid have progressed from 21 of their last 22 UEFA Champions League ties when they’ve won the first leg, with the exception against Ajax in the last 16 in 2018-19. Under Carlo Ancelotti, they’ve progressed from nine out of nine.

Atlético Madrid have only lost one of their last seven home games against Real Madrid in all competitions (W3 D3). In home games against them in cup competitions, meanwhile, Atlético are unbeaten in the last five, winning four of them (D1).

Since winning eight consecutive away games against Atlético Madrid between January 2008 and February 2014, Real Madrid have only won three of their last 17 away matches against them across all competitions (W7 D7).

Atlético Madrid haven’t lost a UEFA Champions League knockout match at one of their home stadiums (Vicente Calderón and Metropolitano Stadium) since a 3-2 defeat to Ajax in March 1997 and are unbeaten in 18 since (W11 D7).

This will be Carlo Ancelotti's 75th UEFA Champions League game as Real Madrid boss, becoming the first Los Blancos manager to reach this milestone in the competition and seventh coach to do so with a single team.

Real Madrid are averaging 2.55 goals per game in the UEFA Champions League this season (28 in 11 games), their best in a season since 2016-17 (2.77). They’ve had more shots on target this season (78) than they had in 13 games last season (74).

Julián Alvarez has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last five UEFA Champions League appearances for Atlético (6 goals, 1 assist). The only two Argentinean players to score or assist in six in a row are Claudio López (six in 1999 for Valencia) and Lionel Messi (eight in 2011-12 and six in 2014 for Barcelona).

Rodrygo scored his 25th UEFA Champions League goal for Real Madrid in the first leg against Atlético Madrid. He’s the fourth-youngest player (24 years, 54 days) to score 25 for a team in the history of the competition, behind Lionel Messi for Barcelona (22 years, 286 days), Kylian Mbappé for PSG (22 years, 352 days) and Raul for Real Madrid (23 years, 252 days).

Real Madrid’s Luka Modric is averaging 17.7 line-breaking passes per 90 in the UEFA Champions League this season; the most of any player with 300+ minutes played. Only two Real Madrid players made more than Modric (8) in the first leg, despite him only coming off the bench in the 62nd minute.