Atletico Madrid-Roma: confirmed lineups and live updates
• Roma and Atlético Madrid’s only previous meeting before the 0-0 draw played out in Matchday 1 came in the quarter finals of the 1998/99 UEFA Cup; the Madrid side won both games by a 2-1 scoreline.
• Atlético Madrid are unbeaten against Italian opposition in the Champions League (W3 D2).
• Roma have tasted defeat in four of their last five visits to Spanish clubs on the road in the Champions League (W1); letting in 15 goals across those matches (an average of three per game).
• Roma have gone through their first four games of a Champions League campaign without a defeat for the first time ever (W2 D2).
• Atlético Madrid are currently sat on three points; in 46 previous instances of a side having three points after four matches since the current format was initiated in the 2003/04 campaign, only two sides have managed to progress to the Last 16 of the Champions League (4%).
• Roma have only accrued one win across their last 11 Champions League matches played away from home (D5 L5) and haven’t kept an away clean sheet in this competition in their last 23 attempts; last doing so in March 2007 against Lyon (2-0).
• Atlético Madrid have only suffered two defeats in their last 25 home games in the Champions League (W18 D5); registering 18 clean sheets across those fixtures.
• The 0-0 draw played out between these sides on Matchday 1 saw the visitors from the Spanish capital register 20 shots, 10 of which were on target; Roma could only hit the target once.
• Stephan El Shaarawy recorded his first ever Champions League brace in his last appearance; scoring two of Roma’s three goals against Chelsea.
• Nine of the last 14 Champions League goals scored by Atlético Madrid have seen the direct involvement of Antoine Griezmann (seven scored and two assists).