Champions league: Atletico-Chelsea 1-2 | As it happened...
MATCH PREVIEW:
- Atlético Madrid are unbeaten in their last four competitive games against Chelsea (W2 D2). However, the two encounters between both sides in Madrid have ended as draws.
- Under Diego Simeone, Atlético Madrid have won 18 of their 23 Champions League home games (D4 L1), their only defeat coming against Benfica in September 2015 (1-2).
- Atlético Madrid have also kept a clean sheet in 16 of their last 19 Champions League home games.
- This is Atlético’s fifth consecutive Champions League campaign, the longest run in their history. They were beaten finalists in 2013/14 and 2015/16, whilst being eliminated in the quarters in 2014/15 and semis last season.
- Over the last 10 seasons of the Champions League, there have been 155 cases of teams attempting 10 or more shots on target in a game. Only three of them didn’t produce a single goal, including Atlético Madrid on matchday one against Roma (10 shots on target, 0 goal).
- Chelsea’s 6-0 win on matchday one against Qarabag equaled their largest margin of victory in the Champions League (6-0 v Maribor, October 2014)
- Eden Hazard has scored only one goal in his last 13 Champions League games, it was from the penalty spot against Paris Saint-Germain in March 2015.
- This is Antonio Conte’s third Champions League campaign as manager. His best performance was in 2012/13 when he reached the quarter-finals with Juventus.
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