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Real Madrid vs Man City: Key stats

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Defending champions Real Madrid host Manchester City in the second leg of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League playoff tonight, after a 3-2 first leg win at the Etihad Stadium last week.

Here are some key stats ahead of the blockbuster second leg clash: 

**Madrid have lost just one of their six Champions League home games against Man City.

**Real Madrid's win last week was the 40th time they have won the first leg of a European knockout stage tie away from home – they have progressed from 37 of the previous 39, failing only against Odense Boldklub (1994-95 UEFA Cup) and Ajax (2018-19 Champions League).

**Madrid have lost just one of their six Champions League home games against City (W3 D2), going down 2-1 in the round of 16 in 2019-20.

**This will mark the 10th Champions League meeting between Carlo Ancelotti and Guardiola.

**They will be the first managers to face each other on 10 occasions in the competition, eight of which have come while in charge of their current clubs. Ancelotti has won four of the nine meetings so far (D3 L2), while he has never lost at home to Guardiola in the competition (W2 D2).

**Madrid and City drew 3-3 in Spain and 1-1 in England in their quarter-final meeting last season, with Los Blancos winning on penalties at the Etihad.

**Man City's 3-2 defeat in the first leg was the fifth time they've lost the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie, going on to be eliminated on each of the previous four occasions.

**Manchester City have lost nine of their 27 UEFA Champions League meetings with Spanish opponents, almost twice as many defeats than against sides from any other nation (5 vs French and German teams). Indeed, their nine losses vs Spanish teams accounts for 28% of their overall defeats in the competition (9/32).

**Manchester City have lost each of their last three away games in the UEFA Champions League. Only once previously have they last four in a row in the competition (under Roberto Mancini between 2011 and 2012), while this is already Pep Guardiola's longest losing streak away from home in the Champions League.

**Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has scored 49 goals in 48 UEFA Champions League games, with his brace in the first leg his first ever strikes against Real Madrid. A goal here would see him become the fastest to 50 goals in terms of both appearances and age (24 years 213 days).

**Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham has scored more UEFA Champions League goals against Manchester City than he has versus any other opponent (3). It's also the joint-highest number of goals an English player has scored against an English opponent in the competition (Frank Lampard also 3 vs Liverpool).
 

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Champions League

Real Madrid vs Man City: Key stats

PHOTO: AFP/REUTERS

Defending champions Real Madrid host Manchester City in the second leg of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League playoff tonight, after a 3-2 first leg win at the Etihad Stadium last week.

Here are some key stats ahead of the blockbuster second leg clash: 

**Madrid have lost just one of their six Champions League home games against Man City.

**Real Madrid's win last week was the 40th time they have won the first leg of a European knockout stage tie away from home – they have progressed from 37 of the previous 39, failing only against Odense Boldklub (1994-95 UEFA Cup) and Ajax (2018-19 Champions League).

**Madrid have lost just one of their six Champions League home games against City (W3 D2), going down 2-1 in the round of 16 in 2019-20.

**This will mark the 10th Champions League meeting between Carlo Ancelotti and Guardiola.

**They will be the first managers to face each other on 10 occasions in the competition, eight of which have come while in charge of their current clubs. Ancelotti has won four of the nine meetings so far (D3 L2), while he has never lost at home to Guardiola in the competition (W2 D2).

**Madrid and City drew 3-3 in Spain and 1-1 in England in their quarter-final meeting last season, with Los Blancos winning on penalties at the Etihad.

**Man City's 3-2 defeat in the first leg was the fifth time they've lost the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie, going on to be eliminated on each of the previous four occasions.

**Manchester City have lost nine of their 27 UEFA Champions League meetings with Spanish opponents, almost twice as many defeats than against sides from any other nation (5 vs French and German teams). Indeed, their nine losses vs Spanish teams accounts for 28% of their overall defeats in the competition (9/32).

**Manchester City have lost each of their last three away games in the UEFA Champions League. Only once previously have they last four in a row in the competition (under Roberto Mancini between 2011 and 2012), while this is already Pep Guardiola's longest losing streak away from home in the Champions League.

**Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has scored 49 goals in 48 UEFA Champions League games, with his brace in the first leg his first ever strikes against Real Madrid. A goal here would see him become the fastest to 50 goals in terms of both appearances and age (24 years 213 days).

**Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham has scored more UEFA Champions League goals against Manchester City than he has versus any other opponent (3). It's also the joint-highest number of goals an English player has scored against an English opponent in the competition (Frank Lampard also 3 vs Liverpool).
 

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