Two acquainted foes collide within the Champions League spherical of 16 as Actual Madrid host the primary leg of their tie with capital rivals Atletico.
The pair confronted off solely lately in a big bout on the high of La Liga. Julian Alvarez handed Atleti a primary half lead from the penalty spot earlier than the red-hot Kylian Mbappe restored parity early within the second half. Nonetheless, the Madrid rivals are at the moment trailing Barcelona within the title race.
Carlo Ancelotti’s aspect overcame Manchester Metropolis to advance into the final 16 following an underwhelming league part, whereas Atleti loved a productive begin to the competitors and certified for this part routinely.
The guests enter the primary leg off the again of an vital 1-0 dwelling win over high 4 hopefuls Athletic Membership, they usually’ll be seeking to benefit from a Madrid staff that misplaced 2-1 away at Actual Betis on Saturday. The hosts have received simply certainly one of their earlier 5 La Liga video games.
Right here is 90min’s information to Tuesday’s Champions League spherical of 16 first leg.
Actual Madrid vs Atletico Madrid head-to-head report (final 5 video games)
Present type (all competitions)
Actual Madrid | Atletico Madrid |
|---|---|
Actual Betis 2-1 Actual Madrid – 01/03/25 | Atletico Madrid 1-0 Athletic Membership – 01/03/25 |
Actual Sociedad 0-1 Actual Madrid – 26/02/25 | Barcelona 4-4 Atletico Madrid – 25/02/25 |
Actual Madrid 2-0 Girona – 23/02/25 | Valencia 0-3 Atletico Madrid – 22/02/25 |
Actual Madrid 3-1 Man Metropolis – 19/02/25 | Atletico Madrid 1-1 Celta Vigo – 15/02/25 |
Osasuna 1-1 Actual Madrid – 15/02/25 | Actual Madrid 1-1 Atletico Madrid – 08/02/25 |
Nation | TV channel/stay stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports activities 1 |
United States | Paramount+, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, TUDN USA, UniMás |
Canada | DAZN Canada |
Whereas Jude Bellingham is as soon as once more out there for home choice after serving a two-game ban, the Englishman is suspended for Tuesday’s first leg on account of yellow card accumulation on this competitors. Brahim Diaz will seemingly proceed on the suitable aspect of midfield.
Federico Valverde has been coping with a minor hamstring subject however is predicted to return to Ancelotti’s XI right here, and he could nicely change Lucas Vazquez at right-back.
Raul Asencio is ready to interchange David Alaba and associate Antonio Rudiger at centre-back, whereas Jesus Vallejo, Eder Militao, Dani Carvajal, and Dani Ceballos are all out of motion.
Actual Madrid predicted lineup vs Atletico (4-4-2): Courtois; Valverde, Rudiger, Asencio, Mendy; Brahim, Tchouameni, Camavinga, Rodrygo; Vinicius, Mbappe.
Atletico’s two damage considerations revolve round two veterans, Cesar Azpilicueta and stalwart midfielder Koke.
Neither participant is predicted to characteristic on Tuesday.
Julian Alvarez was the match-winner in La Liga on the weekend after showing off the bench. He’ll change Alexander Sorloth within the beginning XI on the Bernabeu. Jose Gimenez and Marcos Llorente also needs to come into Simeone’s lineup.
Atletico predicted lineup vs Actual Madrid (4-4-2): Oblak; Llorente, Gimenez, Le Normand, Galan; Simeone, De Paul, Barrios, Gallagher; Alvarez, Griezmann.
Madrid rallied after falling behind within the latest head-to-head match-up, and whereas Ancelotti’s aspect are doubtlessly fallible, we should not learn an excessive amount of into their La Liga malaise. They all the time flip it on when it issues most on this competitors, however they are going to miss the operating energy and box-crashing talents of Bellingham on Tuesday night time.
We all know that the guests will cede territory and management earlier than springing in transition, and they need to have success in opposition to a Madrid staff with distinct structural points with out the ball.
Nonetheless, provided that this can be a massive European night time on the Bernabeu, it is exhausting to look previous the hosts heading into the second leg with a bonus.
