Manchester Metropolis should beat Actual Madrid on the Bernabeu tonight if they’re to face any probability of progressing within the Champions League.
The Residents path the reigning champions 3-2 after a spectacular late collapse on the Etihad within the first leg of their play-off.
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Metropolis led heading into the closing levels due to an Erling Haaland double, however a few poor defensive errors allowed the guests to flip the match.
First, Brahim Diaz equalised after a mistake by Ederson earlier than Vinicius Junior beat Rico Lewis to a bouncing ball and Jude Bellingham was available to faucet in.
Since then, Metropolis have thrashed Newcastle 4-0, with Omar Marmoush grabbing a hat-trick, so their confidence needs to be excessive once more.
However Carlo Ancelotti’s males do not usually lose at residence.
Actual Madrid vs Man Metropolis: One other milestone
Haaland is only one purpose away from his fiftieth within the Champions League, and he is solely performed 48 occasions.
It’s a sensible charge of goalscoring from the Norwegian in supposedly the toughest competitors on this planet.
Nevertheless, Haaland has made it look really easy, and it’s a matter of time earlier than he hits 50.
After all, he’ll hope he can rating at the least one on the Bernabeu as a part of a well-known Metropolis victory.
Actually, at this second in time, that might most likely imply extra to him than this spectacular private milestone.
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- Actual Madrid’s 3-2 win within the first leg in opposition to Man Metropolis was the fortieth time they’ve received the primary leg of a European knockout stage tie away from residence – they’ve progressed from 37 of the earlier 39, failing solely in opposition to Odense Boldklub (1994-95 UEFA Cup) and Ajax (2018-19 UEFA Champions League).
- Man Metropolis’s 3-2 defeat within the first leg was the fifth time they’ve misplaced the primary leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie, occurring to be eradicated on every of the earlier 4 events.
- Actual Madrid have misplaced simply one in all their six UEFA Champions League residence video games in opposition to Manchester Metropolis (W3 D2), happening 2-1 within the spherical of 16 in 2019-20.
Actual Madrid vs Man Metropolis: Group information
The large information for the hosts is that Antonio Rudiger has returned to coaching and is in line to be concerned right here.
David Alaba can be coaching with the primary workforce after damage, so he might be in competition to play some half.
Nevertheless, their defensive woes proceed with Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao and Lucas Vazquez all out.
Bellingham will be capable to play regardless of his purple card on the weekend after he was deemed to have insulted the referee.
In the meantime, Haaland limped off for Pep Guardiola’s aspect on the weekend with what seemed to be a knee drawback, however he’s anticipated to be effective.
Rodri and Manuel Akanji are long-term absentees, whereas Jack Grealish, Ruben Dias and Nathan Ake are uncertain.
Marmoush’s hat-trick is bound to place him in competition.
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- Manchester Metropolis have misplaced 9 of their 27 UEFA Champions League conferences with Spanish opponents, virtually twice as many defeats than in opposition to sides from another nation (5 vs French and German groups). Certainly, their 9 losses vs Spanish groups accounts for 28% of their general defeats within the competitors (9/32).
- Actual Madrid have solely failed to attain in one in all their final 78 UEFA Champions League residence video games (207 targets scored), doing so in a 3-0 loss to CSKA Moscow in December 2018.
- Manchester Metropolis have misplaced every of their final three away video games within the UEFA Champions League. Solely as soon as beforehand have they final 4 in a row within the competitors (beneath Roberto Mancini between 2011 and 2012), whereas that is already Pep Guardiola’s longest dropping streak away from residence within the Champions League.
Actual Madrid vs Man Metropolis: What has been stated?
Guardiola has admitted his aspect have a really small probability of beating Los Blancos.
The Metropolis boss stated: “The margin to win in Bernabeu in that place, all people is aware of that in case you ask earlier than the sport, the share to undergo, I don’t know, we arrive at 1 per cent, will probably be minimal.
“However as a lot as you may have an opportunity, we are going to attempt, that’s for positive.
‘In the event you inform me, in case you carry out like [Saturday], we completed twenty second within the Champions League, after all not, we’d have completed greater.
“However the actuality, we have now been actually, actually poor in efficiency within the outcomes this season, and only for one sport, that right now, performed actually good, and it’s not going to alter the opinion, the truth, the workforce, it’s proper now, and we’re nonetheless not good by way of day-to-day.
“However after all, it’s higher to journey to Madrid with this outcome than imagining defeat within the final minutes, so on the finish, okay, the possibility is, minor, as a result of the outcome was not good, 5 minutes in the past, with 2-1, will probably be completely different, however with 2-3, the possibilities is, however as a lot as you may have an opportunity, we’re going to take it, and we’ll see what occurs.”
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- Manchester Metropolis have misplaced three UEFA Champions League video games when scoring the primary purpose this season – 1-4 in opposition to Sporting CP, 2-4 in opposition to PSG and 2-3 in opposition to Actual Madrid. No workforce has ever misplaced 4 video games regardless of going 1-0 up in a single marketing campaign earlier than.
- Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola would be the first managers to face one another on 10 events within the UEFA Champions League, eight of which have come whereas in control of their present golf equipment, Actual Madrid and Manchester Metropolis. Ancelotti has received 4 of the 9 conferences up to now (D3 L2), whereas he’s by no means misplaced at residence to the Spaniard (W2 D2).
- Actual Madrid’s Jude Bellingham has scored extra UEFA Champions League targets in opposition to Manchester Metropolis than he has versus another opponent (3). It’s additionally the joint-highest variety of targets an English participant has scored in opposition to an English opponent within the competitors (Frank Lampard additionally 3 vs Liverpool).
Actual Madrid vs Man Metropolis: Date and find out how to observe
This Champions League play-off second leg is ready to happen on Wednesday, February 19.
Kick-off on the Bernabeu is scheduled for 8pm UK time.
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