Atletico Madrid vs. RB Leipzig | UEFA Champions League | League Stage | Pre Match
Atletico Madrid vs. RB Leipzig
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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The only previous UEFA European meeting between Atlético Madrid and RB Leipzig was in a single-legged quarter-final in 2019-20, won 2-1 by the German side at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon.
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Atlético Madrid have suffered five defeats in their last eight UEFA Champions League meetings with German clubs (W1 D2), their only win in that sequence coming at home to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of last season’s quarter-final.
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Atlético Madrid were the only side with a 100% home win ratio in last season’s UEFA Champions League, winning all five games. It’s their fourth different run of five home wins in a row but they have never previously won six in a row on home soil in the competition.
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RB Leipzig have lost their opening game in two of the last three UEFA Champions League campaigns, although they won 3-1 against Young Boys last season. Those three games have produced 18 goals, an average of six per game.
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Only Sevilla (30 years, 66 days) named an older starting XI on average in last season’s UEFA Champions League than Atlético Madrid (29 years, 331 days). Their last starting XI of the campaign away at Borussia Dortmund had an average of 31 years and 6 days, their oldest for any Champions League match.
