Real Madrid vs VFB Stuttgart | Champions League | League Stage | Pre Match
Real Madrid vs VFB Stuttgart
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Real Madrid have faced 15 different German teams in European competition to date, but this will be their first ever competitive game against Stuttgart.
2
This will be Stuttgart’s first game in the UEFA Champions League since March 2010, when they were beaten 0-4 by Barcelona in the second leg of a Last 16 tie (lost 1-5 on aggregate). Overall, they are winless in all six of their games against Spanish teams in the competition (D2 L4).
3
Real Madrid have only lost one of their last 21 games against German sides in European competition (W14 D6), with that lone defeat coming away to RB Leipzig in the UEFA Champions League in October 2022 (2-3). Indeed, Carlo Ancelotti’s side had already qualified from the group stage heading into that game, and made five changes to their starting XI.
4
Real Madrid have failed to score in only one of their last 74 home matches in the UEFA Champions League, with that exception coming against CSKA Moscow in the group stage in December 2018 (0-3).
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Stuttgart are winless in their last six games in European competition (D3 L3), only once going longer without victory (7 between 1980 and 1984); this will be their first match in such competition since 2013-14 UEFA Europa League qualifying.
