MATCH FACTS
Manchester City have never won against Real Madrid – they have faced each other four times, each time in the Champions League, with City losing away and drawing at home.
Real Madrid have prevailed in their last four Champions League knockout ties against English opposition: 5-0 on aggregate v Tottenham (2010/11 quarter-finals), 3-2 v Manchester Utd (2012/13 round of 16), 1-0 v Manchester City (2015/16 semi-finals), 3-1 v Liverpool (2017/18 final).
Madrid have reached the knockout stages for the 23rd season in a row, the longest run in the history of the tournament.
The Spaniards have scored in each of their last 22 home games in the knockout stages; the last team to stop them from scoring were Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona in the 2010/11 semi-finals (0-2). However, Real have failed to win their last three knockout matches at the Bernabeu (D1 L2); they have never gone four matches in a row without a victory.
City are in the knockout stages of the Champions League for the seventh straight season, reaching at least the quarter-finals in three of the last four campaigns.
If he plays, it will be Eden Hazard’s 50th Champions League game. Penalties excluded, the Real Madrid forward has scored only four goals in his previous 49 appearances.
City striker Raheem Sterling has scored 10 goals in his last 13 Champions League appearances, that’s one more than in his previous 34 matches (9). Only Lionel Messi (6) and Cristiano Ronaldo (5) scored more times than Sterling in last season’s knockout stages (4).
Zinedine Zidane has won all 12 Champions League ties he’s been involved in as Real boss (9 two-legged ties and 3 finals). He holds three Champions League trophies as manager, a joint record alongside Bob Paisley and Carlo Ancelotti.