The stats for Atleti-Liverpool
Our team hosts the English side on Tuesday in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.
Atleti face Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday. The game is to be played at the Wanda Metropolitano at 9 pm CET.
- Both sides have played each other four times in UEFA competitions, with a win for either side and two draws.
- Nonetheless, our team has a positive record against English clubs: 11W, 12D, 6L, 39 goals scored and 33 conceded.
- Our biggest wins against English sides were a 3-0 victory over Manchester United (UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, Oct. 23, 1991) and a 4-1 success against Chelsea (UEFA Super Cup, Aug. 31, 2012).
- Out of the eight goals we’ve scored so far in the Champions League, five have been netted with the right foot and three with the head.
- Both teams are among the sides that take the most shots in the competition. Liverpool are fourth with 16.83 shots per match, whereas Atleti are sixth with 15.83.
- Only Manchester City have completed more passes than Liverpool. Jürgen Klopp’s men have passed the ball 3,753 times, and are tied with Guardiola’s side and Bayern Munich as the team that enjoys the most possession (39 minutes per match).
- Our team has conceded 0.83 goals per game so far in the Champions League; Liverpool, 1.33.
- Two players in each team have played every minute so far in the competition (540): Oblak and Saúl for Atleti and Salah and van Dijk for the Reds.
- Saúl is the fifth player that has covered the most distance in the competition: 70,008 metres.
- Only Ajax’s Hakim Ziyech (Ajax) has provided more assists (five) than Firmino, who is tied with Corentin Tolisso (Bayern) and Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) with four.
- Virgil van Dijk is the third player that has completed the most passes in the current edition of the Champions League (466).
