The stats for Chelsea - Atlético de Madrid
Our team takes on the English side at Stamford Bridge in the return leg of the Champions League last 16. The game is to be played on Wednesday at 9pm CET.
Atleti travel to London to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The Champions League semifinals second leg fixture is to be played at 9pm CET on Wednesday.
- We have faced the English club three times at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League (1W, 1D, 1L). Our victory came in the 2013/14 season, when we won 3-1 in the return leg of the semifinals.
- Chelsea have never been knocked out after winning the first game away in a two-legged tie (they qualified all 13 times).
- Since Simeone became our coach, we’re unbeaten at Stamford Bridge in the Champions League (1W, 1D). Apart from our semifinals win in 2014, we drew 1-1 in the 2017/18 group stage.
- Our club has progressed 50% of the times it has lost the first leg game in the European Cup / Champions League (four out of eight). Out of the 72 clubs that lost in the first leg at least five times, only Reims (60%, 3/5) have a better percentage.
- Nine out of the last 10 coaches that competed in the Champions League with Chelsea won their first home fixture. Tuchel has only lost three out of his 16 home games in the competition (11W, 2D).
- Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud averages a goal every 38’ in the Champions League this season – the best ratio ever out of any player with at least 200’ played in the competition.
- The English side’s goalkeeper, Édouard Mendy, has the best save rate in the current edition of the Champions League (93.8%).
- Giroud is Chelsea’s top striker in the competition with six goals, whereas Havertz has provided the most assists (two).
- João Félix is our top scorer in the Champions League (three) and Correa our top assist provider (two).
