Arsenal vs Atletico Madrid LIVE: UEFA Champions League stats & head-to-head

Arsenal stay unbeaten towards the Atlético Madrid within the UEFA Champions League, profitable 4-0 on the Emirates and drawing 1-1 on the Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium this season. Only two different managers have gone unbeaten of their first three video games towards Atlético boss Diego Simeone within the competitors: Carlo Ancelotti and Maurizio Sarri (3 every).

Winless of their two video games towards Arsenal this season (D1 L1), Atlético Madrid final confronted an opponent 3+ instances in a single marketing campaign with out managing a victory in 2022-23, versus Real Madrid (D1 L2).

Arsenal are unbeaten of their final eight video games towards Spanish sides within the UEFA Champions League (W7 D1). Only one workforce has gone extra consecutive video games towards Spanish opposition with out shedding within the competitors (since 1992-93): Chelsea between March 2006 and April 2014 (16).

Atlético Madrid have misplaced six of their final seven away video games towards English sides within the UEFA Champions League (W1), together with every of the final 4 in a row. Their defeat on the Emirates Stadium earlier this season (0-4 in October 2025) stays their joint-heaviest loss within the European Cup/Champions League (together with 5 different defeats by 4 targets).

When avoiding defeat away from dwelling within the first leg of a European Cup/UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie (over two legs), Arsenal have gone on to progress in eight of their earlier 10, together with the final 5 in a row. Only versus Benfica in 1991-92 (spherical of 16) and Chelsea in 2003-04 (quarter-final) did they fail to progress in that situation.

Arsenal need to attain their first UEFA Champions League last since 2006 – ought to they achieve this, will probably be the longest interval between European Cup/Champions League finals by a workforce within the competitors since Atlético Madrid in 2014 (40 years), and longest by an English aspect since Liverpool in 2005 (additionally 20 years).

Atlético Madrid may attain the ultimate of the UEFA Champions League for the third time beneath Diego Simeone (beforehand in 2014 and 2016). Only two managers have ever reached extra finals within the competitors with the identical membership: Alex Ferguson with Manchester United and Marcello Lippi with Juventus (4 every).

Arsenal have solely misplaced two of their final 23 matches within the UEFA Champions League (W17 D4), whereas each of these defeats got here towards reigning champions Paris SG (each legs of final season’s semi-finals). The Gunners are but to lose a recreation within the present version (P13 W10 D3), and will go 14 consecutive matches with out defeat for the primary time their European Cup/Champions League historical past.

Arsenal common simply 0.65 targets conceded per recreation beneath Mikel Arteta within the UEFA Champions League (24 targets conceded in 37 video games). This is the bottom targets awarded per recreation ratio for any supervisor with 20+ video games within the competitors, forward of Frank Rijkaard (0.68).

Atlético Madrid’s Julián Álvarez has averaged a aim or help each 80 minutes in his UEFA Champions League profession (34 in 2,710 minutes – 25 targets, 9 assists). Of strikers with 20+ aim involvements within the competitors, solely Erling Haaland (74) has a greater ratio.

Along with having 14 aim involvements in 14 video games within the UEFA Champions League this season (10 targets, 4 assists), Atlético Madrid’s Julián Álvarez leads all gamers on this version for high-intensity pressures (899). In reality, the Argentinean is the participant who has accounted for the best share of his workforce’s high-intensity pressures within the competitors this time period (16.1% – 899/5,573).

Along with finishing essentially the most passes (83), Arsenal’s Declan Rice led all gamers within the first leg of this tie for line-breaking passes (12) and progressive carries (12). Indeed, Rice has had two knockout stage video games with 10+ line-breaking passes and 10+ progressive carries on this version (away to Bayer Leverkusen & Atlético Madrid); the one midfielder with extra in knockout stage matches this time period is Vitinha (3).

Based on the xG of pictures on track confronted (ex. OGs), Arsenal’s David Raya has prevented extra targets than some other goalkeeper within the UEFA Champions League for the reason that begin of final season (+9.9 – 13 conceded from 22.9 xG on track), in addition to having essentially the most clear sheets of any goalkeeper on this interval (14).

Atlético Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann may make his 128th and last ever look in main European competitors (at present on 127); the fourth-most ever by a French participant, solely behind Karim Benzema (152), Thierry Henry (135) and Claude Makélélé (130). Griezmann can also be considered one of solely 4 Frenchmen with 50+ targets in main European competitors (50), together with Karim Benzema (90), Kylian Mbappé (78) and Thierry Henry (58).

Arsenal’s Viktor Gyökeres may turn into simply the third participant to attain in each legs of a UEFA Champions League semi-final for a Premier League workforce, after Sadio Mané for Liverpool (2021-22 v Villarreal and 2017-18 v Roma) and Riyad Mahrez for Manchester City (2020-21 v Paris SG).