Pep Guardiola’s dominant record over Los Blancos, and Ilkay Gundogan’s landmark in sight – Stat Preview: Real Madrid vs Manchester City (Champions League Semi-Final First-Leg)

Manchester City take on European heavyweights Real Madrid in part one of a two-legged Champions League semi-final contest on Tuesday night.

Last time out in the competition, City made relatively easy work of a quarter-final meeting with Bayern Munich, knocking out the Bundesliga champions through a 4-1 aggregate scoreline with two goals from Erling Haaland, and strikes from Rodri and Bernardo Silva.

Pep Guardiola’s side most recently ran out 2-1 winners over Leeds United in Premier League action on Saturday afternoon, with captain Ilkay Gundogan scoring a brace to retain City’s place as the league leaders for another gameweek.

The two contests against Real Madrid across the course of the next fortnight are split by a crucial Premier League contest against Everton on Sunday afternoon, with Sean Dyche’s side coming into the meeting off the back of a shock 1-5 win away to Brighton.

Manchester City are currently on a strong winning run across all competitions that spans back to February, and as such come into the meeting against Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid full of confidence.

Ahead of kick-off in the Champions League semi-final first-leg tie at the Santiago Bernabeu, here are the all important statistics and potential landmarks to look out for between Real Madrid and Manchester City!

Real Madrid

• English sides have only won four of their 18 combined away games at Real Madrid in the Champions League (D4, L10), with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester City all winning once each.

• Real Madrid are on a run of three consecutive clean sheets in the Champions League, while they have gone 346 minutes without conceding since Mohamed Salah’s goal in the round of 16 first-leg at Anfield.

Manchester City

• Pep Guardiola has only lost five of his 21 matches against Real Madrid across all competitions (W12, D4).

• Pep Guardiola has lost half of his meetings against Real Madrid since he left Barcelona (3/6), after only losing two of 15 games against them when he was in charge of Real Madrid’s rivals (W9, D4).

Previous Meetings

• Real Madrid and Manchester City will meet for the ninth time in European competition in this match, with both sides winning three of the previous eight (D2).

• Manchester City have won three of the last four meetings (L1), but did lose the most recent – 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu in last season’s Champions League semi-final second-leg.

• Manchester City could become the first English side to beat Real Madrid away from home in the UEFA Champions League on multiple occasions, having previously won 2-1 there in February 2020.

• The last four UEFA Champions League games between Real Madrid (8) and Manchester City (9) have seen 17 goals scored, at an average of 4.3 per match.

• While Manchester City had 31 shots on target compared to Real Madrid’s 17, the Spanish side netted with 47% of their attempts on target, compared to 28% for the Citizens.

Potential Landmarks

• Ilkay Gundogan is closing in on his 300th appearance for Manchester City across all competitions.

• Kevin De Bruyne is five strikes away from 100 Manchester City goals in his career.

• Real Madrid vs Manchester City in the Champions League semi-final first-leg will be Pep Guardiola’s 75th in the competition while in charge of the Etihad club.