We are back in Champions League action as Real Madrid come to Stamford Bridge for the first leg of our quarter-final. Here are all the statistics you need ahead of facing the Spanish side in the competition for the second season in a row...
Head to head
Chelsea and Real Madrid have both scored 17 and conceded five goals in their eight Champions League matches this season.
Having never met in the Champions League until 2021, Chelsea and Real Madrid are paired together in the knockout stages for the second successive year and first time in front of supporters.
Real Madrid have faced Chelsea more often without winning than any other side in their history, failing to win in all five games against us.
Last meeting at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea 2-0 Real Madrid (3-1 on aggregate) Champions League semi-final second leg, Stamford Bridge, 5 May 2021, 8pm
Our previous meetings with Real Madrid
European Cup Winners’ Cup final, 19 May 1971 Karaiskakis Stadium, Greece Real Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (after extra time) Goals: Zoco 90; Osgood 56
European Cup Winners’ Cup final replay, 21 May 1971 Karaiskakis Stadium, Greece Real Madrid 1-2 Chelsea Goals: Fleitas 75; Dempsey 32, Osgood 56
UEFA Super Cup final, 28 August 1998 Stade Louis II, Monaco Real Madrid 0 Chelsea 1 Goal: Poyet 81
Champions League semi-final first leg, 27 April 2021
Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, Madrid
Real Madid 1-1 Chelsea
Goals: Benzema 29; Pulisic 14
Chelsea stats
Hakim Ziyech has been directly involved in five goals in eight starts for Chelsea in the Champions League (three goals, two assists).
The Blues have progressed in eight of our previous nine ties at this stage in the competition. The only exception was against Man Utd in 2010/11 when we lost 3-1 on aggregate.
Chelsea are seeking to win five consecutive knockout games in the Champions League for the first time.
The Blues have only lost two of our last 21 Champions League games since the beginning of last season (15 wins).
Chelsea are unbeaten in our past seven Champions League matches against Spanish opposition (four wins, three draws).
We have won six consecutive Champions League games at Stamford Bridge while keeping a clean sheet for the first time in our history (aggregate 15-0).
Chelsea average the highest possession stats in this season’s competition (59.9%).
The Blues need two goals to reach 100 for the season in our 51st match. Last term we reached 97 in total in our 59 matches in all competitions.
The Blues need two goals to reach 100 for the season in our 51st match. Last term we reached 97 in total in our 59 matches in all competitions.
Real Madrid stats
This season La Liga - First Copa del Rey - Quarter-finals Supercopa de Espana - Winners Champions League - Quarter-finals Top scorer in all competitions - Karim Benzema 34
This season’s Champions League campaign Inter Milan 0-1 Real Madrid Real Madrid 1-2 Sheriff Tiraspol Shakhtar Donetsk 0-5 Real Madrid Real Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk Sheriff Tiraspol 0-3 Real Madrid Real Madrid 2-0 Inter Milan Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 Real Madrid Real Madrid 3-1 Paris Saint-Germain
Real Madrid are in the European Cup quarter-finals for the 37th time, more than any other side. They have only failed to progress on six occasions.
In the Champions League era, they have won their last nine contests at the stage. Monaco were the last team to prevail, on away goals in 2003/04.
The Merengues have won eight of their last 15 Champions League away games, losing their most recent encounter, at Stamford Bridge last season (they have two draws, five defeats in that sequence).
Real Madrid have kept two clean sheets in their last 16 knockout stage games in the Champions League.
The Spanish side are without a win in their last five away games against English clubs, losing three. Real's overall away record against English clubs is six wins, five draws and eight defeats.
They have also not won any of their last three Champions League away matches at the knockout stage, failing to score in all three games.
Real Madrid have won six of their last seven games in all competitions, losing the other 4-0 at home to Barcelona just before the international break.
Carlo Ancelotti is the manager of Real Madrid as they take on one of his old teams for the second successive round in the Champions League. He is the only manager in Chelsea’s history to win both the Premier League and the FA Cup in the same season (2009/10).
Carlo Ancelotti’s managerial record against Chelsea Won: 1 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2