Champions League Matchday 8: Atlético de Madrid vs Bodø/Glimt facts

Atlético de Madrid will look to snatch a place in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 as they bring down the curtain on their league phase campaign at home against a Bodø/Glimt side whose famous victory last time out has given them hope of joining the Spanish side in the knockout phase.

Atleti go into Matchday 8 in 12th position in the standings on 13 points having had a three-game winning run ended in their last fixture. Bodø/Glimt are 28th on six points.

Last match

This is the sides' first meeting and Bodø/Glimt's first fixture against Spanish opponents.

Atleti have won all six matches against Norwegian teams, scoring 17 goals and conceding only four. Most recently, they beat Strømsgodset 4-1 on aggregate in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (2-1 h, 2-0 a).

Atleti have scored 12 goals in their three fixtures at home to Norwegian visitors.

Atlético de Madrid

Atlético are making their 16th appearance in the Champions League proper and a 13th in succession. They have featured every season since 2013/14.

Runners-up in 2014 and 2016, both against Real Madrid, Diego Simeone's side lost to their neighbours on penalties in last season's round of 16 (1-2 a, 1-0 h, 2-4 pens). They had finished fifth in the league phase (W6 L2).

Bodø/Glimt

This is Bodø/Glimt's fourth Champions League campaign – all since 2021. They have reached the competition proper for the first time, the third Norwegian team to do so after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once) and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Bodø/Glimt entered this season's Champions League in the play-offs, beating Sturm Graz 6-2 on aggregate (5-0 h, 1-2 a).

Key stats

Atleti striker Alexander Sørloth had a loan spell at Bodø/Glimt in 2015, scoring 14 goals in 29 appearances.

Atleti drew 1-1 at Galatasaray on Matchday 7, their first draw in 12 league phase fixtures (W9 L2).

The Spanish side have lost only one of their last 18 home Champions League (W13 D4), winning 12 of the last 13 (L1).

Atleti have not kept a clean sheet in their last ten league phase matches.

Diego Simeone's side have scored in the first half in six of their seven league phase matches this season.

Julián Alvarez has scored in Atleti’s three home Champions League fixtures this season.

A 3-1 home victory against 2023 winners Manchester City on Matchday 7 was Bodø/Glimt's first-ever in the league phase.

Bodø/Glimt were the first Norwegian team to win a match in the Champions League proper since Rosenborg defeated Valencia 2-0 in Spain on 6 November 2007.

Bodø/Glimt have only failed to score in two of their last 23 European matches and have found the net at least twice in five of their seven league phase matches this season.

Jens Petter Hauge has scored in Bodø/Glimt's last two matches.