Real Madrid vs Manchester City facts

Real Madrid hold the upper hand against Manchester City as the teams meet for the conclusion of their UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off tie.

Paired together for the fourth season in succession, a pulsating first leg at the City of Manchester Stadium on 11 February ended 3-2 to the holders despite Erling Haaland twice giving the home side the lead (19, 80pen). Kylian Mbappé (60) and former City forward Brahim Díaz (86) both levelled before Jude Bellingham snatched victory for Madrid with the final kick of the game (90+2), inflicting City's first home European loss in 36 matches.

Madrid eliminated City in dramatic fashion in the 2021/22 semi-finals and last season's quarter-finals, going on to lift the trophy on each occasion. City, meanwhile, prevailed in the last four two seasons ago on their way to claiming a first European Cup.

Previous meetings

Matches 13
Real Madrid wins 4
Manchester City wins 4
Draws 5
Real Madrid goals 21
Manchester City goals 23

All 13 of the teams' previous meetings have come in the Champions League.

2012/13 group stage
Real Madrid 3-2 Manchester City
Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid
Madrid twice came from behind to win in Spain on Matchday 1. City led twice through Edin Džeko and Aleksandar Kolarov but Madrid responded through Marcelo and Karim Benzema before Cristiano Ronaldo snatched a 90th-minute victory. In Manchester, Sergio Agüero's penalty cancelled out Karim Benzema's early strike.

2015/16 semi-finals
Manchester City 0-0 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 1-0 Manchester City
A Fernando own goal at the Santiago Bernabéu proved enough to take Zinédine Zidane's Madrid into the final, where they beat Atlético de Madrid on penalties, at the expense of Manuel Pellegrini's City.

2019/20 round of 16
Real Madrid 1-2 Manchester City
Manchester City 2-1 Real Madrid
Josep Guardiola's City were victorious in both legs against Zidane's Madrid despite falling behind to Isco's strike at the Santiago Bernabéu. Late goals from Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne, a penalty, turned the game around, Madrid ending with ten men after captain Sergio Ramos was dismissed. That was City's first victory against Madrid but they clinched their aggregate win with a second in the delayed second leg in Manchester thanks to Jesus after Sterling's early goal had been levelled by Benzema.

2021/22 semi-finals
Manchester City 4-3 Real Madrid
Real Madrid 3-1 Manchester City (aet)
Karim Benzema scored twice in the first leg, De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva among the City goalscorers and Vinícius Júnior getting Madrid's second. Riyad Mahrez extended City's aggregate advantage at the Santiago Bernabéu only for Rodrygo (90, 90+1) to score twice in 90 seconds and force extra time, where Benzema was fouled by Rúben Dias and converted the penalty to send Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid through.

2022/23 semi-finals
Real Madrid 1-1 Manchester City
Manchester City 4-0 Real Madrid
In the first leg of the teams' second successive semi-final, a fine Vinícius Júnior opener was cancelled out by an equally spectacular De Bruyne equaliser. In Manchester, however, Bernardo Silva's first-half double and late goals from Manuel Akanji and substitute Julián Alvarez sealing City's second European Cup final appearance and equalled Madrid's biggest Champions League defeat.

2023/24 quarter-finals
Real Madrid 3-3 Manchester City
Manchester City 1-1 Real Madrid (aet, 3-4 pens)
Federico Valverde's late volley ensured a thrilling first leg finished level, Bernado Silva, Foden and Joško Gvardiol having scored for City and a Rúben Dias own goal and Rodrygo for Madrid. In Manchester Rodrygo's 12th-minute opener was cancelled out by De Bruyne 14 minutes from time, the tie ultimately going to penalties. Luka Modrić missed Madrid's first kick but Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovačić subsequently failed from the spot for City, Antonio Rüdiger drilling in the decisive kick.

Form guide

Real Madrid

Record vs English clubs: W25 D16 L18 F91 A76
Home record vs English clubs: W12 D9 L4

Madrid had already faced Premier League opponents this season before the first leg, going down 2-0 at Liverpool on Matchday 5.

A 3-2 second-leg loss after extra time to Chelsea in the 2021/22 quarter-finals – a tie Madrid won 5-4 on aggregate – is one of only four they have suffered at home to English clubs.

Madrid's record in two-legged knockout ties against English clubs is W14 L7. Wins against Liverpool and Chelsea in 2022/23 prior to losing to City and last season's success against City have made it nine aggregate victories in the last 12, although their last three Champions League eliminations have all been by Premier League opponents – Chelsea in the 2020/21 semi-finals (1-1 h, 0-2 a) and City in the 2019/20 round of 16 and 2022/23 semi-finals.

Including the 2021/22 final, this is the tenth time Madrid have been paired with English opposition in their last 14 Champions League knockout ties, and the eighth in the last 11.

Madrid claimed their record-extending 15th European Cup in 2023/24 with a 2-0 final victory against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley.

The Spanish side have won 20 of their last 27 home European games (D4 L3), the 1-3 defeat by AC Milan on Matchday 4 ending a 16-match unbeaten run (W13 D3). Madrid have scored 13 goals in winning their other three home matches this season, against Stuttgart (3-1), Dortmund (5-2) and Salzburg (5-1).

The Merengues claimed their second La Liga championship in three years and 36th overall in 2023/24.

Madrid have won 37 of the 39 ties in which they recorded an away first-leg win in UEFA competition, most recently against Leipzig in last season's round of 16. They lost against Ajax in the 2018/19 Champions League round of 16 (2-1 a, 1-4 h), their first aggregate defeat when winning the away first leg since losing to OB Odense in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup third round (3-2 a, 0-2 h) – the latter the sole previous tie in which they won the away first leg 3-2.

Madrid's record in five UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W3 L2:
5-6 v Crvena zvezda, 1974/75 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final
3-1 v Juventus, 1986/87 European Cup second round
1-3 v Bayern München, 2011/12 Champions League semi-final
5-3 v Atlético de Madrid, 2015/16 Champions League final
4-3 v Manchester City, 2023/24 Champions League quarter-final

Manchester City

Record vs Spanish clubs: W13 D9 L11 F57 A48
Away record vs Spanish clubs: W4 D4 L8

City had already faced Spanish opposition last season before taking on Madrid, beating Sevilla 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the UEFA Super Cup in Piraeus.

Guardiola's side won 4-0 at Sevilla on Matchday 1 in 2022/23, one of only four victories in their 16 visits to Spain (D4 L8).

City have now lost two of their last 15 games against Spanish sides, a run that includes eight victories.

Last season's defeat against Madrid made City's record against Spanish clubs in two-legged knockout ties W4 L6.

This is City's 14th successive season in the Champions League proper; they have featured in every campaign since 2011/12 and have reached the knockout stages in each of the last 12.

The first-leg defeat ended City's 35-match unbeaten home run in Europe (W30 D5), since a 1-2 loss to Lyon on Matchday 1 in 2018/19.

The Cityzens have won 20 of their last 38 away European matches (D10 L8), including 4-0 at Slovan Bratislava on Matchday 2, and were unbeaten in 12 (W6 D6), since losing at Madrid in 2022, before going down 4-1 at Sporting CP on Matchday 4. Subsequent losses at Juventus (0-2) and Paris Saint-Germain (2-4) – a game in which City had led 2-0 – made it three successive away defeats for the first time since 2012.

City have lost two of the three European ties in which they were beaten in the home first leg, both against Barcelona in the Champions League round of 16, in 2013/14 (0-2 h, 1-2 a) and 2014/15 (1-2 h, 0-1 a). They lost 1-0 to Midtjylland in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round, triumphing by the same scoreline in Denmark and going through 4-2 on penalties.

City's record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W3 L1:
4-2 v Midtjylland, 2008/09 UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4-3 v Aalborg, 2008/09 UEFA Cup round of 16
5-4 v Sevilla, 2023 Super Cup
3-4 v Real Madrid, 2023/24 Champions League quarter-final

Links and trivia

Between 2008 and 2012, Guardiola amassed 14 trophies as Barcelona coach, including the Champions League in 2009 and 2011 – beating Madrid in the semi-finals in the latter campaign – and three successive Liga titles (2009–11). Guardiola met Madrid 15 times as Barcelona coach (W9 D4 L2) and outscored the Merengues 33-15.

Guardiola's Bayern side lost 5-0 on aggregate to Ancelotti's Madrid in the 2013/14 Champions League semi-finals. Ancelotti replaced Guardiola as Bayern coach in 2016.

Ancelotti was Chelsea manager between 2009 and 2011, winning the 2009/10 Premier League and FA Cup double, and was also in charge of Everton between 2019 and 2021. He has now beaten City three times in 13 meetings, losing eight, including six against a City side led by Guardiola.

A Madrid player from 2015 to 2019, Kovačić was an unused substitute in the Champions League final victories in 2017 and 2018.

Brahim Díaz was a City player between 2015 and January 2019, when he signed for Madrid. He scored two goals in 15 appearances in all competitions.

Have also played in England:
Luka Modrić (Tottenham 2008–12)
Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea 2014–18)
Dani Ceballos (Arsenal 2019–21 loan)
Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea 2017–22)
Jude Bellingham (Birmingham City 2010–19)

Rüdiger was in the Chelsea team that beat City 1-0 in the 2021 Champions League final in Porto.

Have played in Spain:
İlkay Gündoğan (Barcelona 2023/24)
Savinho (Girona 2023/24 loan)
Rodri (Villarreal 2016–18, Atlético Madrid 2018/19)

Have played together:
Jude Bellingham & Erling Haaland, Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund 2020–22)
Thibaut Courtois & Nathan Aké (2014–17)
Eduardo Camavinga & Jérémy Doku (Rennes 2020–22)

Latest news

Real Madrid

Madrid made it three La Liga games without a win with a 1-1 draw at Osasuna on Saturday, losing Jude Bellingham to a first-half red card after taking the lead through Kylian Mbappé before being pegged back.

A Mbappé equaliser earned La Liga leaders Madrid a 1-1 draw at home to second-placed Atlético de Madrid on 8 February, the first time Carlo Ancelotti's team had failed to win successive league games this season.

Mbappé has 11 goals in his last ten games, 17 in La Liga, and is Madrid's top scorer this season with 25 in all competitions.

Madrid's five-game winning run, with 20 goals scored, was ended by a 1-0 loss at Espanyol on 1 February.

Carlo Ancelotti's side have scored 40 goals in their 14 games in 2025 (W10 D2 L2). The defeat at Espanyol is the only time in 21 matches they have failed to score.

Antonio Rüdiger went off with a thigh injury early on at Espanyol and has not played since.

David Alaba, who was out between 17 December 2023 and 19 January 2025 with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, was diagnosed with an adductor injury on 4 February.

Lucas Vázquez has missed the last two games with a hamstring problem.

Dani Carvajal (out since 5 October) and Éder Militão (9 November) are expected to miss the rest of the season with knee injuries.

The first leg was Ancelotti's 72nd European Cup game in charge of Real Madrid, overtaking Miguel Muñoz's club record.

Manchester City

Omar Marmoush's 15-minute hat-trick helped City to a 4-0 home win against Newcastle on Saturday, his first goals for the club. That was City's 44th Premier League hat-trick, two more than any other club.

A 5-1 loss at Arsenal on 2 February ended City's six-game unbeaten run in the Premier League and was their heaviest away league defeat since losing 4-0 to Everton in January 2017.

That was the fourth time City had conceded four or more goals in a game this season, the most in a campaign in Pep Guardiola's managerial career.

City have conceded 57 goals in 39 games in all competitions this season, three more than in their 59 matches last season.

The English champions have six wins in their last 16 Premier League matches (D3 L7).

Erling Haaland has 19 goals in 25 Premier League appearances in 2024/25 and six in his last seven.

Haaland went off late on on Saturday with a knee problem.

Jack Grealish (groin) and Manuel Akanji (adductor) missed the weekend win having gone off in the first leg; Akanji is likely to be out for up to ten weeks after surgery.

Oscar Bobb suffered a leg fracture in training on 14 August.

Rodri suffered a cruciate ligament injury against Arsenal on 22 September and underwent surgery that is expected to rule him out for the rest of the season.