Champions League Matchday 3: Real Madrid vs Juventus facts

There is a repeat of two UEFA Champions League finals on Matchday 3 as Real Madrid welcome Juventus to the Santiago Bernabéu.

Last match

The teams have met 21 times in UEFA competitions, the Spanish team winning ten, the Italian side nine and two draws. Two were Champions League finals – Madrid winning 1-0 in 1998 and 4-1 in 2017.

The sides' last fixtures were an epic quarter-final in 2017/18. Madrid won the first leg in Turin 3-0 – Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice – but needed a Ronaldo penalty deep into added time in the Bernabéu return to squeeze through 4-3 on aggregate.

Madrid have won only three of the teams' last ten fixtures, losing five.

Madrid have won 18 of their last 20 matches against Italian teams (L2). A 1-3 loss at home to AC Milan on Matchday 4 last season is the only one of the last 13 they have not won; they triumphed 3-2 at Atalanta on Matchday 6.

A 3-0 victory at Barcelona on Matchday 6 in 2020/21 is Juventus' only success in seven games against Spanish teams, home and away (D3 L3).

The 2-2 Matchday 2 draw at Villarreal means Juve have lost only one of their last eight Champions League group stage/league phase matches against Spanish teams (W4 D3), keeping five clean sheets.

Real Madrid

Madrid are in the Champions League proper for the 30th time, a competition record they share with Barcelona. They have qualified for the knockout rounds in all 29 campaigns.

A team coached by Carlo Ancelotti were 11th in last season's league phase (W5 L3), eventually losing 1-5 on aggregate to Arsenal in the quarter-finals.

Juventus

Juventus are making their 25th appearance in the Champions League proper – extending their Italian record.

The Bianconeri were 20th in last season's league phase (W3 D3 L2), losing to PSV Eindhoven in the knockout phase play-offs (2-1 h, 1-3 a aet).

Key stats

Victories against Marseille (2-1 h) and Kairat Almaty (5-0 a) this season mean Madrid have won 14 of their last 17 group stage/league phase matches (L3), and 12 of the last 13 at home.

None of Madrid's last 61 group stage/league phase matches have finished goalless, since a 0-0 draw at Paris Saint-Germain in October 2015.

Aged 26 years 306 days, Kylian Mbappé could become the youngest player to make 90 Champions League appearances. The record is held by Raúl González (27 years 114 days).

Juventus have scored 497 European Cup goals.

The Turin team have drawn five of their last seven league phase matches in the Champions League (W1 L1) and won only three of the last 13 (D5 L5).

Juventus have won only five of their last 20 Champions League matches, losing nine.

Juve have lost only two of their last ten away European games (W3 D5), drawing four of the last five (L1).

Juventus forward Jonathan David scored Lille's winner in a 1-0 defeat of Madrid on Matchday 2 of last season's Champions League.