Chelsea vs Real Madrid head to head

Chelsea and Real Madrid have both scored 17 and conceded five goals in their eight Champions League matches this season.

Our previous meetings with Real Madrid

European Cup Winners’ Cup final, 19 May 1971Karaiskakis Stadium, GreeceReal Madrid 1-1 Chelsea (after extra time)Goals: Zoco 90; Osgood 56

European Cup Winners’ Cup final replay, 21 May 1971Karaiskakis Stadium, GreeceReal Madrid 1-2 ChelseaGoals: Fleitas 75; Dempsey 32, Osgood 56

UEFA Super Cup final, 28 August 1998Stade Louis II, MonacoReal Madrid 0 Chelsea 1Goal: Poyet 81

Champions League semi-final first leg, 27 April 2021Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano, MadridReal Madid 1-1 ChelseaGoals: Benzema 29; Pulisic 14

Chelsea stats

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.

Milestones

In Saturday's match, Timo Werner made his 50th Premier League appearance and Romelu Lukaku played his 50th game for Chelsea in all competitions.

In our last Champions League outing at Lille, Thomas Tuchel became the first manager to record 32 wins in his first 50 games in charge in the competition (previously the best was Zinedine Zidane with 31).

Real Madrid stats

This seasonLa Liga - FirstCopa del Rey - Quarter-finalsSupercopa de Espana - WinnersChampions League - Quarter-finalsTop scorer in all competitions - Karim Benzema 34

This season’s Champions League campaignInter Milan 0-1 Real MadridReal Madrid 1-2 Sheriff TiraspolShakhtar Donetsk 0-5 Real MadridReal Madrid 2-1 Shakhtar DonetskSheriff Tiraspol 0-3 Real MadridReal Madrid 2-0 Inter MilanParis Saint-Germain 1-0 Real MadridReal 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.

Real Madrid 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 ChelseaWon: 1Drawn: 0Lost: 2

Discipline

There are no suspensions.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Real’s Eder Militao are one booking away from a Champions League suspension.

In the Champions League, three yellow cards will result in a one-match-suspension in the competition.

Booking list

Chelsea: Loftus-Cheek 2, Alonso 1, Azpilicueta 1, Chalobah 1, Hudson-Odoi 1, Rudiger 1, Thiago Silva 1, Ziyech 1

Real Madrid: Casemiro 3, Mendy 3, Militao 2, Alaba 1, Carvajal 1, Jovic 1, Junior Vinicius 1, Nacho 1, Rodrygo 1, Vazquez 1

Referee and VAR

Referee: Clement TurpinVAR: Jermone Brisard