Chelsea vs Real Madrid head to head

Before last season our teams had met only three times in two European finals with the Blues winning both – the 1971 European Cup Winners’ Cup after a replay in Greece and the 1998 Super Cup in Monaco.

Chelsea stats

Chelsea are seeking a club record eight successive away wins in all competitions. At Southampton, we equalled our previous best of seven originally set in 1988/89 and again in 2019/20.

Jorginho has attempted the most tackles for Chelsea (22) in the Champions League this season as well as the most interceptions (13).

Our 11-10 penalty shoot-out defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final was our first this season having won the first three against Villarreal in the Super Cup and Aston Villa and Southampton in the Carabao Cup.

Milestones

Real Madrid stats

This season’s Champions League campaign

Inter Milan (a) W 1-0Sheriff Tiraspol (h) L 1-2Shakhtar Donetsk (a) W 5-0Shakhtar Donetsk (h) W 2-1Sheriff Tiraspol (a) W 3-0Inter Milan (h) W 2-0

Round of 16PSG (a) L 0-1PSG (h) W 3-1

Quarter-finalChelsea (a) W 3-1

Scorers: Benzema 11 (1 pen), Kroos 2, Rodrygo 2, Vinicius 2, Alaba 1, Asensio 1, own goal 1

On Saturday, Real Madrid beat Getafe 2-0 to remain 12 points clear at the top of La Liga. Luca Modric and Toni Kroos were rested.

Karim Benzema has scored 11 goals for Real Madrid in the Champions League this season, the most by a French player in a European Cup/ Champions League campaign.

Benzema has scored 37 goals for Real Madrid in all competitions this season, the best club scoring campaign of his career.

Real Madrid have won eight of their last nine games in all competitions losing the other 4-0 at home to Barcelona just before the international break.Real Madrid have won the European Cup/Champions League 13 times, six more than any other side.No English side has ever won at the Bernabeu in the Champions League by more than a single goal.

The Merengues have only been involved in one competitive penalty-shoot since May 2016. They overcame Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup in January 2020.Carlo Ancelotti’s managerial record against ChelseaWon: 2Drawn: 0Lost: 2

First leg line-ups

CHELSEA 1 REAL MADRID 36 April 2022, kick off 8pm

Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Mendy; Christensen (Ziyech h/t), Thiago Silva, Rudiger; James, Kante (Kovacic h/t), Jorginho (Loftus-Cheek 63), Azpilicueta (c); Mount, Pulisic (Lukaku 63); HavertzUnused subs: Arrizabalaga, Bettinelli, Chalobah, Sarr, Alonso, Kenedy, Saul, WernerBooked: Rudiger 18Scorer: Havertz 40Head coach: Thomas Tuchel

Real Madrid (4-3-3): Courtois; Carvajal, Militao (Nacho 64), Alaba, F Mendy; Modric, Casemiro, Kroos (Camavinga 74); Valverde (Ceballos 86), Benzema (c) (Bale 86), Vinicius JuniorUnused subs Lunin, Fuidias, Marcelo, Vallejo, Vazquez, Asensio,Mariano, RodrygoBooked Militao 13Scorers: Benzema 21, 24, 46Head coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Referee: Clement Turpin (France)Attendance: 38,689

Referee and VAR

Discipline

Real’s Eder Militao is suspended.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Antonio Rudiger 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 however all cautions not leading to a suspension expire after this round of matches.

Booking list

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

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