With two Champions League wins in the bag, we are just one of six teams left in the competition looking to maintain a 100% start when Atletico Madrid come to north London on Tuesday (8pm).

It what promises to be our sternest European test so far this term, Los Rojiblancos’ star-studded squad arrive on these shores with plenty of firepower, having netted in all of their games this term. But that record will be put to the test in N5, as we have incredibly won 11 consecutive Champions League group and league phase home matches without conceding.

Diego Simeone’s team have suffered some patchy form in La Liga, and have yet to win in five on the road this term across all competitions including a heartbreaking defeat at Liverpool on matchday one. That extended a woeful record in England, which had seen them prevail once in 11 matches, a fact we hope to exploit as we go in search of our 100th victory in the Champions League proper.

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A summer recruitment drive saw long-serving Cesar Azpilicueta, Axel Witsel, Angel Correa, Saul, Rodrigo De Paul, and Thomas Lemar all depart, allowing Simone to refresh his squad. Alex Baena, American midfielder Johnny Cardoso, Argentine playmaker Thiago Almada, Euro 2020 winner Giacomo Raspadori and Slovakian defender David Hancko arrived for big money, while Nico Gonzales was loaned from Juventus.

Bedding in those new faces initially saw Atletico struggle, as they were victorious in just one of their first five La Liga games. However a 3-2 win over Rayo Vallacano courtesy of a Julian Alvarez hat-trick was followed by a 5-2 demolition of Real Madrid, the first time they’d hit five against their bitter rivals for 75 years, with Alvarez bagging a brace. On Saturday, a goal from Almada was enough to beat Osasuna on what was Simeone's 750th game as their boss, moving them up to fourth in the table but eight points behind the leaders.

The Champions League campaign began with a thrilling 3-2 defeat at Liverpool, as Atleti recovered from being 2-0 down after six minutes to draw level, only for Virgil van Dijk to score a stoppage-time winner. They responded with a 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt when Antoine Griezmann netted his 200th strike for the club.