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Since the start of last season, we have won eight of our 10 Champions League group stage matches, the joint-most of any side in that period alongside Liverpool and Inter Milan.
We have won both of our last two Champions League games 2-0, and could win three in a row without conceding for the first time since October 2007.
Atletico Madrid have not drawn any of their last 19 matches in the Champions League, winning 13 and losing six.
We are one of only two sides – along with Inter Milan – who haven’t conceded a goal in the Champions League this season. We rank first for xG against (0.85) in the competition this term.
Bukayo Saka has been directly involved in 17 goals in 19 appearances in the Champions League (11 goals, six assists). Since his debut in the competition in 2023, Saka has the second-best minutes per goal involvement ratio of any winger (89 – min. 500 minutes per goal involvement), only behind Barcelona’s Raphinha (69).
Julian Alvarez has scored 13 goals in 11 Champions League appearances since the start of 2023/24. In this period, he is the player who has exceeded his xG total by the biggest margin in the competition (+7.6 – 13 goals from 5.4 expected goals).
Gabriel Martinelli has scored three goals across his last five European games, as many strikes as in his previous 34 appearances.