
Tuesday (18/04/2017)
19:45 (WAT)
Atlético Madrid and Leicester City are meeting for the third time in a European home/away tie after facing each other in the first round of the 1961/62 Cup Winners Cup and 1997/98 UEFA Cup. The Spanish side qualified on both previous occasions.
In fact, after the second leg, a third of Leicester City’s games in European competition will have taken place against Atlético Madrid (6 out of 18).
Leicester City are the first team since Malaga in 2012/13 to reach the quarter-finals on their Champions League debut. They’re also the eighth English team to make it to the Last 8 of the competition, more than any other country.
Leicester City have won all four of their Champions League home games this season (6 goals scored, 1 conceded).
Leicester are the lowest scoring side in the Champions League among the eight teams left in this season’s competition (10 goals in 9 games). 50% of their goals have come from set-piece.
In fact, Leicester City didn’t have a single shot on target in the first leg at the Caldéron.
No team conceded more penalties than Leicester City in this season’s Champions League (4, only 2 of which were converted).
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