This is just the second time that Atalanta are facing a Spanish team away from home in European competitions. The first time it happened was in the last season at this exact stage of the Champions League when they faced Valencia, beating them 4-3.
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Real Madrid have won 11 of their last 12 games against Italian opposition in the UEFA Champions League. They have scored at least two goals in ten of these fixtures.
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Real Madrid are without a win in their last four home games in the knockout stages of the Champions League (D1 L3), losing their last two such matches against Ajax and Manchester City.
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Player to Watch
Karim Benzema
With no Eden Hazard or Casemiro, Real Madrid will already be at some disadvantage on Tuesday against Atalanta. So, it becomes imperative that they be clinical in front of goal and take any opportunity that comes their way in order to expand their slender one-goal advantage.
And for that to happen, Zidane will look up to his ace goalscorer Benzema. Since returning from his injury layoff, the 33-year-old has scored thrice in two games and will be hoping to build on that against Atalanta.
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Manchester City vs Mochengladbach Line Up
Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Rodri, Bernardo, Gündoğan; De Bruyne; Mahrez, Foden.
Gladbach XI: Sommer; Lainer, Ginter, Elvedi, Bensebaini; Zakaria, Neuhaus, Hofmann; Stindl; Thuram, Embolo.
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5 - Manchester City are unbeaten in their five games against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the UEFA Champions League (W4 D1), scoring at least two goals in each of their four victories. Favourable.
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Real Madrid vs Atalanta Line Up
Real Madrid XI: Courtois; Nacho, Sergio Ramos, Varane, Mendy; Kroos, Valverde, Modrić; Vázquez, Vinícius, Benzema.
Atalanta XI: Sportiello; Tolói, Romero, Djimsiti; Mæhle, De Roon, Pessina, Gosens; Malinovskiy, Pašalić; Muriel.
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Man City have now scored 100 goals across all competitions this season:
◎ 16 Kevin De Bruyne assists
◉ 6 Kevin De Bruyne goals
KDB brings up the century.
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25 - Kevin De Bruyne has scored 25 goals from outside the box in all competitions for Manchester City, the most of any Premier League since he joined the club. Thunderous.
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21 – Karim Benzema (21) has scored at least 15 more goals than any other Real Madrid player in all competitions this season (Casemiro, 6), with his opener his 70th UEFA Champions League goal – the fifth most of any player in the competition. Chime.
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vs. Getafe
vs. Valencia
vs. Atletico
vs. Elche
vs. Atalanta
Karim Benzema has now scored in each of his last five games in all competitions for Real Madrid.
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Most goals scored in Champions League history:
Cristiano Ronaldo (134)
Lionel Messi (120)
Robert Lewandowski (72)
Raúl (71)
Karim Benzema (70) 
Three Real Madrid legends in one list.
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Man City 2-0 (4-0 on agg.) Gladbach HT:
De Bruyne
Gündoğan
Pep Guardiola’s side are in cruise control.
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Man City have scored 100+ goals across all competitions in each of Pep Guardiola’s five seasons at the club:
◉ 2016-17: 107 goals
◉ 2017-18: 143 goals
◉ 2018-19: 169 goals
◉ 2019-20: 149 goals
◉ 2020-21: 100 goals*
They really are the Centurions™
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Luka Modric has more assists than any other Real Madrid player in the UCL this season (2).
Both have come against Atalanta.
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