Real Madrid have won each of their last five UEFA Champions League away games against Italian opposition. They had only won three of their previous 16 trips to Italy.
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Atalanta are the only remaining side in this round of 16 yet to win a single home game in the UEFA Champions League this season (D2 L1).
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Player to Watch: Toni Kroos
Toni Kroos in his last 5 La Liga games:
• 26 chances created (5.2 per game).
• 80.9 passes completed per game.
• 94.8% pass accuracy.
• 90.2% long pass accuracy.
• 5 assists.
• 1 goal.
He’s on another level…
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Monchengladbach vs Man City Preview:
Manchester City’s outstanding run of form in domestic competitions will be tested on Wednesday when they take on Borussia Monchengladbach at the Puskas Arena in the UEFA Champions League. The venue serves as the home location for the Bundesliga outfit due to government restrictions that prohibit the foreign team to travel to Germany.
Performing outside Borussia Park is certainly a big ask for the Gladbach side, especially if we are to consider their recent run of results. Indeed, after an impressive start to 2021, the Foals have failed to win any of their last four Bundesliga matches – a run of form that has seen them drop below Union Berlin in the Bundesliga table.
Gladbach were also criticised for their performances in the Champions League stage, luckily qualifying to the knockout thanks to excellent performances against Shakhtar Donetsk over the two legs.
Manchester City, in contrast, are currently the most in-form team in Europe. They are on an 18 game-winning run in all competitions and are yet to lose a single game since November. In addition, they seem to have finally gotten over their early-season injury-woes – making them the undisputed favourites heading into this game.
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Team news
Manchester City have close to a fully-fit squad available for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Borussia Monchengladbach in Budapest.
Centre-back Nathan Ake is their only notable absentee with the Dutchman continuing to train alone after a muscular problem.
Record goalscorer Sergio Aguero is edging closer to a return after three matches as an unused substitute.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach and Manchester City are facing each other for the seventh time - this is the most games for both teams against a single opponent in European competition.
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It’s been 43 years since Borussia Mönchengladbach were in the knockout stages of the European Cup/Champions League. They lost 4-2 in the semi-finals of the 1977/78 European Cup against Liverpool.
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Manchester City have won each of their last three away games in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 - 4-0 v Basel in February 2018, 3-2 v Schalke in February 2019 and 2-1 v Real Madrid in February 2020.
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Manchester City forward Ferran Torres has scored in five of his last six UEFA Champions League matches (5 goals). He’s the only player aged 20 or younger to score 4+ goals in this season’s group stages, alongside Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland
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Champions League wins in the knockout stages so far:
English teams - 2 out of 2
German teams - 2 out of 3
Spanish teams - 0 out of 3
Italian teams - 0 out of 2
Is the Premier League the strongest league in the world?
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Alassane Pléa was directly involved in more UCL goals than any other player during the Group Stage:
◎ 6 games
◉ 5 goals
◉ 3 assists
Only Erling Haaland has overtaken him since.
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I’ll be very very surprised if Madrid comeback with a good result from Italy
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Interesting! 
Looks like not much media coverage given to this player who is one short of top! Atleast I had to google to know his team. 
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Technically going by the number of teams qualified (3 German vs 2 English teams) and 2/3 German wins, the Germans seem to be the strongest league so far. 
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Real Madrid in the UCL since 2015/16:
2015/16 (W)
2016/17 (W)
2017/18 (W)
2018/19 (R16)
2019/20 (R16)
Could this be the Last Dance for Los Blancos?
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Fewest goals conceded in the UCL this season:
◉ Man City (1)
◉ Chelsea (2)
◉ Liverpool (3)
The Premier League making up the top three.
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