Today in the UEFA Champions League, the first participants of the semifinals will be determined. We present the most interesting facts of the match between "Leicester City" and Madrid's "Atletico".
- 67.7% of the teams that won the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage at home 1-0, later advanced to the next stage (21 out of 31).
- The Spaniards will face the "Leicester" team for the third time in the history of European tournaments' home/away game series. The first time this happened was in the 1961-62 season in the Cup Winners' Cup and in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup. Both times "Atletico" advanced to the next stage.
- Including tonight's match, Leicester's club will have played against the same Madrid team a quarter of all European cup matches (6 out of 18).
- "Leicester City" became the first team since the 2012-13 season, when the debutant "Malaga" also reached the quarterfinals of the tournament. They are the eighth team from England to reach the quarterfinals, beating other countries in this achievement.
- This season, Leicester's club won all four Champions League matches at home (scored 6, conceded only 1 goal).
- The English team has the worst attack among the remaining 8 teams in the tournament (10 goals in 9 matches). 50% of accurate shots were taken from set pieces.
- Last week at the "Vicente Calderon" stadium, "Leicester City" did not manage to score a goal against the opponents' goal.
- Leicester's club suffered the most from referee decisions awarding penalty kicks (4, but only 2 of them were converted by the opponents).
