* This will be the 15th time that Real Madrid and Manchester City have faced each other in the UEFA Champions League. Since their first meeting in the 2012-13 season, it is already the most-played fixture in the competition in this period (14 games).
* Manchester City have lost their last two games against Real Madrid, suffering defeats home and away against them in last season’s play-off round. This is as many losses as they had experienced in their previous 11 games against the Spanish side combined (W4 D5 L2).
* Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has faced Real Madrid on 27 previous occasions, winning 48 percent of those matches (W13 D7 L7). However, Guardiola is winless in the most recent four against the Spanish side (D2 L2), and has never gone five in succession without beating them.
* After only losing one of his first nine away games against Real Madrid as a manager (W6 D2), Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is winless in his last four trips to face the Spanish side (D2 L2), while conceding 10 goals across those four matches (2.5 per game).
* This will be the first managerial meeting between Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid) and Pep Guardiola (Manchester City). Alonso made 79 appearances in his playing career under Guardiola (W58 D12 L9), all for Bayern Munich between August 2014 and May 2016.
* Since November 2024, Manchester City have lost six of their 12 games played in the UEFA Champions League (W4 D2). Prior to this run of 12, their previous six defeats in the competition came over the course of 69 matches, between October 2018 and October 2024 (W49 D14).
* Real Madrid are currently on the third-longest streak of scoring in consecutive home games in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history (38 games), behind a 44-game run by Real Madrid themselves (September 2011-October 2018) and one of 45 games by Juventus (April 1973-September 2000). The last visiting side to keep a clean sheet away to Real Madrid in this competition was CSKA Moscow in December 2018 (0-0 draw).
* Kylian Mbappé has scored nine goals in five games in the UEFA Champions League this season; the joint-most by a Real Madrid player in their first five appearances in a single edition, along with Cristiano Ronaldo in 2013-14 (9).
* Manchester City’s Erling Haaland has scored more goals in the UEFA Champions League than any other player since his debut campaign in 2019-20 (54). Indeed, two of the only three players who have netted 50+ goals in the competition in this period could both square off in this match, with Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé also netting 50 times since then (Robert Lewandowski being the other).
* Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé has been directly involved in eight goals in seven games against Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League (7 goals, 1 assist); only Lionel Messi has had a hand in more against the Citizens in the competition (9 in 8 appearances – 7 goals, 2 assists).