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🏆 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, Quarterfinals - 1st Leg
| HALFTIME’: Arsenal 0-0 Real Madrid |
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Match Information
🗺️ Location: London, England
🏟️ Stadium: Emirates Stadium
📅 Date: Tuesday 8 April
⏰ Kick-off Time: 20:00 BST / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT
📢 Referee: 🇧🇦 Irfan Peljto
🖥️ VAR: 🇩🇪 Bastian Dankert
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| Team | Player | Position | Matches | Goals/Assists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top Scorers | ||||
| Arsenal | K Havertz | Forward | 8 | 4 Goals |
| B Saka | Forward | 5 | 4 Goals | |
| M Ødegaard | Midfielder | 7 | 3 Goals | |
| Real Madrid | K Mbappé | Forward | 12 | 7 Goals |
| Vinícius Júnior | Forward | 10 | 7 Goals | |
| Rodrygo | Forward | 10 | 5 Goals | |
| Most Assists | ||||
| Arsenal | L Trossard | Forward | 10 | 2 Assists |
| D Rice | Midfielder | 9 | 2 Assists | |
| R Sterling | Forward | 6 | 2 Assists | |
| Real Madrid | F Valverde | Midfielder | 12 | 3 Assists |
| L Modric | Midfielder | 12 | 3 Assists | |
| J Bellingham | Midfielder | 11 | 3 Assists |
| Team Stats | Arsenal | Real Madrid |
|---|---|---|
| Total Goals | 25 | 28 |
| Goal Difference | 19 | 11 |
| Assists | 15 | 20 |
| Goals Against | 6 | 17 |
Head To Head Record (last 5 matches)
| Date | Home Team | Result | Away Team | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2019 | Real Madrid | 2 - 2 | Arsenal | International Champions Cup |
| Mar 8, 2006 | Arsenal | 0 - 0 | Real Madrid | UEFA Champions League |
| Feb 21, 2006 | Real Madrid | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | UEFA Champions League |
Arsenal: 1 wins
Real Madrid: 0 wins
Draws: 2
- Last meeting: Arsenal 0-0 Real Madrid (8 March 2025) - Champions League
📝 LINEUPS
Arsenal | 4-3-3
Starting XI: David Raya, Jakub Kiwior, William Saliba, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Jurriën Timber, Thomas Partey, Declan Rice, Martin Ødegaard, Mikel Merino, Gabriel Martinelli, Bukayo Saka
Subs: Neto, Nathan Butler-Oyedeji, Jimi Gower, Ethan Nwaneri, Leandro Trossard, Jorginho, Tommy Setford, Ben White, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kieran Tierney
Coach: 🇪🇸 Mikel Arteta
Real Madrid | 4-4-2
Starting XI: Thibaut Courtois, Antonio Rüdiger, Raúl Asencio, David Alaba, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric, Jude Bellingham, Rodrygo, Vinícius Júnior, Kylian Mbappé
Subs: Chema Andrés, Lucas Vázquez, Fran González, Arda Güler, Endrick, Brahim Díaz, Gonzalo García, Fran García, Jesús Vallejo, Lorenzo Aguado, Sergio Mestre, Jacobo Ramón
Coach: 🇮🇹 Carlo Ancelotti
🗒️ Match Events
- 1st Half Begins
| Time | Event | Links |
|---|---|---|
| 1’ | Mbappe kicks the game off for Real Madrid, and this Champions League quarter-final is up and running in north London! | |
| 1’ | SAVED!!! An early sight of goal for the visitors!! Kiwior misjudges a long throw-in and the ball falls kindly for Mbappe, who lets fly from 30 yards with a low strike which is straight down Raya’s throat! | |
| 4’ | BLOCKED!!! A crucial intervention by Saliba!! From Odegaard’s cleared free-kick, Saka gifts possession to Vinicius and the Brazilian sprints into open pasture for Real Madrid. He drives into the box and looks to square for Mbappe at the far post, but Saliba sticks out a leg to block his cross and steer it back into Raya’s gloves! | |
| 13’ | SAVED!!! A flurry of chances for Arsenal!! Martinelli drives down the byline and cuts the ball back for Merino, who tees up Partey on the edge of the box. The Ghanaian’s first-time shot is parried by Courtois, but the loose ball bounces back off Asencio and into the Real Madrid goalkeeper’s gloves! | |
| 21’ | WIDE!!! Camavinga dispossesses both Merino and Odegaard to release Rudiger of all people on the counter for Real Madrid, and he drives forward before finding Rodrygo. He and Mbappe link up to release Vinicius on the left, and the Brazilian cuts inside before sending a curling strike just wide of Raya’s left-hand post! | |
| 24’ | CHANCE!! A loose Arsenal pass isn’t dealt with by Saliba as Vinicius releases Mbappe in behind, but the Frenchman can only blaze over the top from 18 yards before the offside flag is raised! | |
| 31’ | SAVED!!! Mbappe blows the biggest chance of the game so far!! Bellingham wins possession on halfway and threads a pass in behind for the Frenchman, who bears down on goal but can only side-foot into the chest of Raya from close range! | |
| 38’ | CHANCE!!! Saka beats Bellingham around the outside and fires a superb pass across the face of goal, but Rice can’t get on the end of it and the chance goes begging for the Gunners! | |
| 44’ | SAVED!!! A double-stop from Courtois keeps Arsenal at bay!! The Gunners build nicely as Timber’s swings a cross into the box, which Rice meets with a bullet header that the Belgian somehow claws out of the bottom corner, before parrying Martinelli’s follow-up shot away from danger! | |
| 45’ | We’ll play two additional minutes before half-time with both of these sides in hot pursuit of the opening goal. |
- 1st Half Ends!
| HALFTIME’: Arsenal 0-0 Real Madrid |
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| Match Stats | ARS | RMA |
|---|---|---|
| POSSESSION | 54.7% | 45.3% |
| Shots on Goal | 4 | 2 |
| Shot Attempts | 5 | 6 |
| Fouls | 4 | 3 |
| Yellow Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Corner Kicks | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 3 | 3 |
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