Club Brugge and Atlético Madrid have faced on eight previous occasions in Europe, with both sides picking up three victories apiece (two draws). They also have the same number of wins (2) in games in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League specifically (two draws).
Atlético Madrid have failed to score in each of their last three games against Club Brugge in the UEFA Champions League (between 2018 and 2022), while they have never gone four in a row without scoring against an opponent in major European competition.
Atlético Madrid are on their longest losing run away from home in the knockout stages of the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (4), losing to Manchester City in 2021-22, Internazionale and Borussia Dortmund in 2023-24 and Real Madrid in 2024-25.
Having won their last two games in the league phase, Club Brugge will be aiming to win three consecutive UEFA Champions League matches for just the second time; previously doing so in 2022-23 (3). The third victory in that run was against Atlético Madrid, winning 2-0 at the Jan Breydelstadion.
Atlético Madrid haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last eight matches in the UEFA Champions League (15 goals conceded). If they fail to do so here, it will be their longest ever run without one in their European Cup/Champions League history (9).
Despite ranking 13th for possession average (53%), no team made more defensive line-breaking passes than Atlético Madrid in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League this season (68 – level with Paris SG).
Club Brugge are the team with the most goals scored by players aged 21 or younger in the UEFA Champions League this season (9), as well as the side with the most different players to score while aged 21 or younger (5 – Carlos Forbs, Nicolò Tresoldi, Mamadou Diakhon, Aleksandar Stankovic and Romeo Vermant).
Atlético Madrid’s Julián Álvarez has scored 16 goals in 23 starts in the UEFA Champions League. He has failed to score in his most recent two, however, and has never gone three starts without finding the net in the competition.
Club Brugge’s Brandon Mechele has only been dribbled past once from 21 true tackles attempted in the UEFA Champions League this season (4.8% – 1/21), with this the lowest percentage by any defender in the current edition (min. 15 attempted).
In the league phase of this season’s UEFA Champions League, Atlético Madrid’s Julián Álvarez made more high-intensity pressures than any other striker (451). Indeed, the only player with more overall was Bodø/Glimt midfielder Håkon Evjen (464).