Atlético Madrid are yet to win on the road in 2025/26, and they now face one of the toughest away challenges in Europe when they visit Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League (UCL).
Match News and Current Form
Premier League leaders Arsenal return to the UCL full of confidence after a third successive clean-sheet victory on Saturday, while they didn’t even face a shot on target in their last two league matches. They’re one of two sides yet to concede after two UCL games (W2), and nowhere has their defensive prowess been more evident than on home soil at the Emirates Stadium, where they’re unbeaten in six matches across all competition (W5, D1), with each victory coming without reply. They look well placed to extend that run, as they're the only side in UCL history to win six successive games against Spanish opponents.
Since defeat to Liverpool on matchday one, Atlético Madrid are unbeaten in six games in all competitions (W4, D2) and arrive in London on the back of a 1-0 win over Osasuna at the weekend. Diego Simeone’s men scored 13 times across their three prior wins, none of which came on the road where they’re yet to taste success this term (D3, L2). Atleti’s chances of breaking their travelling duck here would appear slim on that basis, but six wins from their last seven UCL league phase games (L1) provide a much more positive outlook, even if their sole defeat did come on English soil.
Head-to-Head History
Atlético have shaded the H2H stakes (W1, D1), but they’ve never won away against English opposition in the group stage/league phase of the UCL (D2, L3) and have won just one of their last nine games against Premier League sides in Europe at any venue (D2, L6).
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Hot Stats and Streaks
Just one of Arsenal’s last eight UCL home games saw both teams score.
Arsenal have kept 11 clean sheets across 14 successive home wins in the group stage/league phase of European competition.
None of Atlético’s last nine UCL away games ended level (W4, L5).
Atlético have scored exactly once in four of their last five away matches.
Key Players to Watch and Missing Players
Bukayo Saka has starred in the UCL for Arsenal, directly contributing to 17 goals in 19 appearances in the competition (G11, A6), with five of his last six UCL goals coming after half-time. Atlético striker Julián Alvarez is also a UCL specialist, scoring 13 goals in 11 games in this tournament since the start of the 2023/24 season.
Arsenal came through their weekend assignment unscathed, but Atleti lost Nicolás González to a head injury before half-time on Saturday night.
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Betting Analysis
Arsenal’s bulletproof defence should be enough to fire them to a 100th win in the UCL proper, which we’re predicting will come accompanied by under 2.5 goals.
