In the second semifinal of the CL 2015/16 Atletico will meet Bayern Munich tonight at Vicente Calderon. The semifinalists got pretty hard to this stage of the tournament after Atletico had to eliminate PSV on penalty shootout in the round of 16 and defeated Barcelona 3:2 in the quarterfinals. The Bavarians needed extra time to eliminate Juventus in the round of 16 after two 2:2 draws and had a hard two leg matches against Benfica, but eventually were victorious with a 3:2 on aggregate. These two sides have only met once, at the final of the European Cup in 1974 when Bayern won after a replay in Brussels so Atletico will be looking to revenge to the Germans.
Both teams have key players missing tonight. For Athletico these will be Diego Godin, who has a harmstring injury, but will probably be fit for next week's match. The other missing for Atletico's side will be Thiago. Torres will be returning after the suspension that he received in the first quarterfinal match against Barcelona. Bayern will start the match without Ribery and Badstuber.
Statistics:
- Atletico have won their last 6 knockout encounters against German teams.
- Bayern Munich (28) have scored twice as many goals than Atletico (14) this season in CL.
- Atletico have won 12 out of their 16 games at Vicente Calderon in CL under Diego Simeone and have only one defeat.
- Atletico have kept a clean sheet in 13 out of their last 15 matches at Calderon.
- Bayern do not have a victory in their last 7 games away from home.
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