Manchester City and Real Madrid will meet tonight in the first Champions League semifinal. The venue is City's "Etihad" stadium. The Citizens, who made their best run in the tournament so far, are aimed for their first CL final. On their way, however, stands the 10-time kings of Europe who will be looking to make their titles 11.
City have issues with some key players missing. These are Yaya Toure who will be out due to a thigh injury that he picked up in the Saturday's victory against Stoke. Samir Nasri is the other one who will be missing. However, Kompany and De Bruyne should be back on the stage for tonight's clash after they recovered from their injuries.
Here are some statistics ahead of tonight's game:
- Real are unbeaten against English clubs in their last 8 games (6W, 2D). The last English team to knock Real out was Liverpool in 2008/9 season.
- Real have only won one of their last 4 away games. (1W, 1L, 2D)
- City have kept only one clean sheet in their last 10 CL matches.
- City are the only side left in the tournament with an average of under 50% possession (48.6%).
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