As the capital rivals prepare for another UEFA Champions League meeting, UEFA.com assesses their star strikers’ derby credentials.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Madrid
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 18 goals in 27 games against Atlético – in the league, Spanish Cup, UEFA Champions League and Spanish Super Cup – including two hat-tricks (in a 4-1 away win in April 2012, and a 3-0 success last year) and one sending-off (in a 2-1 extra-time Copa del Rey final defeat in 2013).
That works out at about 0.67 goals a game – slightly lower than his UEFA Champions League average of just under 0.72 strikes per match (103 goals in 144 games).
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He has played 2,409 minutes against Atlético, thus averaging a goal every 134 minutes or so. He has not scored in his last 96 minutes of football against Diego Simeone’s side, since completing a Liga hat-trick at the Vicente Calderón last November. If that average strike rate is to be maintained, expect him to score 38 minutes into the first leg.
Atlético can arguably do a couple of things to help prevent Ronaldo from hurting them again:
1) Do not concede a penalty; eight of Ronaldo’s 18 strikes against Atleti have come from the spot.
2) Pay special attention to him in the first 25 minutes of the game; of those 18 goals, nine were scored in the opening 25 minutes – and five of them between the start of minute 22 and the end of minute 25.
3) Don’t assume that he doesn’t like playing at the Calderón; both of his derby hat-tricks were scored at Atlético’s home stadium.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s games against Atlético (W13 D7 L7)*
including minutes played – Liga unless otherwise stated
90: Madrid 3-2 Atlético, 28/03/10
90: Madrid 2-0 Atlético, 07/11/10
90: Madrid 3-1 Atlético, 13/01/11 (Copa del Rey) – one goal: 60
90: Atlético 0-1 Madrid, 20/01/11 (Copa del Rey) – one goal: 22
70: Atlético 1-2 Madrid, 19/03/11
90: Madrid 4-1 Atlético, 26/11/11 – two goals: 23pen, 82pen
90: Atlético 1-4 Madrid, 11/04/12 – three goals: 24, 67, 82pen
90: Madrid 2-0 Atlético, 01/12/12 – one goal: 15
115: Madrid 1-2 Atlético, 17/05/12 (Copa del Rey) – one goal: 14, shown red card in extra time
90: Madrid 0-1 Atlético, 28/09/13
90: Madrid 3-0 Atlético, 05/02/14 (Copa del Rey)
74: Atlético 0-2 Madrid, 11/02/14 (Copa del Rey) – two goals: 6pen, 15pen
90: Atlético 2-2 Madrid, 02/03.14 – one goal: 81
120: Madrid 4-1 Atlético (aet), 24/05/14 (UEFA Champions League final) – one goal: 120pen
44: Madrid 1-1 Atlético, 19/08/14 (Spanish Super Cup)
45: Atlético 1-0 Madrid, 22/08/14 (Spanish Super Cup)
90: Madrid 1-2 Atlético, 13/09/14 – one goal: 25pen
28: Atlético 2-0 Madrid, 07/01/15 (Copa del Rey)
90: Madrid 2-2 Atlético, 15/01/15 (Copa del Rey) – one goal: 53
90: Atlético 4-0 Madrid, 07/02/15
90: Atlético 0-0 Madrid, 14/04/15 (UEFA Champions League quarter-final)
90: Madrid 1-0 Atlético, 22/04/15 (UEFA Champions League quarter-final)
90: Atlético 1-1 Madrid, 04/10/15
90: Madrid 0-1 Atlético, 27/02/16
120: Atlético 1-1 Madrid (aet, Madrid win 5-3 on pens), 28/05/16 (UEFA Champions League final)
82: Atlético 0-3 Madrid, 19/11/16 – three goals: 23, 71pen, 76
90: Madrid 1-1 Atlético, 08/04/17
Antoine Griezmann, Atlético
The Frenchman has played 21 times against Real Madrid, registering five goals (though eight of those games and two of those goals came during his time with Real Sociedad). His derby scoring rate is three in 13 matches – an average of around 0.23 goals a game (his UEFA competition scoring rate is about 0.38 per match – 15 goals in 40 fixtures).
However, if those figures are not earth-shattering, it is worth noting that he only finished on the losing side in two of those matches (barring shoot-outs).
Madrid have done a reasonable job of keeping him off the score sheet overall, but there are a couple of things they might like to bear in mind:
1) Pay close attention to him after half-time; all five of his goals against Madrid have come after the interval.
2) Stop him at all costs; Griezmann has never scored in a derby defeat for Atlético (W2 D1).
3) He can only do so much damage; Griezmann has yet to score more than once in a single game against Madrid, though it is worth remembering that three of his five efforts against the Merengues have come at the Bernabéu.
Antoine Griezmann’s games against Madrid (W5 D7 L9 – W0 D1 L7 with Real Sociedad, W5 D6 L2 with Atlético)*
including minutes played – Liga unless otherwise stated
90: Real Sociedad 1-2 Madrid, 13/09/10
64: Madrid 4-1 Real Sociedad, 06/02/11
31: Real Sociedad 0-1 Madrid, 29/10/11
90: Madrid 5-1 Real Sociedad, 24/03/12
90: Madrid 4-2 Real Sociedad, 06/01/13
90: Real Sociedad 3-3 Madrid, 26/05/13 – one goal: 77
90: Madrid 5-1 Real Sociedad, 09/11/13 – one goal: 61
90: Real Sociedad 0-4 Madrid, 05/04/14
35: Madrid 1-1 Atlético, 19/08/14 (Spanish Super Cup)
71: Atlético 1-0 Madrid, 22/08/14 (Spanish Super Cup)
28: Madrid 1-2 Atlético, 13/09/14
73: Atlético 2-0 Madrid, 07/01/15 (Copa del Rey)
72: Madrid 2-2 Atlético, 15/01/15 (Copa del Rey)
75: Atlético 4-0 Madrid, 07/02/15 – one goal: 66
76: Atlético 0-0 Madrid, 14/04/15 (UEFA Champions League quarter-final)
64: Madrid 1-0 Atlético, 22/04/15 (UEFA Champions League quarter-final)
90: Atlético 1-1 Madrid, 04/10/15
90: Madrid 0-1 Atlético, 27/02/16 – one goal: 52
120: Atlético 1-1 Madrid (aet, Madrid win 5-3 on pens), 28/05/16 (UEFA Champions League final)
90: Atlético 0-3 Madrid, 19/11/16
90: Madrid 1-1 Atlético, 08/04/17 – one goal: 85
*scores at final whistle (hence 2017 UEFA Champions League final is classed as a draw rather than a Madrid win); shoot-out penalties not counted as goals
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