Manchester City and Real Madrid are becoming quite the familiar opponents, set to lock horns once again in March for a two-legged UEFA Champions League Round of 16 contest.
While the Citizens booked their place in the Round of 16 with a top eight finish in the league phase, albeit narrowly, Real Madrid had to overcome Benfica in the knockout phase play-offs to reach the least 16.
Los Blancos followed their 1-0 away victory with a 2-1 victory in the second leg, which was ultimately enough to see them through and set up a Round of 16 tie with one of Man City or Sporting CP.
Well, the draw has confirmed that they will face Pep Guardiola's Premier League outfit on a further two occasions in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League season.
Below, we take a look at how many times Man City and Real Madrid have played one another in Europe's leading competition.
Man City and Real Madrid have faced off on 15 occasions in the UEFA Champions League.
Their first encounter came in the 2012/13 campaign, with the Spanish giants winning the Bernabeu tie 3-2 and holding Man City to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium.
Man City's first win over Real came under the stewardship of Pep Guardiola in the 2019/20 Round of 16, winning the first leg 2-1, with goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Gabriel Jesus, and following it up with a successive 2-1 victory in Manchester to triumph 4-2 on aggregate.
Unbelievably, the two sides have played each other 11 times since 2020, clashing in all of the last six UEFA Champions League campaigns.
Manchester City wins | 5 |
Draws | 5 |
Real Madrid wins | 5 |
*H2H stats refer to meetings in the UEFA Champions League.
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