We will travel to the Santiago Bernabeu for the first leg on Wednesday February 26th, with the second leg scheduled for Tuesday March 17th at the Etihad Stadium.
The tie is the standout matchup from an intriguing last-16 draw.
Ahead of our meeting with the Spanish side, we’ve put together a complete guide on our last-16 opponents.
Manager
Zinedine Zidane.
Stadium
Santiago Bernabeu (Capacity 81,044)
League position last season
Third. Real Madrid finished 19 points behind La Liga champions Barcelona and eight points behind second-placed Atletico Madrid.
Head-to-head
City have faced Real Madrid only four times, with all the encounters coming in the UEFA Champions League.
We are yet to register a victory over the Spanish club, who beat us 3-2 in the group stages of the competition in the 2012/13 season, before we secured a 1-1 draw in the return fixture at the Etihad.
We then met them in the semi-finals of the tournament in 2015/16, holding them to a draw at the Etihad before narrowly losing 1-0 at the Bernabeu.
Key players
Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric, Eden Hazard, Karim Benzema.
Key facts
Real Madrid are UEFA Champions League masters. They have been European champions a record 13 times.
They also became the first club to win three consecutive UCL titles as they were crowned champions in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
33-time La Liga winners Real Madrid also won the UEFA Cup in 1985 and 1986 and they also have four UEFA Super Cup titles to their name.
UCL form so far this season
Real Madrid finished second in Group A, five points behind Paris Saint Germain.
Over the six games, Zidane’s men registered a total of three victories over Galatasaray (2) and Club Brugge, two draws and a single defeat at the hands of group winners PSG.
P6 W3 (x2 Galatasaray, x1 Club Brugge) D2 (1x Club Brugge, 1x PSG) L1 (1x PSG)
