Atletico Madrid host Bayern Munich at Vicente Calderon in the first leg of second Champions League semi-final fixture on Wednesday night.

Atletico Madrid are in third Champions League semi-finals in three years, in 2013/14 they knocked out Chelsea at the same stage to reached the final and eventually lose to Real Madrid.

Bayern Munich are in the fifth successive semi-finals and have reached the final twice and went on to win the Trophy in 2012/13 by beating Borussia Dortmund.

Form Statistics

Atletico Madrid total record in Champions League this season is 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 loses. They lost at home to Benfica in their second match, but since then they wrapped up four straight wins at home in the tournament, with the latest coming against Barcelona on 13th April.

Bayern Munich overall record is 7 wins, 2 draws and lost 1 from their 10 games in this season’s Champions League. They failed to win their last two away games in the competition, with draws to Juventus and Benfica. Also they have only win 2 of their last 5 away games in the Champions League this season.

Atletico Madrid: Team News

Diego Godin is ruled out with a hamstring injury and will join Tiago on the sidelines. Lucas Hernandez is expected to partner Jose Maria Gimenez at the center of defense.

Fernando Torres returns after serving his one game ban and is expected to s partner Antoine Griezmann in the attacking .

Atletico Madrid: Possible Line-up (4-4-2)
Goalkeeper : Oblak,
Defenders : Felipe Luis, Hernandez, Gimenez, Juanfran,
Midfielders : Carrasco, Gabi, Koke, Saul Niguez,
Forward : Torres, Griezmann.

Bayern Munich: Team News

Holger Badstuber, Arjen Robben and Jeromy Boateng are long term injury absentees for Bayern Munich.

Kingsley Coman is also a doubt and is yet to recover from a thigh injury.

Bayen Munich: Possible Line-up (4-1-4-1)
Goalkeeper : Neuer,
Defenders : Bernat, Alaba, Martinez, Lahm,
Midfielders : Vidal,
Ribery, Thiago, Muller, Costa,
Forward : Lewandowski.

Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Munich: Head-to-Head Stats
Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich faced each other only twice in the history of UEFA tournaments. Both meetings came in the 1974 European Cup final at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, after Bayern grabbed a 120th equalizer to force a replay two days later. Bayern ran out comfortable winners by 4-0 in the replay, both Uli Hoeness and Gerd Muller scoring two each that time.

Atletico Madrid total record against German clubs in UEFA competitions out of the 34 games is 16 wins, 6 draws and lost 12. The home record in 16 games is 11 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. They are also unbeaten in the last 7 games against German clubs, with 4 wins and 3 draws. Their last defeat came against Borussia Dortmund in the 1996/97 season.

Bayern Munich total record against Spanish oppositions in 49 games is 23 wins, 12 draws and 14 defeats. They have only won once in their last 12 visits to Spain and their total away record is 6 wins, 5 draws and 12 losses from 23 games.

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