Atlético in need of win as Qarabağ come to Spain
Club Atlético de Madrid were hold to a frustrating pull during QarabaÄŸ FK when a teams met for a initial time, and know a significance of removing their initial win in this season’s UEFA Champions League in a lapse fixture.
• The goalless pull in Azerbaijan on matchday three leaves Diego Simeone’s side third in Group C on dual points, 3 behind second-placed AS Roma and 5 adrift of Chelsea FC. QarabaÄŸ had additional means for jubilee final time out, after collecting their initial indicate in a competition.
• Qarabağ will be separated from a foe if they remove and Roma win during home to Chelsea.
Match background
Atlético
• The Spanish organisation played a accessible opposite FC Baku in 2013, winning 3-0 with Diego Costa – who returned to Atlético in Sep though is not in their UEFA Champions League squad – scoring one of a goals.
• Beaten 2-1 during home by Chelsea on matchday two, Atlético had non-stop Group C with a 0-0 pull during Roma.
• The Chelsea better finished an 11-match dominant run during home in Europe (W9 D2); final tenure Atleti had won 5 of their 6 home games.
• Third in Spain in 2016/17, Atlético usually missed out on apropos a seventh side to win all 6 matches in a UEFA Champions League organisation when they went down 1-0 during FC Bayern München on matchday 6 final season.
• Simeone’s organisation went on to strech a semi-finals, though a 3-0 first-leg annulment during Real Madrid CF proved too most to collect notwithstanding a 2-1 second-leg success in a final European diversion to be played during a Vicente Calderón.
• Atlético won 30 of their final 36 European fixtures during a Calderón, losing usually twice.
QarabaÄŸ
• The debutants mislaid their initial dual Group C fixtures, going down 2-1 during home to AS Roma on matchday dual in their initial organisation theatre home game.
• Qarabağ were also beaten 6-0 during Chelsea FC in their initial Group C outing, their second unbroken divided detriment in Europe.
• The Azerbaijani bar reached a organisation theatre for a initial time by violence Georgian champions FC Samtredia in a second subordinate turn (5-0 home, 1-0 away) and Moldova’s FC Sheriff (0-0 home, 2-1 away). In a play-offs, they won 1-0 during home to FC København and advanced on divided goals after a 2-1 better in Denmark.
• Qarabağ had won their final dual divided games in Europe before losing during FCK; they had won usually dual of a prior 11 (D2 L7) however.
• QarabaÄŸ’s divided record in a UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League organisation stages is W1 D2 L7.
• This is QarabaÄŸ’s fourth UEFA Champions League campaign; in any of a prior 3 they were separated in a third subordinate round. Last year they suspended F91 Dudelange 3-1 on total in a second subordinate round, though mislaid to FC Viktoria Plzeň (0-0 away, 1-1 home) during a subsequent hurdle.
• In 2016/17, a Baku-based organisation contested a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre – for a third uninterrupted year – after being knocked out of a UEFA Champions League. They have never left on to a turn of 32, however.
• Qarabağ competent for a UEFA Champions League after winning a Azerbaijani Premier League for a fifth time in 2016/17 – their fourth true championship.
Coach and actor links
• MÃchel scored in Getafe CF’s 3-2 win opposite Atlético on 6 Nov 2011 – his usually idea for a club. He also featured in a 7-0 divided better in Nov 2013 for Getafe, and in Sporting Gijón’s 3-1 detriment during Atlético’s former home a Vicente Calderón on 26 Apr 2009.
• MÃchel and Atlético’s Miguel Ãngel Moyà were team-mates during Getafe between 2011 and 2014.
• Daniel Quintana started his career in Valencia CF’s B organisation (2006–08) and had spells during UD Puçol (2006/07, loan), Ontinyent CF (2008), UD Alzira (2008/09), Racing de Ferrol (2009/10), AD Huracán (2010/11), CD OlÃmpic de Xà tiva (2011/12) and Gimnà stic de Tarragona (2012/13) in his local Spain. He never faced Atlético.