Qarabağ and Atlético demeanour to get behind on track
Qarabağ FK and Club Atlético de Madrid are both aiming to rebound behind from matchday dual defeats during home as they accommodate for a initial time during the Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu.
• This is QarabaÄŸ’s initial diversion opposite Spanish opponents; Atlético have never before played a organisation from Azerbaijan.
Match background
QarabaÄŸ
• The debutants have mislaid their initial dual Group C matches, going down 2-1 during home to AS Roma on matchday dual in their initial home organisation theatre game. That was usually QarabaÄŸ’s second better in their final 10 European home matches (W5 D3); a other also came during a hands of Italian opponents, 1-2 opposite ACF Fiorentina in a UEFA Europa League on 8 Dec 2016.
• Qarabağ were beaten 6-0 during Chelsea FC in their initial Group C game.
• QarabaÄŸ’s record in home organisation games in a UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League is W2 D4 L4.
• 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), followed by Moldova’s FC Sheriff (0-0 home, 2-1 away) in a third. 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.
• 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 afterwards mislaid to FC Viktoria Plzeň (0-0 away, 1-1 home) in a subsequent stage.
• In 2016/17, a Baku-based organisation contested a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre – for a third uninterrupted year – after being separated from a UEFA Champions League. They have never reached a knockout stages.
• Qarabağ competent for a UEFA Champions League after winning a Azerbaijani Premier League for a fifth time in 2016/17 – their fourth true championship.
Atlético
• The Spanish side 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 patrol – scoring one of a goals.
• Atlético non-stop Group C with a 0-0 pull during Roma and were beaten 2-1 during home by Chelsea on matchday two.
• The Roma stand-off meant Atlético have managed usually 3 victories in their final 10 UEFA Champions League divided matches (D3 L4). They did, however, win dual of their 3 divided fixtures in final year’s organisation stage.
• Third in Spain in 2016/17, Atlético missed out on apropos usually a seventh organisation 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.
• Diego Simeone’s group went on to strech a semi-finals, though a 3-0 first-leg annulment during Real Madrid valid too most to collect notwithstanding a 2-1 second-leg success in a final European diversion to be played during a Vicente Calderón.
Coach and actor links
• MÃchel scored in Getafe CF’s 3-2 win opposite Atlético on 6 Nov 2011 – his usually idea in 60 games 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.