Arsenal vs. Atletico Madrid: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Champions League second leg

Arsenal mislaid the 2006 Champions League final, Atletico Madrid mislaid the 2016 Champions League last - 1 volition effort to debar losing the 2026 Champions League final.

Mikel Arteta and Diego Simeone quadrate up to 1 different yet again connected Tuesday night, arsenic the Gunners and the Rojiblancos contention the 2nd limb of their UCL semi-final astatine the Emirates Stadium pursuing a frenetic archetypal brushwood astatine the Metropolitano Stadium.

Viktor Gyokeres and Julian Alvarez some scored from the spot arsenic Arsenal and Atletico settled for a 1-1 draw, though the Premier League leaders were near infuriated erstwhile they had a 2nd spot footwear overturned aft a VAR review.

Arsenal channelled that choler into a ascendant show during Saturday's 3-0 triumph implicit Fulham, though, portion a much-changed Atletico broadside bested Valencia 2-0 successful a mostly inconsequential La Liga match.

Here, Sports Mole takes a person look astatine the head-to-head grounds and erstwhile meetings betwixt Arsenal and Atletico up of the instrumentality leg.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 4

Arsenal wins: 1

Draws: 2

Atletico Madrid wins: 1

Meeting successful the Champions League for the archetypal clip successful the 2025-26 season, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid's lone erstwhile competitory battles came successful the semi-finals of the 2017-18 Europa League, which proved to beryllium Arsene Wenger's last European hurrah.

The Frenchman's past bid to pb Arsenal to a large portion of continental silverware ended astatine the hands of Diego Simeone, whose men drew 1-1 astatine the Emirates successful the archetypal limb earlier advancing to the last with a 1-0 location triumph successful the instrumentality fixture.

Following an hr of goalless enactment astatine the Emirates successful the opening game, Alexandre Lacazette nodded successful a Jack Wilshere transverse to springiness the Gunners the lead, but Antoine Griezmann netted a pivotal equaliser for Atletico successful the 82nd minute.

Reconvening astatine the Wanda Metropolitano a week later, Arsenal's hopes of a momentous Madrid triumph suffered a monolithic stroke conscionable 12 minutes in, arsenic captious defender Laurent Koscielny sustained a terrible Achilles wounded that would regularisation him retired of that year's World Cup triumph with France.

Atletico took afloat advantage, arsenic Diego Costa - a perpetual nemesis of Arsenal's during his clip with Chelsea - netted the game's lone extremity connected the changeable of fractional clip to seal a 2-1 aggregate triumph for the Spanish side, who would spell connected to decision Marseille successful the final.

However, Arsenal belatedly got a saccharine portion of revenge 7 years later, arsenic acknowledgment to a 13-minute masterclass, the Gunners destroyed Simeone's Atletico 4-0 successful the League Phase of the 2025-26 Champions League.

From 0-0 successful the 56th infinitesimal to 4-0 successful the 70th, Mikel Arteta's men annihilated their Spanish foes acknowledgment to a Viktor Gyokeres double, a Gabriel Magalhaes header and a Gabriel Martinelli decorativeness astatine the Emirates.

The effect condemned Atletico to their joint-heaviest decision successful the Champions League, portion Arsenal extended their grounds winning tally against Spanish teams to a stellar 7 matches.

The brace past locked horns again successful the semi-finals of the 2025-26 Champions League, with the archetypal limb finishing 1-1 successful Madrid; the 2nd limb successful London volition instrumentality spot connected May 5.

Last 4 meetings

Apr 29, 2026: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Arsenal (Champions League Semi-Final First Leg)

Oct 21, 2025: Arsenal 4-0 Atletico Madrid (Champions League)

May 03, 2018: Atletico Madrid 1-0 Arsenal (Europa League)

Apr 26, 2018: Arsenal 1-1 Atletico Madrid (Europa League)