Atletico vs. Man Utd: Head-to-head record and past meetings ahead of Champions League clash

Hoping for immoderate respite from their home strife, Manchester United volition question to look Atletico Madrid astatine the Metropolitano Stadium connected Tuesday, for matchday 2 of the Champions League's league-phase.

Diego Simeone's Rojiblancos are successful fantabulous form, and get connected the backmost of a four-game winning streak successful La Liga, including a 2-1 triumph implicit Real Madrid successful a bitter derby connected September 20.

However, they were beaten 2-1 by Liverpool successful their Champions League opener, and volition beryllium looking to get disconnected the people successful midweek.

As for Michael Carrick's Man United, they person failed to travel retired connected apical successful immoderate of their 4 fixtures since hammering Sabah 4-0 connected matchday one, and are hopeless to enactment Saturday's dire 1-1 gully with Tottenham Hotspur firmly successful the past.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look astatine the head-to-head grounds and erstwhile meetings betwixt the 2 sides.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 4

Atletico Madrid wins: 2

Draws: 2

Manchester United wins: 0

Atletico Madrid against Manchester United is simply a uncommon fixture connected the continental circuit, with the 2 clubs having lone locked horns 4 times successful competitory enactment implicit the years.

That being said, Los Rojiblancos firmly pb the mode successful this head-to-head, considering they person ne'er been beaten by the Red Devils, triumphing doubly themselves and drafting connected a further 2 occasions.

The archetypal showdown betwixt the clubs came backmost successful the 1991 variation of the UEFA European Cup Winners Cup, which saw Atleti look 4-1 victors connected aggregate.

Sir Alex Ferguson brought his Man United broadside to the Wanda Metropolitano successful October that twelvemonth for the archetypal leg, lone to beryllium thoroughly defeated 3-0 successful Madrid by Luis Aragones's men.

The 2nd limb successful aboriginal November saw the English squad fare marginally better, though they were lone capable to clasp retired for a 1-1 gully astatine Old Trafford, wherever Mark Hughes's fourth-minute effort was cancelled retired by Bernd Schuster with a small implicit 20 minutes remaining.

United's astir caller brushwood with Atleti took spot during the 2021-22 Champions League campaign, arsenic the 2 giants met successful the circular of 16.

February 2022's archetypal limb saw the Premier League broadside pegged backmost aboriginal by a diving header from Joao Felix astatine the caller Metropolitano, though Anthony Elanga ensured the necktie was finely-poised for the 2nd with a precocious equaliser, assisted by Bruno Fernandes.

Unfortunately for Ralf Rangnick's men, they were incapable to flooded Renan Lodi's first-half header successful the mid-March instrumentality fixture successful Manchester, and were knocked retired 2-1 connected aggregate by Diego Simeone's dogged XI.

The apical scorer successful this fixture's abbreviated past is Portuguese winger Futre, who bagged doubly against United for Atleti.

Last 4 meetings

Mar 15, 2022: Manchester United 0-1 Atletico Madrid (Champions League)

Feb 23, 2022: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Manchester United (Champions League)

Nov 06, 1991: Manchester United 1-1 Atletico Madrid (UEFA European Cup Winners Cup)

Oct 23, 1991: Atletico Madrid 3-0 Manchester United (UEFA European Cup Winners Cup)

Last 2 Champions League meetings

Mar 15, 2022: Manchester United 0-1 Atletico Madrid (Champions League)

Feb 23, 2022: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Manchester United (Champions League)

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