Real Madrid vs Marseille

Real Madrid recorded their 200th UEFA Champions League win, 19 more than any other side, while they have now scored 700 goals in the competition, 68 more than any other side.

Marseille have now lost five games against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League/European Cup, their joint-most defeats against any side in the competition (also 5 v Porto), while their five losses in five meetings in the competition against the Spanish giants is their worst 100% loss record against a single side.

Real Madrid have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 12 UEFA Champions League home games, their worst-ever run in the competition.

Real Madrid have won all four of their games against Marseille in European competition. If they win this match, Marseille will be the opponent they have beaten the most times in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League while maintaining a 100 percent record (also 4/4 v APOEL Nicosia and Zürich).

Only against FC Porto (5) have Marseille suffered more defeats in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League than they have against Real Madrid (4). Indeed, Los Blancos are the opponent they’ve faced most often across the two competitions while losing every time (4/4).

This will be the 27th time that Real Madrid have begun a European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign with a home match, while they’ve only been beaten on one of the previous 26 occasions (W23 D2): a 3-2 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2020-21.

Marseille have faced Real Madrid in their opening game of a UEFA Champions League game once previously, doing so in September 2003 at the Santiago Bernabéu. Didier Drogba opened the scoring for the French side on that occasion, but they would go on to lose 4-2.

No French team has ever won away to Real Madrid in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League. In 15 previous attempts, they have lost 11 of them (D4) and failed to keep a clean sheet on every occasion (42 goals conceded, at an average of 2.8 per game).