The second of this week’s two Champions League semi-final ties sees Atletico Madrid and Arsenal face off in the first leg at the Estadio Metropolitano on Wednesday night.
Diego Simeone’s side pulled off a mini-upset at the quarter-final stage by eliminating Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate.
However, since then, the capital club has crashed to defeat in the Copa del Rey final, losing on penalties to Real Sociedad.
Atletico Madrid did return to winning ways at the weekend with a 3-2 victory over Athletic Bilbao, keeping them comfortably inside the top four of the La Liga table.
As for Arsenal, they gave their Premier Leaguetitle bid a much-needed boost with a narrow 1-0 win over Newcastle last time out, a result that moved them back to the summit.
The Gunners came through the Champions League league phase as the only team to win all eight of their matches, and have since seen off both Bayer Leverkusen and Sporting Lisbon to reach this stage.
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