We look ahead to Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg at the Emirates Stadium with our Arsenal vs Atlético Madrid prediction and preview. Can the Gunners reach the final for the first time since 2006?
Arsenal vs Atlético Madrid: The Key Stats
The Opta supercomputer is backing Arsenal, giving them a 56.0% chance of winning the match in normal time. The Gunners have lost just two of their previous 23 games in the UEFA Champions League. Viktor Gyökeres could become the third player to score in both legs of a Champions League semi-final for a Premier League team.Arsenal have reasons to be optimistic about reaching the UEFA Champions League final after their first-leg draw away at Atlético Madrid last week. History is on their side, and not just because they’ve already comfortably beaten Atléti at the Emirates Stadium this season.
The two teams played out a tense 1-1 draw in Madrid last week, in a game largely dominated by penalty decisions. Viktor Gyökeres and Julián Álvarez both scored from the spot for their teams, while Arsenal were left incensed when a decision to award a penalty for an alleged foul on Eberechi Eze was overturned after a VAR review.
There have been three semi-finals in this competition in which the first leg ended all-square since the away goals rule was abolished. In each instance, the team that played at home second qualified for the final.
Manchester City drew 1-1 at Real Madrid before winning 4-0 at home in 2023. Madrid drew in the Allianz Arena (2-2) before beating Bayern Munich 2-1 at the Bernabéu the following year. Last season, Inter and Barcelona drew 3-3 in Spain ahead of their never-to-be-forgotten second leg, which the Serie A side won 4-3 after extra-time.
Arsenal also have a good record in second legs at home when the first leg has gone well. When avoiding defeat on the road in the first leg of a European Cup/Champions League knockout-stage tie, they have gone on to progress in eight of their previous 10. Only versus Benfica in 1991-92 and Chelsea in 2003-04 did they fail to progress in this scenario.
The Gunners have a very strong recent record against La Liga teams too. They are unbeaten in their last eight games against Spanish sides in the Champions League, winning seven. Only one team have gone more consecutive games against opposition from Spain without losing in the competition (since 1992-93): Chelsea between March 2006 and April 2014 (16).
Arsenal have also lost just two of their last 23 Champions League matches. They have the chance to go 14 unbeaten in this competition for the first time ever and average just 0.65 goals conceded per game under Mikel Arteta in Europe’s elite club tournament. This is the lowest goals conceded per game ratio for any manager with 20+ games in the competition.
These positive stats are one thing, but Arsenal may also be encouraged by how poor Atlético’s record is in England. They have lost six of their last seven away games against Premier League sides in Champions League, including the last four in a row. Their 4-0 defeat at the Emirates Stadium earlier this season remains their joint-heaviest loss in the European Cup/Champions League.
One man who won’t care about any of this is Diego Simeone. He knows his players will give everything they have to defeat the weight of history. The resilience he inspires is why Atlético are aiming to reach the final for the third time on his watch. Only two managers have ever reached more finals in the competition with the same club: Alex Ferguson with Manchester United and Marcello Lippi with Juventus (both four).
Julián Álvarez will be integral to the visitors’ chances, thanks to his quality both on and off the ball. The Argentine has averaged a goal or assist every 80 minutes in the Champions League. Of strikers with 20+ goal involvements in the competition, only Erling Haaland (74) has a better ratio.
Álvarez also leads the 2025-26 Champions League for high-intensity pressures (899), and is the player who has accounted for the highest share of their team’s tally for this metric in the competition this term (16.1%). While he was a potential injury doubt after going off in last week’s first leg, the 26-year-old will likely play. Less certain to be involved for Atléti are Pablo Barrios, José María Giménez and Nico González.
Arteta might not have a player with as impressive numbers in these fields as Álvarez, but he has strength through the spine of his team.
David Raya has prevented more goals than any other goalkeeper in the competition since the start of last season, conceding 13 goals from 22.9 xG on target. Declan Rice led all players in the first leg of this tie for line-breaking passes (12) and progressive carries (12), hitting double figures away to Bayer Leverkusen earlier in the campaign too.
And Gyökeres could become just the third player to score in both legs of a Champions League semi-final for an English club, after Sadio Mané for Liverpool (twice) and Riyad Mahrez for Manchester City. This trio will all be available, with Mikel Merino and Jurriën Timber the only certain absentees. Kai Havertz and Martin Ødegaard are doubts but could feature.
Atlético Madrid will battle hard to the very end. The data suggests they will be right up against it to get through, though.
Arsenal vs Atlético Madrid Head-to-Head
This is the first season in which Arsenal have faced Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Champions League. They won 4-0 at home in the league phase before drawing 1-1 at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano Stadium last week.
Mikel Arteta could become just the third manager to go unbeaten in their first three games against Diego Simeone in the competition. Carlo Ancelotti and Maurizio Sarri (with three each) are the only men to have achieved this feat.
The only other games between these clubs took place in the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League in 2018. The sides drew 1-1 in north London before Atlético won 1-0 at home to reach the final. They beat Marseille 3-0 there, so will take that as a positive omen if they get through again.
Arsenal vs Atlético Madrid Prediction
Arsenal fans will be hoping that the Opta supercomputer is correct with its prediction. The Gunners won the match in 56.0% of the 10,000 simulations.
A draw (23.7%) was the next most likely outcome, giving Arsenal a 79.7% likelihood of at least reaching extra-time. Atlético Madrid have a 20.2% probability of winning the match in normal time.
Arsenal vs Atlético Madrid Predicted Lineups
Arsenal: David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhães, Piero Hincapié, Martín Zubimendi, Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Viktor Gyökeres.
Head Coach: Mikel Arteta
Atlético Madrid: Jan Oblak, Nahuel Molina, Marc Pubill, Robin Le Normand, Matteo Ruggeri, Koke, Johnny Cardoso, Thiago Almada, Álex Baena, Ademola Lookman, Antoine Griezmann.
Head Coach: Diego Simeone
Opta Power Rankings
The Opta Power Rankings are a global team ranking system. They assign an ability score to over 15,000 domestic football teams. This score is on a scale between zero and 100, where zero is the worst-ranked team in the world and 100 is the best team in the world.
Ahead of kick-off on Tuesday, here is the Opta Power Ranking for both sides.
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