For the first time since 2017, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid are set to clash in the Champions League. Less than one month ago, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid settled for a 1–1 draw for the second time in the 2024–25 La Liga season.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti will make four changes when his team faces crosstown foe Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday.

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid lock horns once again in the Champions League tonight. The city rivals met nine times on Europe’s biggest stage, six of which have come since 2014 when Los Blancos left it late to seal a dramatic victory in the final to claim ‘La Decima’ - a 10th Champions League triumph.