Broadcast info
Who's playing? Bayer Leverkusen returns to the KO stage of the UEFA Champions League, and they will have to deal with a familiar foe: Atlético Madrid. The German side was eliminated by Los Colchoneros during the 2014-2015 season, and Roger Schmidt's crew will surely want to return the favor to them this time.
Die Werkself made it to the UCL's Round of 16 unbeaten, although they ended up conceding four draws. Meanwhile, Atlético lost one game during their run to win Group D.
What time? Tuesday, February 21, at 11:45 PST/ 13:45 CST/ 14:45 EST/ 19:45 GMT/ 20:45 CEST.
What stadium? BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen's home, will be the venue hosting this match. This stadium can accomodate up to 29,000 fans, leaving 1,000 seats unoccupied due to security reasons.
On which channels?
- In Germany: TeleClub Sport Live, Sky Sport 3/HD, SWRinfo, Sky Sport 1 HD, Hr-Info, SRF zwei, Sky Go Deutschland, Sport1.FM, NDR Info Spezial
- In Spain: Antena 3, TV3
- In the U.K.: BT Sport Live Streaming, BT Sport 3
- In the U.S.: ESPN Deportes USA, ESPN Deportes+ USA, SiriusXM FC, Fox Sports 2 USA, Fox Soccer 2GO USA, WatchESPN, fuboTV, Fox Sports GO
- In Canada: fuboTV Canada, beIN Sports Canada, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada, TSN GO
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Match facts
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This will be the fifth UEFA Champions League match between these teams. So far, Bayer Leverkusen has won once, with three draws. Atlético may have defeated the German team after a penalty shootout, but that game counts as a draw.
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Hakan Calhanoglu, Omer Toprak & Stefan Kiessling missed their penalties during the last time these sides met in the competition, giving Los Colchoneros the win.
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"Chicharito" would unadvertedly "avenge" his would-be team weeks later, as he scored the game-winning goal for Real Madrid that eliminated Atlético in the 2014-2015 UCL edition.
The Mexican striker knows how to damage Los Colchoneros.
Team news
Bayer Leverkusen will have to face this game without three players: Hakan Calhanoglu, Jonathan Tah and Lars Bender. While Tah and Bender are out due to injuries, Calhanoglu has been banned for the rest of the season over a contract dispute with one of his former clubs.
On the other side of the pitch, coach Diego Simeone will also have to deal with three certain injury absences: Tiago, Juanfran and Augusto Fernández. Goalkeeper Jan Oblak has returned after a long spell on the sidelines, but Simeone may want to keep Miguel Angel Moyá between the sticks and give his stellar goalie one more week to recover.
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