Football news - The jaw-dropping stats behind Real Madrid’s biggest ever home European defeat
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Updated 05/03/2019 at 22:41 GMT
Ajax’s stunning victory against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Wednesday night was one of the most incredible results in Champions League history.
Dusan Tadic (3rd L) of Ajax celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal during UEFA Champions League Round of 16 second leg match between Real Madrid and Ajax at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain on 5, 2019
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And the stats and facts that came out of the game were suitably extraordinary.
Here are the pick of the statistics from one of the most humiliating nights in Real Madrid’s recent history.
– Real Madrid are the first reigning Champions League winners to fail to qualify for the quarter-final stage since Chelsea in 2012-13 (knocked out in the group stage).
– Real Madrid’s 4-1 defeat to Ajax was their biggest ever margin of defeat a home knockout game in European competition.
– Real Madrid have lost four successive games at the Bernabeu for just the third occasion in their history – also doing so in 1995 and 2004.
– Real Madrid conceded two goals in the first 18 minutes of a Champions League game at the Bernabeu for the first time ever
– Ajax are unbeaten in each of their previous 48 Champions League matches in which they’ve scored the opener (W40 D8).
– Ajax have progressed through a Champions League knockout stage tie for the first time in 22 years – last doing so in the 1996-97 campaign when the Dutch side prevailed against Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals.
– Ajax are just the third away side to score 4+ goals in a Champions League match at the Bernabeu (also, Bayern Munich 4-2 in February 2000 and Schalke 4-3 in March 2015).
– Ajax’s Dusan Tadic has been directly involved in more goals than any other player in the Champions League this season (6 goals, 3 assists).
Stats courtesy of Opta and Squawka
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