UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2nd Leg: Tuesday (12/04/16) - Read Madrid Vs Wolfsburg

Madrid seek to overhaul Wolfsburg deficit Real Madrid have reached five straight semi-finals but must undo the damage caused by a 2-0 first- leg defeat at knockout debutants Wolfsburg to extend that run. VfL Wolfsburg and Real Madrid CF are at the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of UEFA Champions League quarter-final experience as they prepare for the second leg in the Spanish capital. Previous meetings • The first leg was the sides' first meeting – and only Wolfsburg's fifth game against Spanish opposition. Match background Real Madrid • Madrid are in the quarter-finals for the sixth season in a row – they have won their last five and nine of the last ten. Their European Cup quarter-final record is W26 L6. • Madrid have won all four home games in this season's competition, including a 2-0 defeat of AS Roma in the round of 16 second leg for a 4-0 aggregate success, and an overwhelming 8-0 defeat of Malmö FF in December – the joint-biggest victory in 24 years of the UEFA Champions League. Overall at home they have scored 15 goals and conceded none. • Madrid's record in two-legged ties with German clubs in UEFA competition is W12 L8. They have won each of their last four ties against German opposition, scoring 22 goals in the process. • Madrid lost their most recent fixture against German opposition, 4-3 at home to FC Schalke 04 in last season's round of 16 second leg, yet still prevailed in that tie having triumphed 2-0 away. • The Schalke defeat ended a run of four straight home wins and a 12-game unbeaten run at the Santiago Bernabéu (W10 D2), against German visitors. • Madrid's overall home record against Bundesliga clubs is W22 D4 L3; overall, it is W28 D10 L23. • Madrid have overturned a first-leg away defeat 22 times, failing on a further 16 occasions including the last five – most recently against Juventus in last season's semi- finals. However, they have retrieved large first-leg away deficits: against Derby County FC (1975/76 European Champion Clubs' Cup second round: 1-4 away, 5-1 home); RSC Anderlecht (1984/85 UEFA Cup third round: 0-3 away, 6-1 home); and VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (1985/86 UEFA Cup third round: 1-5 away, 4-0 home). • Madrid's shoot-out record in European competition is W1 L2: 5-6 v FK Crvena zvezda, 1974/75 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals 3-1 v Juventus, 1986/87 European Cup second round 1-3 v FC Bayern München, 2011/12 UEFA Champions League semi-finals Wolfsburg • In the UEFA Champions League for only the second time following their 2009/10 debut, Wolfsburg are in the knockout stages for the first time. • This is the German club's third quarter-final in a major UEFA competition. Beaten 3-1 on aggregate by Fulham FC in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League (1-2 away, 0-1 home), they also lost to SSC Napoli at the same stage of last season's competition (1-4 home, 2-2 away). • Wolfsburg lost their first two away games in this season's competition, but have won the last two, 2-0 at PFC CSKA Moskva on matchday five and 3-2 at KAA Gent in the round of 16 first leg. • Dieter Hecking's side have lost only two of their last nine European away games, winning five. • The German club have won all four ties in UEFA competition in which they won the home first leg. That includes two 2-0 first-leg successes, most recently against Sporting Clube de Portugal in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 32 (0-0 away). • Wolfsburg have never been involved in a penalty shoot-out in UEFA competition. Coach and player links • Wolfsburg's Julian Draxler was in the Schalke team beaten by Madrid in the 2013/14 round of 16, the Germans losing 6-1 in Gelsenkirchen and 3-1 in Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema all scored twice in the first leg, Ronaldo adding two more at the Santiago Bernabéu. • Toni Kroos scored at the VfL Wolfsburg Arena for Bayer Leverkusen, where he was on loan from Bayern München, on 18 April 2009. Wolfsburg went on to win 2-1. • Josuha Guilavogui is currently on loan at Wolfsburg from Club Atlético de Madrid, for whom he has made just one appearance. • Kroos faced Wolfsburg 12 times during his time in Germany with FC Bayern München (2007–09, 2010– 14) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2009–10) with the record W10 D1 L1. • Daniel Carvajal spent 2012/13 on loan at Leverkusen, recording a draw and two losses against Wolfsburg. • André Schürrle and Kroos each scored twice as Germany beat a Brazil side containing Marcelo and Luiz Gustavo 7-1 in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-finals. • Kroos scored Germany's winner in a November 2014 friendly against Spain, with Kiko Casilla and Sergio Ramos in the home team. Max Kruse also featured for Germany, with Robin Knoche an unused substitute. • Play for same country: Joshua Guilavogui & Raphaël Varane, Karim Benzema (France) André Schürrle, Julian Draxler, Max Kruse, Maximilian Arnold, Sebastian Jung, Christian Träsch, Marcel Schäfer & Toni Kroos (Germany) Luiz Gustavo, Dante & Marcelo, Danilo, Casemiro (Brazil) Vieirinha & Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe (Portugal) • Have played together Toni Kroos & Dante (Bayern, 2012– 14) Toni Kroos & Luiz Gustavo (Bayern, 2011–13) Match facts Real Madrid • Casemiro, Danilo and Sergio Ramos will incur a suspension with their next bookings. • The defeat in Wolfsburg ended Madrid's six-match winning run. • Cristiano Ronaldo took his Liga total to 30 for the season in Saturday's 4-0 defeat of Eibar; he is the first player to reach 30 goals in six successive Liga seasons. Wolfsburg • Arnold, Diego Benaglio, Daniel Caligiuri, Vieirinha and Luiz Gustavo are a booking away from a ban. • The victory over Madrid was Wolfsburg's first win in four games. Their 1-1 draw against Mainz on Saturday was their fourth successive Bundesliga game without a victory (D2 L2). • Winter signing Bruno Henrique made his first start for Wolfsburg in the quarter-final first leg. • Naldo, expected to miss the rest of the campaign after sustaining a right shoulder injury against Bayern on 27 February, returned to the side against Madrid. • Caligiuri has been out since sustaining a groin injury against SV Darmstadt 98 on 19 March. • Jung suffered a knee injury in Ghent on 17 February and was ruled out for the remainder of the season. • On 12 January, Bas Dost fractured a metatarsal in his left foot during Wolfsburg's winter training camp in Portugal. He returned to play 71 minutes against Mainz on Saturday