Atletico Madrid will be bidding to bounce back from their shock La Liga defeat to Leganes when they resume their Champions League campaign with a contest against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night.
Diego Simeone's side are 11th in the Champions League table, one point behind eighth-placed Lille, while Leverkusen are fourth, with the German outfit picking up 13 points from their six matches in this season's competition.
Simeone's team remain top of the La Liga table and are very much in a title race this term, but the Red and Whites have work to do in the Champions League, sitting 11th in the table, boasting 12 points from their six matches.
Atletico have won four times and lost twice in the league phase of the Champions League, which has left them one point off eighth-placed Lille, who occupy the final automatic qualification position at this moment in time.
The Red and Whites have won three and lost three of their previous 10 matches with Leverkusen, and it was 2-2 when the two teams last locked horns in the group stage of the 2022-23 Champions League in Madrid.
Atletico have an excellent home record against German opposition in Europe, winning 17 and losing just three of 25 such fixtures, while they have been victorious in seven of their last eight home Champions League games.
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