[CL] Real Madrid - Juventus: de return #6 Balen man, Gareth

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• Madrid have won their last six home games, scoring 21 goals in the process and conceding twice.*

• Madrid have scored at least once in each of their last 51 home games, since a 1-0 defeat by Club Atlético de Madrid on 28 September 2013.*

• The Merengues have not failed to score at the Bernabéu in 23 UEFA Champions League outings, since a 2-0 defeat by FC Barcelona at the semi-final stage on 27 April 2011.*

• Ronaldo has scored six times in his last six UEFA Champions League games against Italian sides and his tally of nine semi-final goals in the competition is unsurpassed.

• Ancelotti's men have recorded eight wins in their last ten matches. They were nine games unbeaten before their 2-1 defeat in Turin.

• Ronaldo has struck 42 Liga goals this season, two more than Lionel Messi in the race to finish top scorer and eight shy of the Argentina forward's record set in 2011/12. Madrid remain two points behind Barcelona in the title race.*

• Luka Modrić has not featured since spraining the medial collateral ligament in his right knee against Málaga CF on 18 April. Benzema has missed the last six games with a knee problem.*

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• Juventus have won the first leg of a UEFA competition tie 2-1 on four occasions – and progressed each time.

• Juventus clinched a fourth successive Italian title with four games to spare on 2 May.

• The Bianconeri have a better defensive record away than at home this season, conceding just 12 goals in 24 matches on their travels.*

• Tévez has scored seven UEFA Champions League goals this season, one more than in his five previous campaigns combined. His goal on matchday one was his first in the competition since April 2009 and 1,003 minutes of play.

• Tévez has scored 20 Serie A goals this season and is three goals shy of his career-best total for a league campaign, set in 2009/10 while at Manchester City FC.*

• Cáceres (out since 5 March, ankle) and Pogba (18 March, thigh) have been sidelined.*