Big Match Feature: Atletico Madrid v Inter Milan

For the second season in a row, Inter Milan travel to the concluding away leg of their Uefa Champions League round of 16 defending a 1-0 advantage on Wednesday, with Atletico Madrid the side tasked with turning round their tie against the Nerazzurri. Catch the action live on SuperSport.

The opening instalment of the tie at San Siro on 20 February – just the sides' second meeting – was settled in favour of the home team thanks to a goal from Inter substitute Marko Arnautović 11 minutes from time. That extended his side's unbeaten run in this season's competition while inflicting a first defeat of the campaign on an Atlético side coached by former Inter midfielder Diego Simeone.

Champions League runners-up in 2014 and 2016, Atlético had won three successive games in the competition before losing in Milan, a 2-0 Matchday 6 win against Inter's Serie A rivals Lazio in Madrid sealing first place in Group E. Inter, meanwhile, concluded their group campaign with a 0-0 draw at home to another Spanish side, Real Sociedad, ensuring they would finish second behind the Liga outfit in Group D.

Inter – who reached a first final since 2010 in 2023 – are making a third successive round of 16 appearance having missed out for nine seasons in a row before 2021/22; Atlético are in the knockout rounds for the fifth time in six seasons, although they have lost two of their last four ties at this stage.

MATCH FACTS

This is the first time Atlético de Madrid are hosting Inter in all competitions. They’ve won seven of their last nine home games against Italian sides, drawing with Juventus is September 2019 (2-2), and losing to Milan in November 2021 (0-1).

Inter are winless in their last 10 away games against Spanish sides in the Uefa Champions League