UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Santiago Bernabéu - Madrid Tuesday 23 October 2018 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Real Madrid CF Group G - Matchday 3 FC Viktoria Plzeň Last updated 18/08/2019 23:16CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Competition facts 15 Team facts 16 Legend 18 1 Real Madrid CF - FC Viktoria Plzeň Tuesday 23 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Real Madrid CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - AC Sparta Solari 60, Guti 64, 12/03/2002 GS2 3-0 Madrid Praha Sávio 71 Michalík 30, Sionko AC Sparta Praha - Real Madrid 21/11/2001 GS2 2-3 Prague 72; Zidane 20, CF Morientes 36, 74 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - SK Sigma 1-0 18/03/1992 QF Madrid Sánchez 83 Olomouc agg: 2-1 SK Sigma Olomouc - Real Madrid 04/03/1992 QF 1-1 Olomouc Hapal 26; Hierro 45 CF UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - AC Sparta 1-1 28/09/1983 R1 Madrid Isidro 23; Skuhravý 74 Praha agg: 3-4 Chovanec 26, AC Sparta Praha - Real Madrid Procházka 51, Griga 14/09/1983 R1 3-2 Prague CF 77; Santillana 39, Juanito 58 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AC Sparta Praha - Real Madrid 2-1 Kvašňák 36, Dyba 45; 20/03/1968 QF Prague CF agg: 2-4 Gento 58 Real Madrid CF - AC Sparta Amancio Amaro 61, 06/03/1968 QF 3-0 Madrid Praha 62, 68 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Geleta 60, 78; Felo 2-2 02/12/1964 R1 FK Dukla Praha - Real Madrid CF Prague 14, Amancio Amaro agg: 2-6 86 Amancio Amaro 23, 18/11/1964 R1 Real Madrid CF - FK Dukla Praha 4-0 Madrid 73, 83, Grosso 33 FC Viktoria Plzeň - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 2 Real Madrid CF - FC Viktoria Plzeň Tuesday 23 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kolář 8 (P), Kovařík 65, Hořava 90; 10/12/2015 GS FC Viktoria Plzeň - Villarreal CF 3-3 Plzen Bakambu 40, J. Dos Santos 62, Bruno Soriano 90+4 01/10/2015 GS Villarreal CF - FC Viktoria Plzeň 1-0 Villarreal Baptistão 54 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Viktoria Plzeň - Club Atlético 06/12/2012 GS 1-0 Plzen Procházka 26 de Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Cristian Rodríguez 04/10/2012 GS 1-0 Madrid Viktoria Plzeň 90+3 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Messi 24 (P), 45+2, 01/11/2011 GS FC Viktoria Plzeň - FC Barcelona 0-4 Prague 90+2, Fàbregas 72 19/10/2011 GS FC Barcelona - FC Viktoria Plzeň 2-0 Barcelona Iniesta 10, Villa 82 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Real Madrid CF 5 4 1 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 5 3 2 21 11 FC Viktoria Plzeň 3 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 4 4 11 3 Real Madrid CF - FC Viktoria Plzeň Tuesday 23 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Match background Real Madrid have ground to make up in Group G after defeat last time out, and will be looking to make it another tough evening for Viktoria Plzeň at the Santiago Bernabéu. • Madrid, who have never previously played Plzeň, are third in the standings on goal difference after two matches with three points, one place and two points above their opponents, who must bounce back after suffering their joint heaviest European defeat on matchday two. Form guide Madrid • Julen Lopetegui's charges went down 1-0 at CSKA Moskva on matchday two – only the club's fifth defeat in the last 35 European matches – and will be seeking a return to the form that brought a 3-0 win against Roma in Spain in their opening fixture. • Madrid are holders and 13-time champions. Semi-finalists or better in each of the last eight seasons, this is Real Madrid's 49th European Cup campaign – more than any other side. • Third in last season's Liga, the Spanish giants are in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 23rd time – a competition high they share with Barcelona and Porto. • In 2017/18, Madrid picked up seven points at home but finished second in their group – the second year running they had been runners-up in their section – before going on to beat Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern München in the knockout rounds. Gareth Bale (2) and Karim Benzema scored in the 3-1 final victory against Liverpool in Kyiv. • The Merengues have won 35 of their last 43 UEFA Champions League home matches, losing just two – 4-3 to Schalke in their 2014/15 round of 16 second leg and against Juventus last season. They still won both ties on aggregate. • Lopetegui's side lost 4-2 to Atlético Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup in Tallinn in August, denying the club a third straight triumph in the competition. The defeat in Moscow means Madrid have lost two European fixtures out of three under their new coach. • This is Madrid's first game against Czech opponents since a 3-0 home win against Sparta Praha in March 2002, their fourth victory in five home matches against visitors from that country. • Madrid have won their last three matches against Czech clubs, home and away, and are unbeaten in the last five (D2). Plzeň • Matchday two proved a chastening experience for the Czech champions, who went down 5-0 at Roma to equal their largest European defeat. They had looked set to kick off Group G with a home win against CSKA Moskva but were pegged back by an added-time penalty equaliser. • Plzeň's 2011/12 and 2013/14 UEFA Champions League seasons both ended in the group stage after starting in the second qualifying round. This is the first time they have automatically qualified for this stage. • In 2017/18, the Czech club lost to Romania's FCSB in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (2-2 away, 1-4 home). They went on to finish top of their UEFA Europa League section and beat Partizan in the round of 32, before losing to Sporting CP in the last 16 (0-2 away, 2-1 home aet). • Plzeň's 2-0 victory at Hapoel Beer-Sheva on matchday six of last season's UEFA Europa League group stage is their only win in their last 16 European away fixtures (D6 L9). • The Czech club have lost all but one of their seven away games in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Their sole success was a 1-0 victory at BATE Borisov in November 2011. • The Czech champions have lost all three of their away games in Spain without scoring, most recently a 1-0 reverse at Villarreal in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League group stage. Home and away, they have won one of their six matches with Liga sides (D1 L4). Links and trivia • Plzeň coach Pavel Vrba was in charge of a Czech Republic side including Roman Hubník that suffered a 1-0 defeat by Sergio Ramos and Spain in the UEFA EURO 2016 group stage. • Toni Kroos appeared in Bayern München's 5-0 home win and 1-0 away success against Plzeň in the 2013/14 group stage. Latest news 4 Real Madrid CF - FC Viktoria Plzeň Tuesday 23 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid Real Madrid • Madrid were beaten 2-1 at home by Levante on Saturday, stretching their run without a victory to five matches (D1 L4) going back to 22 September. That represents their worst sequence of results since May 2009 (L5). • Marcelo scored in the 72nd minute on Saturday, Madrid's first goal for five games. Their run of 482 minutes without scoring is a club record, surpassing the previous total of 464 minutes set in April 1985. • Sergio Ramos was on target in Spain's 3-2 home defeat by England in the UEFA Nations League on 15 October; he had also scored in the 4-1 friendly win against Wales four days earlier. • A Toni Kroos penalty gave Germany the lead in France in the UEFA Nations League on 16 October, his 14th goal in 90 internationals, although the visitors went on to lose 2-1. • Gareth Bale returned as a half-time subsitute on Saturday having been out with a muscle problem since the 1-0 defeat at Alavés on 6 October, when Karim Benzema was withdrawn at half-time with a hamstring injury. The Frenchman came on as a 60th-minute replacement against Levante on Saturday. • Isco had been sidelined since 22 September with appendicitis but started against Levante. • A calf problem has kept Dani Carvajal out since matchday two.