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How many goals has Cristiano Ronaldo scored vs Atlético Madrid?

The Portuguese striker has bagged 25 career goals against the 'Colchoneros' as Manchester United travel to Madrid for the UCL Round of 16 first-leg.

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Premier League giants Manchester United travel to the Wanda Metropolitano to face Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night, with the visitors aiming to become just the fourth team to 500 goals in the European Cup and Champions League combined.

United and Atlético Madrid have somehow only faced each other in the same European campaign once previously, when the Spanish side were 4-1 victors on aggregate in the last 16 of the 1991-92 Cup Winners' Cup.

The Red Devils, on their only previous visit to Atletico, lost the first leg of that tie 3-0 at the old Vicente Calderon stadium against Luis Aragones' team.

Ralf Rangnick's away side will be hoping for happier returns to Spain, where they have won just one of their last seven trips in the knockout stages of the Champions League (D4 L2).

But Diego Simeone's team have also tasted defeat in each of their last four matches against English teams in the competition, double the number of losses they suffered across their first 12 such matches (W4 D6 L2).

Atleti have won just four of their last 14 in the Champions League. Additionally, they have lost more times in their last four home games (three) than they did in across their previous 37 (two) in the competition.

CR7 looking to add to 25 goal tally

The LaLiga outfit will have to contend with an old foe Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 25 goals in 35 matches against them, only managing more versus Sevilla during his entire career.

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Indeed, four of the forward's club hat-tricks have come against the Spanish side, two of which have been netted in this competition – no other player has recorded more against a single opponent in Europe's top club tournament.