Real Madrid 3-1 Atalanta: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 16 March 2021

Result

Real Madrid 3-1 Atalanta

Champions League · Tuesday 16 March 2021, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Real Madrid 3-1 Atalanta: match report

Real Madrid defeated Atalanta 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 16 March 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Karim Benzema (34'), Sergio Ramos (60', penalty) and Marco Asensio (84'). Atalanta scored through Luis Muriel (83').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 3 yellow cards; Atalanta received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 11th on 13 points from 7 and Atalanta 16th on 11 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 3-5-2 and Atalanta in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luka Modrić of Real Madrid (8.0), ahead of Lucas Vázquez (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 0 draws and 0 for Atalanta.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Federico ValverdeReal Madrid
  • 58'Yellow card · Rafael TolóiAtalanta
  • 60'Penalty goal · Sergio RamosReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Nacho FernándezReal Madrid
  • 77'Yellow card · Toni KroosReal Madrid
  • 83'Goal · Luis MurielAtalanta · 2-1
  • 84'Goal · Marco AsensioReal Madrid · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Real Madrid 1, draws 0, Atalanta 0.

Team news

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Real Madrid line-up (3-5-2)

Thibaut Courtois, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Nacho Fernández, Lucas Vázquez, Federico Valverde, Luka Modrić, Toni Kroos, Ferland Mendy, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior

Atalanta line-up (3-4-2-1)

Marco Sportiello, Rafael Tolói, Cristian Romero, Berat Djimsiti, Joakim Maehle, Matteo Pessina, Marten de Roon, Robin Gosens, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Mario Pašalić, Luis Muriel