Atletico Madrid to host Manchester United in Champions League league phase matchday two

Atletico Madrid will host Manchester United on 13 October 2026 at 22:00 Damascus time, in a match between the two sides as part of the second round of the league phase of the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League season, with the match broadcast on beIN Sports.

Atletico Madrid go into the match on the back of a run of positive results in La Liga, having won their last four matches, beating Alaves 2-1 away from home, Real Madrid 2-1, Osasuna 4-0, and Real Sociedad 3-0, with their only defeat in this run coming against Liverpool by 1-2.

Manchester United, on the other hand, come into the match on the back of mixed results, having drawn their last two matches against Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 and Fulham 1-1, and lost to Manchester City 0-1, while beating Azerbaijan's Sabah 4-0 and drawing with Everton 2-2.

In terms of previous meetings between the two sides, Manchester United won the last match between them on 1 August 2026 by 2-1, while Atletico Madrid won the match on 30 July 2022 by 1-0, and also won the match on 15 March 2022 by 1-0 on home soil, while the match on 23 February 2022 ended in a 1-1 draw.

Atletico Madrid will be without Rodrigo Mendoza and Obed Gomez Vargas for today's match, while Manchester United will be missing Patrick Chenaz Ikberi Dorjo, T. Heaton, Noussair Mazraoui, Benjamin Sesko, Ugarte, and M. de Ligt through injury.

In the league phase standings, Manchester United sit fourth with 3 points from one match, having won it and scored 4 goals without conceding any, while Atletico Madrid sit 26th with no points from one match, having lost it and scored one goal while conceding two.