Atletico Madrid vs 13.10.26 19:002 – 0Full Time
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Match report
Atletico Madrid beat 10-man Manchester United 2-0 in Champions League
Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United 2-0 at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in the second matchday of the Champions League league stage. Pablo Barrios put the hosts ahead in the first minute, converting a chance created by Álex Baena, and Diego Simeone's side led 1-0 at half-time.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The contest stayed tight for long periods, with Atletico holding 58% of possession but only a single shot more than their visitors, 10 to 9. Manchester United, managed by Michael Carrick, kept themselves in the game until the 74th minute, when Leny Yoro was shown a red card with the score still 1-0.
Atletico made the extra man count five minutes later. Ademola Lookman scored in the 79th minute to make it 2-0, and Manchester United neither scored nor created a way back after the dismissal. The result extended Atletico's winning run to five games in a row.
Atletico travel to Espanyol in La Liga on Saturday 17 October, while Manchester United visit Leeds in the Premier League the following day.
Barrios opened the scoring after 60 seconds and also supplied the pass for nothing further, taking a goal and the highest rating on the pitch, 8.2. Baena's assist for the opener earned him a rating of 7.7.
Atletico finished with 58% of the possession against Manchester United's 42%.
Atletico Madrid beat Manchester United 2–0 (half-time 1–0).
Atletico Madrid met Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League (League Stage - 2). Kick-off was Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 19:00 UTC at Riyadh Air Metropolitano. Referee: Glenn Nyberg.
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Key moments
- 1' Goal: Pablo Barrios (assist: Álex Baena) — 1–0 · Watch Pablo Barrios's goal video (1')
- 74' Red card: Leny Yoro
- 79' Goal: Ademola Lookman — 2–0 · Watch Ademola Lookman's goal video (79')
Starting line-ups
Atletico Madrid (4-4-2)
Manchester United (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Atletico Madrid 47%, the draw 25%, Manchester United 28%. It finished Atletico Madrid 2–0 Manchester United.
Home advantage gives Atletico Madrid a slight lean — With almost nothing between the sides on our strength rating, the usual home advantage puts Atletico Madrid in front at 47%, though their scoring running ahead of their chances pulls slightly towards Manchester United. The draw starts near 28%, the usual rate for evenly matched sides, and drops to 25% because both teams' recent games average 3.5 goals.
Why Atletico Madrid in front?
Home ground, and little else. Almost nothing between them on our strength rating — 1849 to 1820. Sides this close won 45.8% of 13,716 home games (draw 27.7%, visitors 26.6%).
Why only 47%?
Because on our strength rating there is nothing in it. Atletico Madrid scored +0.37 goals per game beyond chance-quality — home sides this hot gave some of it back. Opponents of hot-finishing home sides won 28.6% of 1,478 games, vs 27.6% against normal finishing.
Why the draw at 25%?
Between sides this level the draw starts at 27.7%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.2% of 16,897. The goals environment takes 2.4 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Out: Luke Shaw, a star player, Kobbie Mainoo, an important player, and Benjamin Šeško and Patrick Dorgu, rotation players. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team. Last five: Atletico Madrid L-W-W-W-W, Manchester United W-L-L-D-D — Atletico Madrid are clearly the hotter side on recent results. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 43.4% of 1900 games when clearly hotter and 43.7% of 3646 when clearly colder.
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About this match
On this page: the Atletico Madrid vs Manchester United final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Champions League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Pablo Barrios's goal against Manchester United (1').
- Watch Ademola Lookman's goal against Manchester United (79').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Atletico Madrid 2–0 Manchester United. Explore more on the Atletico Madrid and Manchester United team pages or the UEFA Champions League page.