Atletico vs. Leverkusen

Diego Simeone's side welcome travelling Bayer Leverkusen to the Vicente Calderon in the last 16 of the Champions League with the hosts looking to overturn a <a href="/football/atletico-madrid/champions-league/result/result-leverkusen-edge-out-atletico_207785.html">1-0 disadvantage</a> from the first leg.

Roger Schmidt's men were able to grab a slender lead in the encounter, thanks to a solitary effort from Hakan Calhanoglu at the BayerArena.

Domestic omens do not scream too much success for Madrid ahead of the fixture, given that they were held to their third consecutive draw at the hands of Espanyol in La Liga over the weekend.

Simeone's charges have only twice been able to turn around a 1-0 deficit in the leading European showpiece, . . .