Madrid to test Tottenham at Bernabéu stronghold

Real Madrid CF will look to derail Tottenham Hotspur FC's impressive run when they welcome the English side to the Spanish capital for the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final.

• After finally negotiating the round of 16 for the first time in seven years, Madrid are now bidding to reach their first semi-final since 2003 and can take heart from an impeccable home record in the competition.

• Tottenham, who signed Rafael van der Vaart from Madrid last summer, have had to wait rather longer since their one previous appearance in the last four – on their only other European Champion Clubs' Cup entry in 1961/62. However, they should not be daunted by the Santiago Bernabéu having won at AC Milan in the last round.

Previous meetings
• Madrid emerged victorious from the clubs' one previous encounter, in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Peter Shreeves' Tottenham, the then-holders, were undone by a 15th-minute Steve Perryman own goal in the first leg at White Hart Lane, the defender deflecting in a cross from Emilio Butragueño, today Madrid's director of institutional relations. That defeat was Tottenham's first home reverse in UEFA competition and the first time they had even failed to score; of their previous 42 games, they had won 35 and drawn seven.

• Perryman was sent off in the 78th minute of the goalless second leg and Amaro Amancio's Madrid, whose side also featured Jorge Valdano, now the club's director general, went on to lift their first European trophy in 19 years.

• The lineups for that second leg in Spain on 20 March 1985 were:
Madrid: Miguel Ángel, Chendo, Salguero, Sanchís, Camacho, Míchel, Gallego, Ángel, Pineda (Lozano 89), Butragueño (San José 89), Valdano.
Tottenham: Clemence, Thomas, Roberts, Miller, Hughton, Hazard, Perryman, Hoddle, Galvin (Dick 80), Falco, Crooks (Brooke 68).

Match background
• The clubs could hardly have more contrasting European Cup histories. While Tottenham have played one previous quarter-final Madrid have been in 27, winning 21.

• Madrid have been in impeccable form at the Santiago Bernabéu in this season's competition, winning four out of four with 11 goals scored and none conceded. Tottenham, however, have been almost as prolific on their travels, registering 11 times in five games including the play-off round.

• The Spanish side suffered 1-0 first-leg defeats in their last two home meetings with English opposition. They went down to Liverpool FC in the UEFA Champions League in 2008/09 and to Arsenal FC in 2005/06, losing both last-16 ties on aggregate without scoring.

• Madrid's last success against a Premier League club came in 2002/03 with a 6-5 defeat of Manchester United FC in the quarter-finals that included a 3-1 first-leg win at home. Their overall home record against visitors from England is W4 D4 L2.

• This is Tottenham's fourth trip to Spain where they have previously recorded one draw – that 1985 stalemate at the Santiago Bernabéu – and two defeats, by FC Barcelona (1-0) in the 1982 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-final, and Sevilla FC (2-1) in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup quarter-final. In both instances they finished aggregate losers.

• Tottenham's most recent encounter with Spanish opposition brought a 2-1 home loss to Getafe CF in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage. Esteban Granero, now a Madrid player, scored the visitors' first goal.

• The London club won their first European trophy by beating Club Atlético de Madrid 5-1 in the 1963 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in Rotterdam.

Team ties
• José Mourinho enjoyed a good record against Tottenham as Chelsea FC manager between 2004 and 2007. The Portuguese recorded five wins, two draws and one defeat in eight London derbies with Tottenham, winning on three out of four visits to White Hart Lane. Aaron Lennon and Michael Dawson scored in his only defeat by the north London team in November 2006.

• Mourinho had a 100% record in meetings in the Premier League with Harry Redknapp, who lost once against the Portuguese with Southampton FC in 2004/05 and four times as manager of Portsmouth FC.

• Redknapp signed Lassana Diarra for Portsmouth in January 2008. The French midfielder was in the team with Niko Kranjčar that won the FA Cup final that May.

• Emmanuel Adebayor appeared in nine north London derbies against Tottenham for Arsenal, scoring eight goals. However, he has not finished on the winning side against them since December 2007; of his last six games against Tottenham for Arsenal and Manchester City FC, Adebayor's team have drawn three and lost three.

• Cristiano Ronaldo did not finish on the losing side once against Tottenham in six seasons as a Manchester United FC player; he scored six times in 14 appearances.

• Ricardo Carvalho, Álvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso and Jerzy Dudek have all played against Tottenham in the Premier League – Carvalho for Chelsea and the remaining trio for Liverpool.

• Van der Vaart spent 2008/09 and 2009/10 at Madrid, scoring 11 goals in 58 Liga appearances. He was a substitute in the 4-0 second-leg defeat at Liverpool in his first season.

• Carlo Cudicini and William Gallas played under Mourinho at Chelsea, where they were in the same defence as Carvalho. Gallas was later a team-mate of Adebayor at Arsenal and plays for France with Diarra and Karim Benzema.

• Jonathan Woodgate made just nine Liga appearances during an injury-filled stay at the Santiago Bernabéu between 2004 and 2006. He appeared in the first leg against Arsenal in 2005/06 but had to be replaced after nine minutes.

• Marcelo was in the original Brazil squad with Tottenham's Sandro for the March friendly with Scotland, but pulled out ahead of the game with a minor injury.

• Jermain Defoe's England were beaten 4-1 by a Germany team featuring Sami Khedira and Mesut Özil in the round of 16 at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The same pair helped Germany capture the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship with a 4-0 final defeat of England.

• Wilson Palacios lined up for Honduras in a 2-0 loss to a Spain side including Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Alonso and substitute Arbeloa in the group stage of last summer's World Cup.