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Spanish league leaders Atletico Madrid host Chelsea over in Bucharest on Tuesday.

Diego Simeone’s side have an outstanding home record in the Champions League, as they are currently unbeaten in their last 17 matches, and before last season’s break in the competition, they beat Liverpool 1-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano thanks to an early Saul strike.

So far, under the management of Thomas Tuchel, we are yet to see a free-scoring Chelsea side, as the German manager’s biggest win margins were 2-0 victories against Burnley and Newcastle United. Most recently, the Blues were held to a 1-1 draw at Southampton where they created very little, mustering up just three shots on target despite having 71% possession.

Atletico have the second-best defence across Europe's top five leagues this season and have won via the score range of 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 on 11 separate occasions, having conceded just 16 goals in 23 matches.

Tuesday night also sees 12th-placed Leeds United take on 13th in the league, Southampton, at Elland Road.

Both sides will be desperate for a win, as they can both really give themselves an outside chance of European football next season, and at the very least, the two can potentially crack the top half.

Leeds striker Patrick Bamford is the sixth top scorer in the division with 12 goals in 24 matches, whilst Southampton’s Danny Ings has eight goals in 19 games.

This game promises to be an open one, as this is a battle of the 19th and 15th worst defences in the country, as Leeds have leaked 43 goals, whilst the Saints have conceded 40.

Italian Serie A side Atalanta take on Spanish giants Real Madrid on Wednesday night and come into this off the back of two wins against Napoli where they scored seven goals over both games, as well as a 1-0 away win at Cagliari.

Real have been steadily closing the gap on neighbours Atletico in La Liga, as the Spanish champions have won their last four matches in all competitions against Huesca, Getafe, Valencia and Real Valladolid.

Zidane could have his work cut out though, as despite winning at Valladolid 1-0 last weekend, the home side did have more shots than Los Blancos who struggled for creativity throughout the game.

The 13 times European champions will be without several key players, as Karim Benzema, Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal and Marcelo are all set to miss the first leg. Arguably Benzema is the most notable blow of the lot, as he is Real’s top scorer with 16 goals in 26 matches, 10 clear of second top scorer Casemiro who has played the same amount of games as the Frenchman.

Real will be looking to get at an Atalanta defence that has conceded 31 goals in 23 Serie A matches, as well as eight in their six group stage matches in the Champions League.

Manchester City take on Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League on Wednesday night at Borussia Park.

City come into this tie as firm favourites, as they are currently on a club-record run of 18 wins in a row, having beaten Arsenal 1-0 at the Emirates on Sunday, via an early Raheem Sterling header. This was the 13th time this campaign that City have won through a score range of 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1.

The Citizens’ Champions League form this season has been impressive, as they earned 16 points from a possible 18 in a group containing the likes of FC Porto, Olympiakos and Marseille.

Meanwhile, Gladbach did qualify a group which had the likes of Real Madrid and Inter Milan in it, however, their league form has been below par, as they have slid down to eighth in the Bundesliga, having won just three of their last eight games, leaving them nine points off the Champions League places in the German top flight.

Tuesday night sees Championship leaders Norwich City travel to St Andrew’s, where they take on 21st place Birmingham City.

Norwich are currently seven points clear of second-place Brentford having won their last three matches against Stoke, Coventry and Rotherham where Finnish striker Teemu Pukki scored four times in the Canaries three wins.

Former Schalke man Pukki has 15 goals in 27 Championship matches this season, which is only seven less than Birmingham’s tally of 22 league goals this campaign.

Only bottom of the table Wycombe Wanderers have won fewer games than Birmingham this season, as the Blues have managed just seven in 31 outings, whilst no team has lost fewer games than Norwich’s five.