2022-23 Champions League: head-to-head Real Madrid - Manchester City (semi-final 1^st leg) 09/05/2023

Real Madrid CF (LaLiga Santander) is the most followed club from the European Top 5 leagues on social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as of 02/05/2023) with nearly 328 million followers, 2.8 times more than Manchester City FC (Premier League), with 117 million, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the first leg of their 2022-23 Champions League semi-final at the Santiago Bernabéu (Madrid, Spain) on Tuesday 09/05/2023 (kick-off at 21:00 CET).

In terms of the amounts paid out by UEFA, the defending champions already have €96.8m (1^st) in guaranteed revenue (excluding market pool), compared with €89.8m for their opponents (2^nd). This difference can be explained by revenues linked to UEFA coefficient ranking (€36.4m for Real Madrid compared with €28.4m for Manchester City).

Manchester City posted a turnover of €731m in 2021-22, with a net profit of €48m, while their opponents posted revenues of €713.8m in the same financial year, with a net profit of €13m. The Madrid club's wage bill was €519m, compared with €409m for the reigning English champions.

In terms of…