Real Madrid vs. Inter Milan: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Champions League clash

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 20

Draws: 2

Familiar foes in the 20th century, meetings between Real Madrid and Inter Milan have been more infrequent in the current millennium, but the two former European champions have nevertheless clashed 20 times down the years.

Los Blancos hold the head-to-head bragging rights, but only by a small margin, having prevailed in 11 clashes compared to seven wins for the Nerazzurri, while another two battles have ended level.

The inaugural clash between Real Madrid and Inter Milan took place on the biggest stage of them all - the European Cup final - and it was the Italian side who conquered the continent with a 3-1 win.

Inter's success was all the more extraordinary given that the Nerazzurri had never even qualified for the European Cup before, but a double from Sandro Mazzola and strike from Aurelio Milani took down Alfredo Di Stefano's Blancos.

However, Real knocked Inter out of the European Cup semi-finals two seasons later, and the two sides continued to trade two-legged triumphs; Inter won 3-0 on aggregate in the 1966-67 quarter-finals, and Real prevailed 2-1 in the 1980-81 semi-finals.

Also crossing paths in back-to-back UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1984-85 and 1985-86, the Spanish giants came up trumps on both occasions, winning 3-2 in the former year and 6-4 over two legs in 1986.

Since the establishment of the Champions League, however, Inter have lost six of their seven competitive games against Real Madrid, including each of the last five in a row.

Los Blancos have also kept clean sheets in three of their last four games against their Serie A counterparts, winning 2-0 and 1-0 in the 2021-22 group stage, after 2-0 and 3-2 successes the year before.

Last time out, Real Madrid beat Inter 2-1 in the league phase of the 2026-27 competition.