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Leicester trail 1-0 after Champions League quarter-final first leg... but history books show Foxes still have a 32 per cent chance of qualification

Leicester return from Madrid on Thursday with their heads held high after a slender 1-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid in the Champions League.

Their quarter-final tie is still all to play for ahead of next week's second leg, and Jamie Vardy and Co will be confident about their chances at the King Power Stadium.

In fact, 10 teams have overturned a 1-0 deficit away from home to qualify for the next round of the Champions League knockout stages, and Leicester have a 32 per cent chance of moving through to the semi-finals...

Kasper Schmeichel collects the ball from his net after Antoine Griezmann scored for Atletico
Kasper Schmeichel collects the ball from his net after Antoine Griezmann scored for Atletico
Despite their defeat, Leicester will still be confident of getting a result in the second leg
Despite their defeat, Leicester will still be confident of getting a result in the second leg

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE COMEBACKS AFTER A 1-0 DEFEAT AWAY FROM HOME

Winning Team Losing Team Year Round Second-leg score
Juventus Real Madrid 1995/96 Quarter Final 2-0
Barcelona Panathinaikos 2001/02 Quarter Final 3-1
Bayer Leverkusen Liverpool 2001/02 Quarter Final 4-2
Juventus Real Madrid 2004/05 Last 16 2-0 (AET)
Liverpool Chelsea 2006/07 Semi Final 1-0 (4-1 on pens)
APOEL Nicosia Lyon 2011/12 Last 16 1-0 (4-3 on pens)
Bayern Munich FC Basle 2011/12 Last 16 7-0
Malaga Porto 2012/13 Last 16 2-0
Atletico Madrid Bayer Leverkusen 2014/15 Last 16 1-0 (3-2 on pens)
Borussia Dortmund Benfica 2016/17 Last 16 4-0

The first time the feat was achieved in the modern-day Champions League was when Juventus overturned a first-leg loss to beat Real Madrid 2-0 in Turin.