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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

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The Anthem




The Teams

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EUROPA LEAGUE

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The Anthem




The Teams

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Champions League, today's games (11pm)


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Squads

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Match stats
  • Barcelona have knocked out PSG in each of their past three Champions League knock-out ties: 2012-13 quarter-finals, 2014-15 quarter-finals and 2016-17 last 16. The only previous time PSG overcame the Catalans in a Champions League knockout tie was in the 1994-95 quarter-finals.
  • The last time Barcelona and PSG met was in the 2016-17 last-16. The Catalan side became the first - and so far only - side to qualify for the next round following a 4+ goals first-leg margin of defeat (they lost the first leg 4-0 at Parc des Princes but won the return leg 6-1 at the Nou Camp).
  • Since 2012-13, only Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid have faced each other more often (10 times) than Barcelona and PSG (8) in the Champions League. Those eight games have produced 32 goals, an average of four per match.
Barcelona

  • Barcelona will attempt to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for a record 14th consecutive season. The last time they were knocked out in the round of 16 was in 2006-07 against Liverpool.
  • Barcelona have only lost one of their past 33 home games in the knockout stages (W25 D7), a 3-0 defeat against Bayern Munich in the semi-finals in 2012-13.
  • 44% of Barcelona's goals in this season's group stages came from set-pieces (seven out of 16), the highest ratio among the 16 teams left in the competition.
PSG

  • PSG have reached the knockout stages for the ninth consecutive season, matching the record for a French club set by Lyon between 2003-04 and 2011-12. They have made it past the last 16 once in the past four seasons, when they went all the way to the final last term.
  • PSG's only away win against a Spanish side in the knockout stages came eight years ago against Valencia. They have lost the past three visits to Spain in the competition by an aggregate scoreline of 11-2.
  • Kylian Mbappe has scored only one goal in his nine Champions League knockout games with PSG. He had found the net six times in six knockout games with Monaco.
 
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Squads

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Stats

  • None of RB Leipzig’s 22 Champions League games has ended goalless – that’s more than any other side in the history of the competition.

  • This is the first competitive encounter between RB Leipzig and Liverpool. However, this is Leipzig’s third English opponent in the Champions League since the start of 2020, eliminating Tottenham in last season’s round of 16 (4-0 on aggregate) and finishing ahead of Manchester Utd in this season’s group stages (5-0 defeat away and 3-2 win at home).
 
Yesterdays results

Barcelona 1 - 4 PSG

Stats

PSG continue scoring run on the road - the stats
  • In what is their 151st home match in the European Cup/Champions League, Barcelona have lost consecutive matches for the very first time.
  • Barcelona have played 278 home matches in all European competitions and have lost by a 3+ goal margin only six times - the past two occasions have come in successive games at the Nou Camp (3-0 v Juventus, 4-1 v PSG).
  • Paris St-Germain became just the second French side to beat Barcelona at home after Metz also won 4-1 in the 1984-85 Cup Winners' Cup.
  • PSG have scored in each of their past 20 away matches in the Champions League, a run dating back to September 2016. In the competition's history, only Real Madrid have had a longer run - 22 games from 2010-2014.
  • Of players with 20 or more goals in the Champions League, PSG's Kylian Mbappe has netted the highest proportion in away matches (71% - 17/24).
  • Lionel Messi's opener was his 20th goal of the season for Barcelona in all competitions; it's the 13th consecutive campaign he's scored 20+ goals for the club.
  • Messi has scored in the Champions League in each calendar year since 2005. This run of at least one goal in 17 consecutive years is the joint-longest run in the competition's history alongside Raul (1995-2011).

RB Leipzig 0 - 2 Liverpool

Stats

Klopp's side leads the way for clean sheets - the stats
  • Since Jurgen Klopp took charge of his first Champions League match at Liverpool in September 2017, the Reds have registered more clean sheets in the competition than any other side (18).
  • RB Leipzig have managed only two clean sheets in their 11 home Champions League matches (W6 D2 L3) though this is their first such defeat since October 2019 against Lyon.
  • Among all players within the top five European leagues this season, only Robert Lewandowski (30) has scored more goals in all competitions than Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (24).
  • Salah has scored 24 goals in 34 matches in all competitions this season, surpassing his tally for the whole of the 2019-20 campaign, in which he netted 23 times in 48 appearances.
  • In Curtis Jones and Ozan Kabak (both 20), Liverpool named two players under the age of 21 in their starting XI for an Champions League knockout stage game for the second time, also doing so v Juventus in April 2005 (Scott Carson and Anthony le Tallec).
  • Liverpool midfielder Thiago has now enjoyed a win in each of his past 11 Champions League appearances, the joint-longest run of wins by a Spaniard in the history of the competition alongside Javi Martinez (November 2020) and Dani Carvajal (April 2018).
  • In what was his 114th appearance for Liverpool in all competitions, Brazil goalkeeper Alisson registered his 50th clean sheet for the Reds, with only Jan Oblak (59) and Ederson (64) managing more among goalkeepers within the top five European leagues since he joined the Reds in 2018-19.
  • English sides have now won each of their four European Cup/Champions League encounters to be played in Hungary, with Leeds United (in 1969 & 1974) and Liverpool (in 2009 and 2021) winning twice each.
  • RB Leipzig against Liverpool was the first European Cup/Champions League knockout match to be played in Hungary in just under 30 years, since Budapest Honved beat Sampdoria 2-1 in the last 16 of the 1991-92 competition.
 
Today's Games (11pm)

Porto vs Juventus

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These clubs' most recent meeting was four years ago, at the same stage, with Juventus progressing 3-0 on aggregate on that occasion. This time around, the Portuguese champions may have a better chance of laying a glove on their Italian counterparts.



Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund

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Match stats
  • Sevilla and Borussia Dortmund's only previous meeting in European competition came in the 2010-11 Europa League group stages, the Spanish side winning 1-0 at home and drawing 2-2 in Germany.
  • Dortmund have lost their past six away games in the knockout stages of the Champions League, conceding 14 goals and scoring only two. Their only victory in their past 12 knockout away games came against Zenit St Petersburg in February 2014.
  • Sevilla have reached the knockout stages for the fifth time in six Champions League campaigns but have only made it past the last 16 on one occasion, in 2017-18.
  • Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland has scored 16 goals in 12 Champions League games, the fastest player ever to reach that tally of goals in the competition ahead of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Roberto Soldado, both with 16 goals in their first 20 appearances.
 
yesterdays results

FC Porto 2 - 1 Juventus


Hope Porto fans haven't mocked Ronaldo they way Atletico fans did after thrashing Juve 2-0 first leg


Stats

Chiesa ends Ronaldo's knockout run - the stats
  • Porto secured their first competitive victory against Juventus in European competition, having failed to win any of their first five encounters with them (D1 L4).
  • Porto picked up just their second victory in their past 10 knockout matches in the Champions League, having lost seven of their previous nine before tonight.
  • Juventus have lost three of their past four Champions League knockout matches (W1), as many as in their previous 14 such games combined (W8 D3 L3).
  • Federico Chiesa was the first player, other than Cristiano Ronaldo, to score for Juventus in a Champions League knockout stage match since Blaise Matuidi in April 2018 (quarter-finals against Real Madrid).
  • Mehdi Taremi's goal after 61 seconds was the quickest scored in the Champions League knockout stages since David Alaba for Bayern vs Juventus in April 2013 (24 seconds).
  • Taremi became the fifth Iranian to score in the Champions League (Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Ali Karimi, Sardar Azmoun) and the first to do so in the knockout stages.
  • Juventus named their youngest starting XI in a Champions League knockout match (27y 122d) since the 1997-98 final v Real Madrid (26y 353d).


Sevilla 2 - 3 Borussia Dortmund

Stats

Dortmund earn just second CL win in Spain
  • Dortmund picked up just their second ever away win against Spanish opposition in the Champions League (D3 L7), with their first victory since beating Atletico Madrid in 1996-97 - a season in which they eventually went on to lift the trophy.
  • In what was their 27th home game in the European Cup/Champions League, Sevilla suffered back-to-back home defeats in the competition for the first time.
  • Dortmund ended a run of six straight defeats away from home in the knockout stages of the Champions League, with this their first such victory since February 2014 under Jurgen Klopp (4-2 v Zenit St Petersburg).
  • Mahmoud Dahoud's long-range strike for Dortmund was his first goal in the Champions League, with what was his 26th shot in the competition - 25 of those 26 attempts have been from outside the box.
  • Suso's opener for Sevilla was only the second of Sevilla's last 25 goals in the Champions League to be scored by a Spanish player, with the previous one being scored by Pablo Sarabia against Bayern Munich in April 2018.
 
EUROPA LEAGUE

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Todays games

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Man United fans

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hot games

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Manchester United will be without Edinson Cavani, Donny van de Beek and Paul Pogba for their Europa League last 32 first leg against Real Sociedad.

The game is being held in Juventus' Allianz Stadium in Italy because of restrictions on travellers from the UK entering Spain.


Match stats - United's struggles against Spanish sides
  • Real Sociedad and Manchester United have only met twice previously, in the 2013-14 Champions League group stage. United won 1-0 at Old Trafford, while it was a goalless draw in Spain.
  • United are winless in their last nine European matches against Spanish opponents (D3 L6) since a 1-0 win over Celta Vigo in the 2016-17 Europa League semi-final.
  • Real Sociedad have lost four of their last five knockout matches in major European competition (D1) since winning 2-1 against Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the last 16 in the Uefa Cup in 1998-99.
  • United have lost one of their last 16 Europa League knockout matches (W10 D5), in their most recent game against Sevilla in the semi-final last season.
  • Only Arsenal's Nicolas Pepe (36) has attempted more dribbles in the opposition half than Real Sociedad's Adnan Januzaj (35) in the Europa League this season.


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Match stats
  • Benfica and Arsenal met for the only time in the last 16 of the 1991-92 European Cup, with Benfica winning 4-2 on aggregate.
  • Arsenal have faced five different Portuguese opponents in European competition and beaten them all (Sporting Lisbon, Porto, Sporting Braga and Vitoria Guimaraes) apart from Benfica.
  • Benfica have won the first leg of their last nine Europa League knockout ties when it has been at home and won 14 of their last 17 first-leg matches in the knockout phase overall (L3).
  • In this season's Europa League, Arsenal's Nicolas Pepe has been involved in 48 open play sequences that have ended with a shot, four more than anyone else.
  • Benfica's Pizzi has been directly involved in more Europa League goals than any other player this season (6 goals, 2 assists).


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The Ligue 1 leaders take on the Eredivisie leaders in a mouthwatering Europa League showdown on Thursday as Lille welcome Ajax to the Stade Pierre-Mauroy for the first leg of their last-32 tie.

Christophe Galtier's men qualified for the knockout stages as runners-up in Group H, whereas Ajax dropped down from the Champions League after finishing third in their group.

Ajax and Lille renew hostilities after locking horns in the group stage of the 2019-20 Champions League, and it was the Dutch side who took the spoils on both occasions, with a 3-0 home win preceding a 2-0 triumph at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.
 
Atletico Madrid vs Chelsea (11pm)

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Chelsea will be without defender Thiago Silva for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.
However, midfielders Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic are fit again and could feature in Romania.

Atletico's injured absentees include Jose Gimenez, Sime Vrsaljko and Yannick Carrasco, while Hector Herrera recently tested positive for Covid-19.

But Luis Suarez and Joao Felix should both start for the La Liga leaders.
Kieran Trippier also misses out for the Spanish club, with the England full-back still serving a suspension for breaking betting rules.

Chelsea go into the tie unbeaten in seven matches in all competitions since Thomas Tuchel replaced Frank Lampard as manager in January.


MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
  • The overall head-to-head between Atletico and Chelsea in European competition is perfectly balanced, with two wins each, three draws and 11 goals each.
  • Atletico prevailed in their only previous Champions League knockout tie with Chelsea in the 2013-14 semi-finals (3-1 on aggregate).
  • Atletico have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. Meanwhile, Chelsea will attempt to progress past the round of 16 for the first time since the 2013/14 campaign (semi-finalists).
Atletico Madrid
  • Simeone has never lost a home match as Atletico manager in the knockout stages of the Champions League (Won nine, drawn four).
  • Atletico scored only seven goals in six games in this season's group stages, the lowest tally amongst the 16 remaining sides in the competition.
  • Suarez has never failed to score or deliver an assist in a Champions League campaign - this is his eighth season in the tournament. He is so far goalless and assist-less in his four games with the Madrid side in 2020/21.
Chelsea
  • Chelsea were trailing for a grand total of four minutes during this season's Champions League group stages, less than any other side. Also, only Manchester City (one) conceded fewer goals than the London side (two) in the group phase.
  • Chelsea were one of only four teams to win all three of their away games in this season's group stages, alongside Atalanta, Barcelona and Juventus; they also scored more goals on the road than any other side (10). However, their last away win in the knockout stages of the competition dates back to March 2012 against Benfica (1-0).
  • Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud found the net every 28 minutes in the Champions League group stages this season (five goals in 142 minutes), the best ratio of any player to score more than one goal.
  • Of keepers to play at least three Champions League games this season, Chelsea's Edouard Mendy has the best save percentage in the competition (94%), only conceding from one of the 16 shots on target he has faced so far.




Lazio vs Bayern Munich (11pm)

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Bayern Munich have won 16 of their past 17 Champions League games

Corentin Tolisso, who is injured, and Thomas Muller, isolating with Covid-19, will be among those missing in Rome.

This will be the first time Lazio and Bayern Munich have met in a competitive encounter, although the Italians have lost just one of their six games against German opposition.


MATCH FACTS
Lazio
  • Lazio are in the knockout phase of the Champions League for the first time in 21 years (1999-00), the longest ever gap between two appearances for the same club in the latter stages of the competition.
  • Lazio won only two of their six group games this season, the joint-lowest tally among teams qualified for the round of 16 (alongside Atletico Madrid and Borussia Monchengladbach).
  • Lazio have scored and conceded at least one goal in each of their past 12 Champions League games, a first for a club in the history of the tournament
  • Lazio's Ciro Immobile has scored eight goals in his nine Champions League starts, while each of his last three goals in the competition have come from the penalty spot. His five goals this season is the best return for an Italian player in a campaign since Alessandro Del Piero in 2008/09 (also five).
  • 20% of all Champions League goals scored by Lazio players have come from current manager Simone Inzaghi (15 out of 75). He was also their top scorer the last time Lazio reached the knockout stages of the competition (nine goals in 1999/00).
Bayern Munich
  • Bayern Munich are unbeaten in their last five Champions League away games against Italian opposition (W3 D2).
  • Bayern Munich have reached the knockout stages for the 13th consecutive season, only Real Madrid (24) and Barcelona (17) are on a longer current run. They've progressed to the quarter-finals in 10 of those 12 previous campaigns.
  • Since last season, Bayern have won 16 of their 17 Champions League games (drawing one), with an overall goal difference of +48 (61 goals for, 13 against).
  • The defending champions have only failed to score once in their last 27 Champions League matches (0-0 v Liverpool at Anfield, February 2019) while Lazio have not kept a clean sheet in their past 17 games in the competition, last doing so more than 17 years ago, in September 2003 at Besiktas (2-0).
  • Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has scored 31 goals in 33 Champions League games since the start of the 2017-18 season, more than any other player over that period (Cristiano Ronaldo, 29 goals in 34 games).
 
yesterdays results

Lazio 1 - 4 Bayern Munich


Atlético Madrid 0 - 1 Chelsea


Another Champions League goal for Giroud - the stats
  • Thomas Tuchel became the third Chelsea manager to win his first Champions League game in charge when the game took place in the knockout stage after Roberto Di Matteo and Guus Hiddink.
  • Atletico Madrid failed to have a shot on target against Chelsea - the first time they had failed to register a shot on target in a Champions League game since March 2019 v Juventus.
  • Chelsea's Olivier Giroud has scored six Champions League goals this season, his best return in a single campaign in the competition.
  • Giroud (34 years and 146 days) became the oldest player to score a Champions League knockout goal for Chelsea.
  • Chelsea's Edouard Mendy has kept more clean sheets than any other goalkeeper in the Champions League this season (five).
  • Mason Mount's yellow card after 55 seconds was the quickest card shown in the Champions League this season.
  • Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea and PSG) became only the second manager in the history of the Champions League to manage two different clubs in the competition within a single season after Ronald Koeman in 2007-08 (PSV and Valencia).
 
todays games

Atalanta vs Real Madrid (11pm)

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The 13-time European champions have only 11 fit senior players for the first leg in Bergamo on Wednesday.
"We never take risks," said Zidane about French forward Benzema.

Eden Hazard, Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal and Marcelo are also among those who will miss the first knockout game.


Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini says his side, who reached the quarter-finals last season, remain wary of the threat posed by the Spanish giants.


MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

  • This is the first competitive encounter between Atalanta and Real Madrid. In fact, Atalanta's only previous meeting with a Spanish side in European competition was in last season's round of 16 when they faced Valencia - they won 8-4 on aggregate.

Atalanta
  • Atalanta are the first team since Sevilla (2007-08 & 2009-10) to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League in each of their first two appearances.
  • Atalanta are the only remaining side in this last 16 yet to win a single home game in the Champions League this season (D2 L1).
  • None of Atalanta's 15 Champions League games has ended goalless. Since last season, their matches have produced 53 goals (27 for, 26 against), an average of 3.5 per game.
  • 70% of their goals in this season's group stages were scored in the second half (7 out of 10), the highest percentage among the 16 teams left in the competition.
  • Defender Cristian Romero made more interceptions than any other player in this season's group stage (24). He also won the most aerial duels (33) among players left in the competition.
  • Despite not taking a single penalty, striker Duván Zapata set the highest Expected Goals tally in the group stage (4.28 xG). He notably had nine 'big chances' (scoring from three of them), also the best tally in the group phase.

Real Madrid
  • Real Madrid have won each of their last five Champions League away games against Italian opposition (12 goals for, 1 against) - they'd only won three of their previous 16 trips to Italy.
  • They have also found the net in each of their last 19 matches against Italian teams, with the last side to stop them from scoring being Juventus in November 2008 (0-2).
  • Real have reached the knockout stages for the 24th consecutive season, the longest such run in the history of the competition. The last time they failed to make the latter phase of the tournament was in 199-/97 - it was also the last season in which they didn't feature in any European competition.
  • Since making his debut in the competition, striker Karim Benzema is one of two players to have scored 10+ goals with his head, 10+ with his right foot and 10+ with his left foot - the other is Cristiano Ronaldo. He's scored five goals in his last six knockout games, after netting only one in his previous 18.
  • Zinedine Zidane has prevailed as Real Madrid manager in 12 of his 13 Champions League knockout ties (nine home/away ties and three finals), with the only exception coming against Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in last season's round of 16.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Manchester City (11pm)

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Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan said last season's Champions League exit will not provide an extra source of motivation this year.

City beat Real Madrid at the same stage last year, but then lost 3-1 to Lyon in a one-legged quarter-final in Lisbon.

Manchester City have won 18 matches in a row in all competitions and manager Pep Guardiola wants them to continue what they have been doing.

This match will take place in Hungary because of coronavirus restrictions with Monchengladbach, eighth in the German Bundesliga and with only one win in five matches in all competitions, the designated 'home' team.

Team news
Manchester City have close to a fully-fit squad available with centre-back Nathan Ake their only notable absentee as the Dutchman continues to train alone after a muscular problem.

Record goalscorer Sergio Aguero is edging closer to a return after three matches as an unused substitute.

Guardiola has stressed the importance of rotating his squad so may return defender Kyle Walker, midfielder Phil Foden and forward Gabriel Jesus to the starting line-up after they were substitutes for Sunday's 1-0 win at Arsenal in the Premier League.


City aim for the quarter-finals for a fourth year in a row - the stats
  • Borussia Monchengladbach and Manchester City are facing each other for the seventh time - this is the most games for both teams against a single opponent in European competition.
  • Manchester City are unbeaten against Borussia Monchengladbach in the Champions League (won three, drew one). However, their only previous encounter in the knockout stages of a European competition saw Gladbach beat City 4-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals of the 1978-79 Uefa Cup.
  • Manchester City have reached the knockout stages of the Champions League for the eighth consecutive season, the longest current run for an English club - they will be aiming to make it to the quarter-finals for the fourth straight campaign.
  • It has been 43 years since Borussia Monchengladbach were in the knockout stages of the European Cup/Champions League. They lost 4-2 in the semi-finals of the 1977-78 European Cup against Liverpool.
  • Manchester City have won each of their past three away games in the Champions League last 16 - 4-0 v Basel in February 2018, 3-2 v Schalke in February 2019 and 2-1 v Real Madrid in February 2020.
  • Manchester City accrued 16 points in this season's Champions League group stage; the joint-most of any English side in a single group stage, along with Arsenal in 2005-06 (finalists), Manchester United in 2007-08 (winners) and Tottenham Hotspur in 2017-18 (last 16).


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