Wednesday's Champions League clashes in Opta numbers
Tottenham-Barcelona and Napoli-Liverpool are among the enticing Champions League fixtures on Wednesday. We look at the Opta numbers.
Tottenham-Barcelona and Napoli-Liverpool are among the enticing Champions League fixtures on Wednesday. We look at the Opta numbers.
Lionel Messi will hope for another successful clash with English opposition when Barcelona take on Tottenham at Wembley on Wednesday.
That match is among several potentially thrilling Champions League fixtures, with Napoli hosting Liverpool while Borussia Dortmund, with a poor home record, welcome Monaco to Germany.
Atletico Madrid, Inter and Galatasaray will all hope to make it two wins from two, but Paris Saint-Germain are among the clubs looking to bounce back from an opening defeat.
Below, we look at the key Opta numbers from each fixture.
Tottenham v Barcelona
3 - Tottenham won all three of their home games in last season's Champions League group stage, scoring exactly three goals in each match.
20 - Lionel Messi has scored more goals (20) and provided more assists (6) against English clubs in the Champions League than against sides from any other nation.
PSV v Inter
9 - PSV are winless in their last nine games in the Champions League (D4 L5), their longest such run in competition history.
8 - Inter have never lost to Dutch opposition in the Champions League in eight previous matches (W6 D2), the most they have faced teams from a single nation without defeat in the competition.
Lokomotiv Moscow v Schalke
5 - Lokomotiv have lost each of their last five games against German opponents in European competition by an aggregate score of 13-2.
7 - Schalke are unbeaten in their last seven European matches at Veltins-Arena (W4 D3), scoring in each of those contests (13 goals in total).
Porto v Galatasaray
2 - Porto defender Chancel Mbemba scored twice for former club Anderlecht in his last home Champions League appearance against Galatasaray back in November 2014.
11 - Galatasaray are winless in their last 11 Champions League games played away from home (D2 L9), conceding two or more goals in 10 of those matches (28 goals conceded).