Monday, March 15, 2010

STATBOX - Champions League last 16 matches

Published Tue, Mar 16 10 09:27 AM

REUTERS - Facts and figures relating to Wednesday's Champions League last 16, second leg matches:

BARCELONA v VFB STUTTGART

Played: 3

Wins: Barcelona 2, draws 1

Previous meetings

CL: GP 2.10.07 Stuttgart 0 Barcelona 2

CL: GP 12.12.07 Barcelona 3 Stuttgart 1

CL: KO 23.02.10 Stuttgart 1 Barcelona 1

Appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Barcelona 8, Stuttgart 0

European Cup - Barcelona 13, Stuttgart 0

All European competitions - Barcelona 34, Stuttgart 4

Top scorers: Barcelona - Zlatan Ibrahimovic/Lionel Messi/Pedro 2; Stuttgart - Zdravko Kuzmanovic/Pavel Pogrebnyak 2

* Barcelona, who would advance with a win or a 0-0 draw, have kept clean sheets in four of their last five CL home games.

* Barcelona have won 11 and drawn three of their last 14 CL matches against German teams, an amazing record.

* Stuttgart are unbeaten in their last four European away games. Their last away defeat in the CL was a 3-1 defeat to Barcelona two seasons ago.

* Stuttgart, who have never reached the CL quarter-finals, have a terrible record against Spanish clubs, losing seven and winning none of their last 11 games.

GIRONDINS BORDEAUX v OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS

Head-to-head record

Played: 1

Wins: Bordeaux 1

Previous meeting

CL: KO 23.02.10 Olympiakos 0 Bordeaux 1

Appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Olympiakos 1, Bordeaux 0

European Cup - Bordeaux 2, Olympiakos 1

All European competitions - Bordeaux 6, Olympiakos 2

Top scorers: Bordeaux - Michael Ciani 3; Olympiakos -

Leonardo/Konstantinos Mitroglou/Ieroklis Stoltidis/Vasilis Torosidis 1

* Bordeaux, who have won their last six CL matches and are unbeaten in seven, stand a great chance of reaching the quarter-finals of the competition for the first time.

* Bordeaux have won both of their previous games against Greek sides. They beat Panionios 3-2 in Athens in the UEFA Cup two seasons ago.

* Olympiakos, who have scored just once in their last four CL matches, have lost their last five games against French clubs.

* Olympiakos have reached the last eight only once before - and that was 11 years ago.

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