Ucl: Barcelona-Roma 4-1 |As it happened...
MATCH PREVIEW:
- Barcelona and Roma will meet in European competition for the fifth time. All four previous occasions have been in the Champions League since 2002 and they have an equal record: one win apiece and two draws.
- Barcelona enjoyed a 6-1 win over Roma in their last meeting; back in November 2015. This is one of only three occasions in their European competition history that Roma have lost a game by a 5+ goal margin.
- The Spanish giants are unbeaten in nine successive Champions League games and have conceded just two goals in these games (scoring 13 themselves).
- Since the start of 2013-14, Barcelona haven’t lost a single Champions League match at Camp Nou; winning 23 and drawing two games there in this period. In these games, they’ve outscored their opponents 77-12.
- Excluding qualifiers, Roma have won just one of their last 13 Champions League away games (2-1 vs FK Qarabag in September), losing seven and drawing five.
- Roma have reached the quarter finals of the Champions League for the third time in the club’s history and for the first time since 2007/08. They have never reached the semi-finals in the Champions League era.
- Since 2013-14, Serie A and La Liga clubs have met 28 times in the Champions League – Italian clubs have won just four of these games (W4 D9 L15).
- In the four Champions League meetings between Spanish and Italian clubs so far this season, the Serie A teams are yet to score a single goal.
- Barcelona have kept the most clean sheets (6) and have conceded the fewest goals (2) in the 2017-18 Champions League so far.
- Edin Dzeko has had a hand in 55% of Roma’s 11 goals in the Champions League this season (4 goals, 2 assists).
- Since the start of last season, Lionel Messi has scored 17 goals in 17 Champions League appearances for Barcelona.
- Messi has scored 12 Champions League goals against Italian clubs (in 19 appearances) including two goals in two games versus Roma.
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