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UCL: Olympiakos-Barcelona 0-0 |as it happened...

UCL: Olympiakos-Barcelona 0-0 |as it happened...

Barcelona and Olympiakos will soon play against one another as Valverde will be hoping that Messi's hot form continues tonight. Watch the live action right here on Calciomercato.com. 

MATCH PREVIEW: 

- Barcelona’s 3-1 victory over Olympiakos in the reverse meeting was the first time these sides had ever faced off in a competitive fixture.
- Olympiakos come into this encounter having only ever lost once in 10 previous home matches versus Spanish opposition in the Champions League (W4 D5).
- Barcelona have avoided defeat in four of their last five visits to Greek clubs in European competition (W3 D1); letting in only one goal during that time.
- Barcelona have won 16 of their last 19 Champions League group games (D2 L1). They have also scored in 46 of their last 47 group games in the competition, the only exception coming against Benfica in December 2012 (0-0) when Barça were already guaranteed of topping their group.
- Only one of Olympiakos’ last 38 Champions League games has ended in a draw (W17 L20), it was against Benfica in October 2013 (1-1).
- Silvio Proto made nine saves in the last outing against Barcelona; no goalkeeper has managed more in a Champions League game this season.
- Lionel Messi is just a hat-trick away from becoming only the second player ever to record 100 goals in the Champions League (Cristiano Ronaldo); he scored one and assisted another in the previous encounter with Olympiakos.
- Ernesto Valverde took charge of six Champions League matches with Olympiakos in the 2011/12 group stages, winning three and losing three.

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