The Champions League quarter-final match in Paris will see "Saint Germain" face a very tough opponent from Catalonia. What do historical facts and statistics promise for these teams?
- PSG has only eliminated "Barcelona" once in the Champions League, in the 1994/95 season. It happened in the quarter-finals (with an aggregate score of 3:2). Since then, the Catalans have proven their strength twice (in the 2012/2013 and 2014/15 seasons).
- "Barcelona" has won the last three matches against the French team and "rewarded" their opponents with 8 goals, only conceding 2.
- The "Ligue 1" team has never been able to keep a clean sheet against "Barcelona" (in 9 matches).
- However, PSG should be inspired by their successful home game streak in European tournaments. In the last 42 matches, they have suffered only one defeat (26 wins, 15 draws). It happened against the Catalan team in the Champions League quarter-finals in April 2015 (1:3).
- "Barcelona" also has their own arguments - they have won 9 out of the last 11 Champions League knockout matches.
- The team currently managed by Luis Enrique has made it through the first knockout round of the Champions League for 9 seasons in a row, the longest streak in the tournament.
- Although PSG has crossed the quarter-final barrier four times in a row, their journey always ended in the quarter-finals.
- Paris club's striker Edinson Cavani has scored the same number of goals in this season's Champions League in 6 matches, equaling his personal record. However, he has never scored against "Barcelona's" goalkeeper and this streak has now lasted for 350 minutes.
