After a fairly long break, the UEFA Champions League is back. This week marks the beginning of crucial battles - clubs are entering the penultimate group stage matches. On Tuesday, the most attention should be focused on the clash between the teams in Group G - "Roma" hosting Madrid's "Real" at home. Both teams are not currently playing their best football, but the match is extremely important - potentially deciding the winner of the first place. In the first duel on their turf, "Real" eleven won with a score of 3:0. This time the confrontation moves to Roma's Olympic Stadium, where the last time another Spanish team - "Barcelona" - had a very unsuccessful match. Here are some of the most interesting facts about these matches: For "Roma", Madrid's "Real" is one of the most unfavorable clubs in Europe - the "Romans" lost all of their last three encounters and did not score a single goal in them. Madrid's "Real" away against "Roma" has only lost once in five matches - the only defeat was experienced in 2008, when the "Romans" defeated them with a score of 2:1. The Italian capital's team has managed to keep a clean sheet against Madrid's "Real" in only one match in the last 11 encounters. In 2002, "Roma" triumphed with a score of 1:0 at the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium. After losing the first match in the group stage, "Roma" later won three victories in a row. If the Italians manage to defeat "Real", it would be the first time in the Champions League history that they win four victories in a row. "Roma" has won all seven of their last Champions League matches at home, keeping a clean sheet and scoring 20 goals in them. "Roma" striker Edin Džeko is currently the most productive player in the Champions League this season - already scoring five goals and making two assists. In the group stage of the Champions League, Madrid's "Real" lost two out of the last four matches - more than in the previous 26 away matches (18 wins, 7 draws, 1 loss). Gareth Bale has scored four goals in his four away matches against Italian teams in the Champions League, although three of the goals were scored back in 2010 against Milan's "Inter". Since the start of last season, only Cristiano Ronaldo (16) has scored more goals in the Champions League than Edin Džeko (13). Karim Benzema, who has become the leader of Madrid's "Real" this season, has scored the same number of goals in the last six matches in this tournament. Predicted starting lineups: "Roma": Olsen; Fazio, Manolas, Juan Jesus; Florenzi, Cristante, Nzonzi, Kolarov; Ünder, El Shaarawy; Džeko (?). "Real Madrid": Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Ceballos, Kroos, Modrić; Isco, Bale, Benzema.
