Real Madrid face Paris Saint-Germain in the second-leg of their mouthwatering last 16 Champions League clash at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday night.
Here, we look at seven key stats before the two teams lock horns in the French capital.
11 – Cristiano Ronaldo – who else? The Los Blancos club legend has smashed home 11 goals in Europe this term from seven matches. He has also notched 14 goals in his past eight games and is a real rich vein of form. The 33-year-old has netted 30 goals in 32 matches this season – not bad for a player who apparently was past it at the end of last year.
2 – The Whites have scored at least two goals in each of their past 16 Champions League matches. That doesn’t make good reading for PSG.
17 – Who needs Neymar? Former Los Blancos and Man United winger Angel Di Maria will continue to try and prove that the Brazilian isn’t missed. The 30-year-old has scored 14 goals in his past 17 matches in all competitions since the beginning of December. Some record.
3 – Zinedine Zidane’s men could take another stride towards becoming the first team since Bayern Munich (1974-76) to win Europe’s top competition for three years in a row.
33 – per cent of teams who have lost the first leg of a Champions League tie 3-1 have gone on to progress through to the quarter-finals (four out of 12 sides).
11 – Under Frenchman Zidane, Real have won 11 out of 15 Champions League knockout matches, drawing two and losing twice. However, they have lifted the trophy in both seasons in which the club legend has been in charge.
2 – Yes, another two – but a worthy one at that. Interestingly, PSG have eliminated the Whites from their past two knockout meetings. Those victories came during a 1992-93 UEFA Cup encounter and 1993-93 Cup Winners Cup match.
