Seven Deadly Stats ahead of Barcelona vs Chelsea in the Champions League

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  • Lionel Messi broke his goal drought against Chelsea in the first leg.

    After their 1-1 first leg draw, Barcelona will host Chelsea in their last 16 Champions League decider at the Nou Camp on Wednesday night.

    The two sides have had some highly engaging European battles over the years and their second leg clash promises to be no different.

    Here, we take a look at the seven deadly stats centred around the two heavyweights.

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    MATCH STATS

    9 – Remarkably, Chelsea are undefeated in their past nine matches against Barcelona in all competitions – with their last loss to Barcelona being way back in February 2006.

    4 – At the Camp Nou, Barcelona have drawn the previous four meetings with the west Londoners – with the most recent of those coming in April 2012.

    881Luis Suarez is enduring a goal drought in Champions League competition and has failed to find the back of net in 881 minutes, dating back to his strike against PSG 12 months ago.

    6 – Willian will no doubt be a key man for the away side again and six of his last nine Champions League goals for the King’s Road side have come outside of the box (67 per cent).

    8 – Having broken his duck against Chelsea in the first leg (his only goal in nine matches against the English outfit), Lionel Messi has now scored eight goals in his past five matches against opposition from the Premier League (18 in 27 in total).

    13 – Out of the previous 13 meetings between the two sides, Barcelona have been victors thrice while Chelsea have won on four occasions. There have also been four draws with each team scoring 19 times apiece.

    11 – Blaugrana are bidding to reach their 11th straight Champions League quarter-final and have won 19 out of 32 home European clashes with English sides in history. Interestingly, they’ve only ever lost two matches on home soil.

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