Lewandowski´s hot streak, PSG´s Italian hoodoo – Champions League in Opta numbers

The Champions League has reached the quarter-final stage, with all four ties to be played over one leg in Lisbon over the next four days.

Last-eight regulars Barcelona and Bayern Munich meet in arguably the pick of the fixtures, while much-fancied Manchester City take on Juventus’ conquerors Lyon.

Elsewhere, quarter-final debutants Atalanta and RB Leipzig will be looking to pull off upsets against Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid respectively.

Ahead of the mouthwatering ties, we take a look at the key Opta statistics.

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ATALANTA V PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN

0 – PSG have never won a game against Italian opposition in the Champions League, failing to keep a clean sheet in any of their previous six encounters.

1 – Atalanta are the first Champions League debutants to reach the quarter-finals since Leicester City in 2016-2017 and the first Italian side to do so since 1999-2000.

4 – The Serie A outfit have won their last four matches in the competition – the longest current run alongside fellow quarter-finalists Bayern Munich.

16 – No team still left in the tournament has conceded more goals than the 16 Atalanta have let in across their eight games.

32 – PSG have scored in each of their last 32 Champions League games in a run stretching back to the 2015-16 quarter-finals when firing a blank against Manchester City. 

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— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) August 10, 2020

RB LEIPZIG V ATLETICO MADRID

1 – Not only will this be the first competitive encounter between the sides, it is also the first time Leipzig have been drawn against a Spanish club in European competition.

5 – Atletico are contesting their fifth quarter-final in the last seven years – only Barcelona and Bayern Munich can better that tally across the same timeframe.

0 – None of Leipzig’s 14 previous Champions League games have ended goalless.

4 – Four of the German side’s last eight goals in the competition have come from the penalty spot. Indeed, only Atalanta (5) have benefited from more penalties this season.

12 – Since the start of 2019, 12 of the 14 goals Atletico have scored in UEFA’s showpiece competition have been scored after half-time.