The Champions League last 16 continues on Tuesday, with Liverpool hosting Bayern Munich and Barcelona travelling to Lyon.
Bayern has a fairly rotten record against the Reds, but it may stand a good chance of a positive first-leg result if Robert Lewandowski and Sadio Mane continue their recent trends in the competition.
Lyon shocked Manchester City in the group stage before a peculiar run of five consecutive draws, but it will hope to stop Lionel Messi from continuing a quite remarkable scoring rate.
Here is the pick of the stats surrounding these two first legs, as provided by Opta...
Liverpool v Bayern Munich
1 - Bayern Munich has won only one of its seven matches in European competition against Liverpool (D4 L2). That came in the Cup Winners' Cup second round back in November 1971, with two goals from Gerd Muller and one from Uli Hoeness in Munich.
0 - Bayern Munich has not scored a single goal against Liverpool at Anfield (3 games).
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19 - Liverpool is unbeaten in 19 consecutive European matches at Anfield (W14 D5), last losing at home back in October 2014 against Real Madrid in the Champions League (0-3). It is its second-longest unbeaten streak at home in European competition after its 40-match run between September 1974 and December 1991.
6 - Sadio Mane failed to convert more big chances than any other player in this season's Champions League group stages (6 out of 7 obtained). However, last season he scored seven goals in as many knockout games in the competition.
5 - Top scorer in the Champions League this season with eight goals, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski will attempt to find the net in a fifth consecutive game, a feat he has never accomplished so far in a same season in the competition.
Lyon v Barcelona
6 - Barcelona is unbeaten against Lyon, winning four of its six previous matches with the French club, all in the Champions League. The Catalans have also scored in all six of those games.
44 - Lyon has averaged 44 per cent possession in this season's Champions League, the lowest ratio among the 16 teams left in the competition, whilst only Real Madrid has had more possession (65 per cent) than Barcelona (64 per cent).
4 - Lyon's Memphis Depay has assisted four goals in the Champions League this season, the joint-most alongside Kylian Mbappe and Riyad Mahrez. The last Lyon player to assist four or more goals in the competition was Juninho Pernambucano in 2008-09 (4).
90 - Since (and including) the 2009 Champions League final, Barcelona's Lionel Messi has scored 90 goals in 90 starts in the competition.
1,418 - Barcelona striker Luis Suarez has failed to score (or deliver an assist) in his last 1,418 minutes of play away from home in the Champions League — 23 hours and 38 minutes without finding the net or setting up a goal. The last time he scored on the road came in September 2015 against Roma at Stadio Olimpico.
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