Bayern Munich v Marseille
• Marseille are now winless in nine consecutive games in all competitions.
• No team has ever managed to progress to the next round following a 0-2 home defeat in the first leg of a Champions League/European Cup knockout tie.
• Mario Gomez has scored on average a goal every 34 minutes at the Allianz Arena this season in the Champions League (10 goals in four appearances at home, excl. qualifier).
• Mario Gomez is only the second German player to score 11 goals in a single Champions League/European cup campaign, after Gerd Müller netted 12 goals in 1972/73.
• Only six teams have been eliminated despite winning away from home in the first leg of a Champions League/European Cup tie, one of them is Bayern Munich (last season v Inter Milan).
• None of Marseille's last four Champions League goals have come before the 85th minute.
• Bayern Munich have won 11 of their last 12 home games in the Champions League.
• Bayern Munich have won their last three Champions League encounters against French opposition, keeping a clean sheet in the process.
• Only Barcelona have scored as many first-half goals as Bayern Munich this season in the Champions League (13).
Barcelona v AC Milan
• In their trip to the Camp Nou earlier this season, AC Milan became only the third team in the Champions League era to score both in the first and 90th minute of a game (including injury time).
• The team drawing the first leg at home 0-0 have a 33% chance of progression in the Champions League/European Cup knockout stage (34 progressed and 64 were eliminated).
• However, AC Milan have always managed to progress to the next round following a 0-0 at the San Siro in the first leg in the Champions League/European Cup knockout stage (three different occasions).
• AC Milan are winless in their last six European encounters against Barcelona.
• The Rossoneri have won just four of their last 16 Champions League games.
• Lionel Messi has scored 30 goals in his last 26 appearances in the Champions League for Barcelona, and 49 overall in this competition.
• However, Messi has scored just one goal in his seven meetings against Italian opponents in the Champions League: from the penalty spot against AC Milan in the group stage this season.
• Xavi has completed 327 passes in his three appearances against AC Milan this season.
• Barcelona have completed more than twice as many passes as AC Milan in this season's Champions League (6608 to 3217).
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic has scored five goals and delivered three assists in his seven Champions League appearances this season.
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been caught offside more often than any other player in the competition this season (19).
Real Madrid v APOEL Nicosia
• Real Madrid have always progressed to the next round after winning away from home in the first leg in the knockout stage of the Champions League/European Cup.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has attempted more shots (53) this season in the Champions League than the entire APOEL team (52).
• The aggregate score between Real Madrid and Cypriot sides in European competition is 29-1 in favour of the Merengues.
• In the first leg, José Mourinho's side mustered 28 shots without reply from APOEL: the biggest differential in a single Champions League game this season.
• APOEL are the first-ever Cypriot side to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League.
• Excluding qualifiers, only one of the 21 matches between Cypriot and Spanish sides in Europe has ended in favour of the team from Cyprus: Anorthosis Famagusta won 2-0 at home vs Athletic Bilbao back in September 1994 in a UEFA Cup match.
• Real Madrid have averaged 4.25 goals scored per game at home in this Champions League campaign.
• Barcelona are the only team to have prevented Real Madrid from scoring in the last 14 Champions League fixtures at the Santiago Bernabéu.
• Karim Benzema is enjoying his most prolific Champions League campaign with seven goals.
• Including his five assists, the Frenchman has been directly involved in 44% of Real's 27 total goals, a higher ratio than Cristiano Ronaldo (29.6%, in light of six goals and two assists).
Chelsea v Benfica
• English sides have always progressed when winning the first leg away from home in the knockout stage of this competition (old and new formats).
• Despite attempting more than twice as many shots as Chelsea in the first leg (25 to 12), Benfica failed to score for the first time in this Champions League campaign.
• Benfica have failed to win any of their last five Champions League meetings against English opposition.
• Chelsea have won all of their four Champions League fixtures at home this season, scoring 14 goals in the process and conceding just one.
• Chelsea have conceded fewer goals at home than any other team in the Champions League this season (one).
• Chelsea have opened the scoring in each of their nine Champions League games this season.
• The Blues have now scored in 10 consecutive European matches for the first time in their history (excl. qualifiers).
• No player has assisted more goals in the Champions League this season than Benfica's Nicolas Gaitán (five, as many as Karim Benzema).
• Didier Drogba has scored five goals in his last five Champions League appearances.
• No side has scored a higher proportion of their goals in the first half of games than Benfica this season in the Champions League (67%, eight out of 12).
