IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Aubameyang is the oldest player (36 years 160 days) to score a brace in the Champions League for a French club.
Champions League statistics: league stage, round 5 (November 25)
Marseille vs Newcastle 2-1
*Marseille recorded their first victory against an English club in UCL since 8 December 2010 (against Chelsea in the Champions League), ending a run of 12 consecutive matches without a win (3 draws, 9 losses).
*Marseille scored two goals in a Champions League match against an English club for the first time in their history (21 matches played).
*Marseille achieved their first victory against a team from one of Europe's top 4 leagues in the Champions League since 22 February 2012 (against Inter Milan), ending a run of 17 consecutive defeats in such matches.
*Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang became the second player in history to score 2 goals for Marseille against a team from one of Europe's top 4 leagues in the Champions League, after André Ayew against Borussia Dortmund on 28 September 2011.
*Aubameyang is the oldest player (36 years 160 days) to score a brace in the Champions League for a French club.
*Aubameyang is the joint most decisive player (3 goals and 3 assists) in the Champions League this season so far, alongside Galatasaray’s Victor Osimhen (6 goals and 0 assists).
*Aubameyang extended to 59 his goal tally in European competitions (in 113 matches): just 3 goals shy of Mohamed Salah's African record (62 goals in 140 matches).
*Darryl Bakola became the 3rd youngest French player (17 years 360 days) to provide an assist in the Champions League, behind Ayyoub Bouaddi (17 years 119 days) and Warren Zaire-Emery (17 years 210 days).
Manchester City vs Bayer Leverkusen 0-2
*Manchester City suffered their first home defeat in the Champions League group stage since 19 September 2018 (against Lyon).
*Manchester City won 13 and tied 1 of their last 14 home games against German opponents in the UCL.
Last time they suffered such defeat in October 2013, 1-3 vs Bayern Munich, coached by … Pep Guardiola.
*Bayer Leverkusen have won a Champions League match on English soil for just the second time, after achieving it in London against Tottenham on 2 November 2016 (1-0).
*Guardiola took charge of his 100th Champions League match with Manchester City.
He is just the third coach to reach a triple-digit number of games with an English team in the European Cup/Champions League, after Alex Ferguson (190 with Manchester United) and Arsène Wenger (177 with Arsenal).
Ajax vs Benfica 0-2
*Ajax have lost their last 8 European matches: their worst such run in club history.
*Ajax are the second Dutch club to lose first 5 matches in a Champions League campaign. Feyenoord was the first to do so in the 2017-18 season.
*Benfica’s coach José Mourinho stopped his negative run of 6 defeats in UCL. He last won in the competition on 26 November 2019 (with Tottenham against Olympiacos, 4-2).
*Mourinho recorded his 7th Champions League win over Ajax (with different teams). Only Pep Guardiola (8 wins against Shakhtar Donetsk) and Carlo Ancelotti (8 against Liverpool) have beaten a specific opponent more often in the competition.
*Benfica’s Amar Dedić has ended his terrible streak of 12 consecutive Champions League defeats. It is 2nd worst such run in the competition’s history.
Only Mbo Mpenza had a longer series of defeats: 14 between September 2000 and November 2006.
*Leandro Barreiro became just is the second Luxembourgish player to score in a Champions League match.
The first was Sébastien Thill, who scored 2 goals for Sheriff in 2021 (against Real Madrid and Inter).
Bodo/Glimt vs Juventus 2-3
*Ole Blomberg's opening goal put Juve at a disadvantage in Norway in a Champions League match for the first time since 1997 when Soltvedt scored 1-0 goal for Rosenborg.
Galatasaray vs Union Saint-Gilloise 0-1
*Galatasaray’s Arda Ünyay has had a terrible debut in the Champions League: in his first game in the competition he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute, was sent off in the 89th and lost the game.
Napoli vs Qarabag 2-0
*Napoli have lost only one of their last 20 home Champions League games (12 wins, 7 draws).