IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Estêvão became the third teenager (age: 18 years 215 days) to score in each of his first 3 Champions League starts, after Kylian Mbappé (18-113) and Erling Haaland (19-107).
Worst ever Spanish day in UCL
For the first time in the history of the European Cup/Champions League, two Spanish teams suffered defeats by 3+ goals on the same day.
No one of three Spanish teams managed to score.
Chelsea vs Barcelona 3-0
*In 9 out of last 10 seasons, Barcelona suffered at least one defeat by 3+ goals in the Champions League (the only exception: 2024-25).
*English teams won 8 out of last 9 Champions League matches against Spanish opponents, with cumulative goal difference 19-4.
*All last 13 goals in Champions League matches between Premier League and La Liga teams have been scored by English teams.
*Barcelona's historic run of 53 consecutive matches scoring has come to an end. They last failed to score on 15 December 2024 (0-1 against Leganés).
*Barcelona have scored in each of their previous 24 Champions League matches: it was the longest ongoing scoring streak for any team in the competition (lasting since a 0-1 defeat vs Shakhtar Donetsk on 7 November 2023).
In the Barcelona’s history, it is the second-best scoring run in UCL, after the one they achieved between 2009 and 2012 (29 games).
*This is the first time a team coached by Hanse Flick has failed to score in a UCL match (he has gone 18 games with Bayern Munich and then 19 with Barcelona always scoring).
*Flick suffered his biggest defeat on the bench in the Champions League.
*Robert Lewandowski is experiencing his worst run in UCL: already 6 matches in a row without scoring.
He has only scored in one of his last 10 UCL matches (two goals against Borussia Dortmund in April 2025).
*Ronald Araújo became the third player to get 2 red cards with Barcelona in the Champions League (he was also sent off against PSG in 2024), after Gerard Piqué and Eric García.
*In both these cases, Araújo was sent off in the first half becoming thus the 4th player in Champions League history expelled before the break more than once, along with Philippe Mexès (3 times), Maxi Pereira (2) and Felipe Augusto (2).
*Chelsea’s Estêvão became the third teenager (age: 18 years 215 days) to score in each of his first 3 Champions League starts, after Kylian Mbappé (18-113) and Erling Haaland (19-107).
Borussia Dortmund vs Villarreal 4-0
*Villarreal’s non-winning run in UCL is extended to 8 matches (2 draws, 6 losses): their second-worst such run in the competition, after a streak of 10 matches without wins between 2009 and 2021 (2 draws, 8 losses).
*Borussia have scored 4 goals in 4 of 5 Champions League matches this season so far.
*Serhou Guriassy's last 6 Champions League goals have all been against Spanish opponents: 3 against Barça, 1 against Athletic Bilbao, and now 2 against Villarreal.
*Guirassy took fewer games (11) to score 13 goals at home in the Champions League than anyone else but Erling Haaland (9).
The next are Thierry Henry and Ruud van Nistelrooy (16 games each).
Slavia Prague vs Athletic Bilbao 0-0
*Athletic failed to score in 9 of 18 matches (including in 6 of 9 away matches) this season across all competitions.