IFFHS CONTINENTAL NEWS AND STATS - UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Picture : Rodrygo became 5th youngest player (24 years 54 days) in UCL history to score 25 goals
Statistics on Champions’ League: Round of 16, 1st leg (March 4)
PSV Eindhoven vs Arsenal 1-7
*Arsenal became the first team in Champions League history (since 1992) to score 7+ goals away from home in a knockout stage match.
They are also the first team to score 7+ goals away from home in the European Cup, from the round of 16 onwards, since Celtic did so against Waterford in 1970 (0-7).
*Arsenal have last scored so many goals in a European away game in November 1993, beating Standard Liège 7-0 in the Cup Winners Cup.
*For the 3rd time, an English team have scored 7+ goals in away game in the European Cup. The previous cases are:
17/10/2017, Maribor 0-7 Liverpool,
12/10/2022, Rangers 1-7 Liverpool.
*Arsenal have won 5 successive UCL games in a single edition of the tournament for the first time since 2005-06.
*Arsenal are the first team in Champions League history to have 6 different scorers (excluding own goals) in an away knockout stage game.
*Ethan Nwaneri became the 2nd youngest Arsenal player (17 years 348 days) to play in a Champions League knockout stage game after Cesc Fàbregas vs Bayern Munich in March 2005 (17 years 309 days).
He's also the 3rd English player to start a UCL knockout stage game under the age of 18, after Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden.
*PSV have suffered a home defeat by a 6-goal margin for the first time ever in their history (in any competition).
Overall, it’s joint-heaviest defeat in the history (in all competitions), along with 3 other matches (all away from home):
May 1958: 1-7 vs GVAV,
June 1960: 1-7 vs Feyenoord,
November 1979: 0-6 vs St. Etienne.
*PSV have suffered 3 consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since March-April 2014 (also 3).
Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid 2-1
*Julián Alvarez became the third Atlético Madrid player to score in 2 successive derbies against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu between all competitions in the XXI century, after Diego Forlán in 2010 and Antoine Griezmann in 2017.
*Julián Alvarez has already scored 7 goals in his first Champions League/European Cup campaign for Atletico Madrid; only 2 players have scored more: Vavá (8 in 1958-59) and Diego Costa (8 in 2013-14).
*Rodrygo became 5th youngest player (24 years 54 days) in UCL history to score 25 goals, after:
Erling Haaland (22 years 47 days),
Kylian Mbappé (22 years 80 days),
Lionel Messi (22 years 286 days),
Raúl (23 years 252 days).
*Real Madrid have celebrated their 500th match in the European Cup/Champions League (including qualifiers), becoming the first team in the history of the competition to reach this milestone.
*Real Madrid have only lost 1 of their last 18 matches in the knockout stages of the Champions League (12 wins, 5 draws), and are unbeaten in last 10 of them (5 wins, 5 draws), since suffering the only defeat in this run (0-4 away to Manchester City in the 2022-23 semi-finals).
*Atlético have gone 12 derbies without a win at the Real Madrid ground: 6 draws and 6 defeats since 1-0 away win in February 2016.
*They have equalled their worst away run in derbies (also 12 games without a win between 2003 and 2012).
Club Brugge vs Aston Villa 1-3
*Aston Villa have scored in the 3rd minute in 3 of their last 4 Champions League games:
John McGinn vs RB Leipzig at 2' 33'',
Morgan Rogers vs Celtic at also 2' 33'',
now Leon Bailey at 2' 16''.
*It was Aston Villa’s first goal in a European Cup knockout game in 42 years, since Peter Withe scored against Juventus in 1983 quarter-finals.
*Marco Asensio has scored 5 goals in his last 4 games for Aston Villa, as many as in his last 44 games for his former club Paris Saint-Germain.
Borussia Dortmund vs Lille 1-1
*Lille have not lost a Champions League knockout stage match for the first time in their history (it was 5th such match).
*Jonathan David (Lille) has been involved in 8 goals in the Champions League this season (6 goals, 2 assists), the best total for a player in a UCL campaign with a French club outside PSG since Miralem Pjanic with Lyon in 2009-10 (4 goals, 4 assists).