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All the facts and figures on Wednesday's Champions League games as Chelsea host Romanian side CFR Cluj and Liverpool welcome PSV Eindhoven to Anfield.

GROUP A

CFR CLUJ V CHELSEA

Head-to-head record - no matches

* CFR Cluj, surprise 2-1 away winners against Roma in their Champions League debut, are now seeking their first European home win. Their only previous home game was in the CL qualifiers last season when they lost 3-1 in Cluj to Anorthosis Famagusta.

* Cluj are also seeking a first Romanian win in the CL over an English club. The only previous meetings took place last season when Steaua Bucharest lost home and away to Arsenal.

* Chelsea, last season's beaten finalists, have won only one of their last five CL away matches.

* Chelsea have never met a Romanian club before in 143 European matches.

BORDEAUX V ROMA

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Roma 2

Previous meetings

UEFA: R3 28.11.90 Roma 5 Bordeaux 0

12.12.90 Bordeaux 0 Roma 2

* Bordeaux are unbeaten in their last six European home games but have kept clean sheets in just one of the last 15.

* Bordeaux drew their only two previous Champions League teams against an Italian club. In the 1999-2000 season they tied 0-0 with Fiorentina at home and 3-3 away.

* Roma's shock home defeat to Cluj means they have now lost their last three Champions League matches.

* Roma beat Lyon 2-0 away on their last visit to France two seasons ago and have won two of three games on French soil.

GROUP B

ANORTHOSIS FAMAGUSTA V PANATHINAIKOS

Head-to-head record - no matches

* Anorthosis, who made a highly creditable CL debut when they drew 0-0 away to Werder Bremen, have an excellent home record and are unbeaten in their last six in European competition in which they kept five clean sheets.

* Anorthosis have comfortably won their last two games against Greek opponents, beating Olympiacos 3-0 in this season's qualifiers and Iraklis Salonika 3-1 in the 2002-03 UEFA Cup.

* Panathinaikos have lost their last four Champions League matches and have not won any of the last five.

* Panathinaikos beat Omonia Nicosia home and away in their only previous games against a Cypriot club in the 1988-89 Cup Winners Cup.

INTERNAZIONALE V WERDER BREMEN

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Inter 1, Draws 1

Previous meetings

CL: GP 14.09.04 Inter 2 Werder Bremen 0

24.11.04 Werder Bremen 1 Inter 1

* Inter have won six of their last eight Champions League matches and 10 of the last 13 at home.

* Inter have won five of their last six home games against German opponents but lost the last one 2-0 to Bayern Munich two seasons ago.

* Werder have lost seven of their last eight Champions League away games and have not won on their last seven visits to Italy.

* Werder have kept clean sheets in four of their last five European games.

GROUP C

SPORTING V BASEL

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Sporting 2

Previous meetings

UEFA: R4 13.02.08 Sporting 2 Basel 0

21.02.08 Basel 0 Sporting 3

* Sporting have lost three of their last five CL home games and have won just one.

* Sporting have kept clean sheets in four of their five home games against Swiss teams and have lost just once.

* Basel have lost only one of their last seven European away games and have drawn four of the last five.

* Basel are making their third visit to Portugal this year, having never played there before. They lost 2-0 to Sporting in February in the UEFA Cup and 0-0 with Vitoria Guimaraes in August in this season's CL qualifiers.

SHAKHTAR DONETSK V BARCELONA

Head-to-head record

Played: 4

Wins: Barcelona 2, Shakhtar 1, Draws 1

Previous meetings

CWC: R1 13.09.78 Barcelona 3 Shakhtar 0

27.09.78 Shakhtar 1 Barcelona 1

CL: GP 29.09.04 Barcelona 3 Shakhtar 0

27.12.04 Shakhtar 2 Barcelona 0

* Shakhtar, despite their good start with a 2-1 win in Basel, have lost four of their last five Champions League matches.

* Shakhtar have won only one of 10 previous matches against Spanish sides, the 2-0 win over Barcelona in the Champions League four seasons ago.

* Barcelona, best known for attacking flair, have nevertheless kept 12 clean sheets in their last 19 European matches.

* Barcelona have lost on their last three visits to Ukraine, all by at least two goals.

GROUP D

LIVERPOOL V PSV EINDHOVEN

Head-to-head record

Played: 4

Wins: Liverpool 3, Draws 1

CL: GP 12.09.06 PSV 0 Liverpool 0

22.11.06 Liverpool 2 PSV 0

CL: QF 3.04.07 PSV 0 Liverpool 3

11.04.07 Liverpool 1 PSV 0

* Liverpool have won nine of their last 12 Champions League home games and their last three fixtures against PSV.

* Liverpool have not conceded a single goal in their last six games against Dutch clubs and are unbeaten in all nine since their shock 5-1 reverse to Ajax in the 1966-67 European Cup.

* PSV are playing in their 250th European match of which they have won 104 and lost 88.

* PSV have failed to score in five of their last six Champions League games and seven of the last nine. They have won on only one of their last seven visits to England.

ATLETICO MADRID V MARSEILLE

Head-to-head record - no matches

* Atletico are unbeaten in their last 10 European home games in which they have kept seven clean sheets.

* Atletico have not lost at home to a French club in four previous meetings. They drew their last one 2-2 with Lens in the 1999-2000 UEFA Cup.

* Marseille have lost their last four Champions League matches and have not won any of the last five.

* Marseille lost both their previous CL games against a Spanish team, going down 4-2 away to Real Madrid in the 2003-04 season and 2-1 at home.

Reuters