Feed the stats geek within ahead of this week's Champions League last 16 fixtures.

Tuesday

LIVERPOOL v INTERNAZIONALE

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Liverpool 1, Inter 1

EC: SF 4.05.65 Liverpool 3 Internazionale 1

12.05.65 Internazionale 3 Liverpool 0

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Inter 4, Liverpool 3

European Cup - Inter 10, Liverpool 11

All European competitions - Inter 26, Liverpool 19

- Liverpool have scored 16 goals in their last three Champions League matches and are just two short of 500 goals in Europe, a mark so far achieved by only seven teams. Curiously Inter are on 499 and could beat them to it if they score at Anfield.

- Liverpool's only defeat in their last six games against Italian teams was the 2-1 loss to Inter's neighbours Milan in last season's final.

- Inter have won their last five Champions League games and have conceded just three goals in their last six away from home.

- Inter had wins by a three-goal margin on their last two visits to England, beating Newcastle United 4-1 in the 2002-03 season and Arsenal 3-0 the following year, both in the Champions League.

Misses next match if booked: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)

OLYMPIACOS v CHELSEA

Head-to-head record - none

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Chelsea 4, Olympiakos 1

European Cup - Chelsea 4, Olympiakos 1

All European competitions - Chelsea 10, Olympiakos 2

- Olympiakos have lost 10 of their 14 previous games against English clubs, winning just two, and have been defeated at home in three of the last four.

- Olympiakos have lost five of their last 10 European home games, winning just twice. But they are unbeaten in the last four.

- Chelsea have kept clean sheets in their last four Champions League games and have let in just eight in their last 14, never conceding more than one goal in a game.

- Chelsea have lost only two of their last 11 CL away games, winning five.

Misses next match if booked: Paraskevas Antzas, Cristian Ledesma, Christos Patsatzoglou (all Olympiacos). Michael Essien (Chelsea)

ROMA v REAL MADRID

Head-to-head record

Played: 6

Wins: Real 4, Roma 1, Draws 1

CL: GP 11.09.01 Roma 1 Real Madrid 2

24.10.01 Real Madrid 1 Roma 1

CL: GP 17.09.02 Roma 0 Real Madrid 3

30.10.02 Real Madrid 0 Roma 1

CL: GP 28.09.04 Real Madrid 4 Roma 2

8.12.04 Roma 0 Real Madrid 3

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Real 8, Roma 1

European Cup - Real 27, Roma 2

All European competitions - Real 36, Roma 14

- Roma have lost all three previous home games against Real Madrid, all in the Champions League and the last two by a 3-0 margin.

- Roma have an uncomfortable home record against Spanish clubs overall, losing five of the last eight encounters in Rome.

- Apart from their three wins in Rome, Real have a poor record in Italy, losing 15 of their other 21 away games.

- Real, who aim to reach a record 28th European Cup quarter-final, have won just one of their last nine CL away matches.

Misses next match if booked: Mirko Vucinic (Roma), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

SCHALKE 04 v PORTO

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Schalke 1, Draws 1

UF: R1 8.09.76 Porto 2 Schalke 04 2

29.09.76 Schalke 04 3 Porto 2

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Porto 5, Schalke 0

European Cup - Porto 7, Schalke 1

All European competitions - Porto 13, Schalke 6

- Schalke, who have reached the knockout stage for the first time at their third attempt, have never lost to a Portuguese club. Apart from their previous meetings with Porto, they beat Braga 2-0 on aggregate in the 1997-98 UEFA Cup.

- Schalke, who are looking for their 50th win in their 100th match in European competition, qualified for the knockout stage despite failing to score in four of six group games. The Germans have won only two of their last six European home games in Gelsenkirchen.

- Porto have won on three of their last four Champions League visits to Germany, including a thumping 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen in the 1993-94 Champions League.

- Porto have won three of their last six CL away games though they lost 2-1 to Chelsea at the same stage last season.

Misses next match if booked: Marcelo Bordon, Rafina (both Schalke 04). Ricardo Quaresma, Milan Stepanov (both Porto)

Wednesday

ARSENAL v MILAN

Head-to-head record - none

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Milan 8, Arsenal 3

European Cup - Milan 16, Arsenal 4

All European competitions - Milan 23, Arsenal 10

- Arsenal, who are unbeaten in 17 Champions League home games in which they have conceded only six goals, have lost only two of their last 10 games against Italian teams.

- Arsenal have won six of 10 home games against Italian opponents but have bad memories of the last visit of a team from Milan. They lost 3-0 to Inter four seasons ago in the group stage though made up for it later with a 5-1 win in Milan.

- Title-holders Milan, who have scored in each of their last 12 Champions League games, have lost just once in their last seven matches against English clubs, winning four.

- Milan have kept clean sheets in seven of their last 11 CL away games.

Misses next match if booked: Emmanuel Adebayor, Denilson (both Arsenal), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan)

LYON v MANCHESTER UNITED

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: United 1, Draws 1

CL: GP 15.09.04 Lyon 2 Manchester United 2

23.11.04 Manchester United 2 Lyon 1

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - United 8, Lyon 3

European Cup - United 13, Lyon 3

All European competitions - United 18, Lyon 6

- Lyon have not beaten an English club in their last five meetings and have not won at home against teams from England in the last four.

- Lyon have reached the knockout stage in each of the last five seasons but have yet to advance beyond the quarter-finals.

- United have conceded a measly 13 goals in 22 games against French clubs. But the only team to score two in a game against United was Lyon in the 2-2 draw at Stade Gerland three seasons ago.

- United are unbeaten in their last six Champions League matches and have scored 23 goals in their last nine.

Misses next match if booked: Sidney Govou, Anthony Reveillere, Juninho (all Lyon)

CELTIC v BARCELONA

Played: 6

Wins: Barcelona 2, Celtic 1, Draws 3

IC: R2 18.11.64 Barcelona 3 Celtic 1

2.12.64 Celtic 0 Barcelona 0

UF: R4 11.03.04 Celtic 1 Barcelona 0

25.03.04 Barcelona 0 Celtic 0

CL: GP 14.09.04 Celtic 1 Barcelona 3

24.11.04 Barcelona 1 Celtic 1

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Barcelona 6, Celtic 0

European Cup - Barcelona 11, Celtic 7

All European competitions - Barcelona 32, Celtic 12

- Celtic have a reasonably good home record against Spanish clubs, winning five of 11 and losing only two though that included the last game - a 3-1 loss to Barcelona.

- Celtic have failed to score in five of their last eight Champions League games, including the two matches against Milan at the same stage last year when they went out 1-0 on aggregate after an extra time goal by Kaka in Italy.

- Barcelona have kept clean sheets in seven of their last 10 Champions League games.

- Barcelona have a poor record against Scottish clubs, winning just three of 14 games - though two were against Celtic - and losing six.

Suspended: Scott Brown (Celtic), Frank Rijkaard (Barcelona coach)

Misses next match if booked: Lionel Messi, Yaya Toure (both Barcelona)

FENERBAHCE v SEVILLA

Head-to-head record - none

Previous appearances in last eight:

Champions League - Sevilla 0, Fenerbahce 0

European Cup - Sevilla 1, Fenerbahce 0

All European competitions - Sevilla 3, Fenerbahce 1

- Fenerbahce have lost all seven previous games against Spanish opponents, scoring just two goals in the process.

- Fenerbahce, who have advanced beyond the Champions League group stage for the first time in five attempts, have won their last three CL home games and have lost only one of the last seven.

- Sevilla have won their last five CL games, scoring 14 times. They have won three of their last four European away matches.

- Sevilla, who lost 3-1 to Eskisehirspor on their only previous visit to Turkey in the 1970-71 Fairs Cup, are aiming to reach the last eight of the European Cup for the first time in 50 years since they went out 10-2 on aggregate to holders Real Madrid in 1958.

Misses next match if suspended: Gokhan Gonul, Lugano (both Fenerbahce)

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