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All the facts and figures on tonight's Champions League games as Manchester United visit Aalborg, Arsenal host Porto and Celtic travel to Villarreal.

GROUP E

AAB AALBORG V MANCHESTER UNITED

Head-to-head record - no matches

* Aalborg have never beaten an English team in three previous encounters but did draw 0-0 with Everton in the Cup Winners Cup back in the 1966-67 season. They lost the away leg 2-1 and did not meet an English side again until losing 2-3 to Tottenham Hotspur in last year's UEFA Cup group stage.

* Aalborg have a respectable home record and have kept clean sheets in five of their last eight European games in Denmark, losing just once.

* United are unbeaten in their last 14 Champions League matches, just two short of the run of 16 without defeat they achieved while winning the trophy in 1999.

* United have a mixed record in Denmark. They beat Brondy 6-2 in the 1998-99 season but lost 1-0 to FC Copenhagen two years ago, both in the Champions League.

VILLARREAL V CELTIC

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Villarreal 1, Draws 1

Previous meetings

UEFA: QF 8.04.04 Celtic 1 Villarreal 1

14.04.04 Villarreal 2 Celtic 0

* Villarreal have failed to score in their last three Champions League matches and have netted just three times in their last six.

* Villarreal have an excellent European home record and are unbeaten in their last 11 and have only lost once in the 23 they have played. Though they beat Celtic in 2004, their last Scottish visitors Rangers went away with a 1-1 draw in the Champions League knockout round in 2006.

* Celtic's infamous Champions League away record continues to haunt them. They have now lost 16 of 17, picking up one solitary draw and have failed to score in their last five.

* Celtic have failed to win any of their last seven games against Spanish opponents and have not won on 12 previous trips to Spain to play away games. The one bright spot is that their only CL away draw was in Spain - a 1-1 result against Barcelona, of all teams, four years ago.

GROUP F

FIORENTINA V STEAUA BUCHAREST

Head-to-head record - no matches

* Fiorentina are unbeaten in their last seven European matches in which they have kept five clean sheets. They have lost just one of their last 17.

* Fiorentina have not conceded a single goal in three previous visits by Romanian teams.

* Steaua have won only four of 31 Champions League matches and have not won any of the last 12.

* Steaua have conceded two goals in each of their last five European away games and have never scored on five previous visits to Italy.

BAYERN MUNICH V LYON

Head-to-head record

Played: 4

Wins: Lyon 2, Bayern 1, Draws 1

Previous meetings

CL: GP2 21.11.00 Bayern Munich 1 Olympique Lyon 0

6.03.01 Olympique Lyon 3 Bayern Munich 0

CL: GP 21.10.03 Olympique Lyon 1 Bayern Munich 1

5.11.03 Bayern Munich 1 Olympique Lyon 2

* Bayern lost their last CL home game 2-0 to Milan in the 2007 quarter-finals but were unbeaten in their previous 11 in Munich.

* Bayern lost their last home game against a French club, which happened to be Lyon, five seasons ago but have only lost twice in 10 games in Munich against French opposition.

* Lyon are on an incredible run of four successive away victories in Germany in the CL. They beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in 2001-02, Bayern 2-1 two years later, Werder Bremen 3-0 in 2004-05 and VfB Stuttgart 2-0 last season.

* Lyon have not won any of their last three Champions League matches and have failed to score in five of their last 11.

GROUP G

ARSENAL V PORTO

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Arsenal 1, Draws 1

Previous meetings

CL: GP 26.09.06 Arsenal 2 Porto 0

6.12.06 Porto 0 Arsenal 0

* Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 22 European home games and have kept clean sheets in 14, conceding a miserly eight goals.

* Arsenal have won two of three previous home games against Portuguese sides. Apart from the 2006 win over Porto, they beat Sporting Lisbon 3-0 in the Fairs Cup in 1969-70 but lost 3-1 to Benfica after extra time in the 1991-92 European Cup.

* Porto have lost on 10 of their 11 previous visits to England, drawing just once - the 1-1 with Manchester United in the knockout round in 2004 on their way to winning the title.

* Porto have won five of their last eight Champions League games, including the last two.

FENERBAHCE V DYNAMO KIEV

Head-to-head record

Played: 2

Wins: Dynamo 1, Draws 1

Previous meetings

CL: QR 8.08.06 Dynamo Kiev 3 Fenerbahce 1

23.08.06 Fenerbahce 2 Dynamo Kiev 2

* Fenerbahce's next goal will be their 100th in the European Cup/Champions League. They have played 84 matches and conceded 145 goals.

* Fenerbahce have won their last eight European home games and are unbeaten in the last 14 in Istanbul.

* Dynamo are without a win in their last 14 Champions League games, losing 11 of those, conceding 39 goals.

* Dynamo have won on three of six previous visits to Turkey and have lost just once.

GROUP H

ZENIT ST PETERSBURG V REAL MADRID

Head-to-head record - no matches

* Zenit, seeking their first Champions League goal in what is only their second match in the competition, need two goals to reach 100 in Europe in their 59th game.

* Zenit have lost only one of their last 21 European home games and have not been beaten in four games in St Petersburg against Spanish teams.

* With a victory Real would become the first team to win 75

Champions League matches - though Manchester United could also

reach the 75 mark in Aalborg.

* Real have won on only one of eight previous visits to

Russia, a 1-0 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow on their last trip

in the 2002-03 season.

BATE BORISOV V JUVENTUS

Head-to-head record - no matches

* BATE, seeking their first Champions League points, have lost only one of their last seven European home games.

* BATE's only previous matches against Italian teams were both defeats - 2-0 at home to AC Milan and 4-0 in Milan in the UEFA Cup in 2001-02.

* Juventus have won only two of their last nine European away games and have lost five of their last seven away in the Champions League.

* If Juventus lose, it would be their 50th defeat in the European Cup/Champions League in 189 matches.

Reuters