Tuesday stats: Bayern v Porto, Barcelona v Paris
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
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UEFA.com looks into the figures to see who is most likely to claim the first two semi-final places, and finds FC Barcelona and FC Porto have one foot in the last four.
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UEFA.com delves into the history books to find out who is most likely to claim the first two places in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals – and finds the numbers firmly favour FC Barcelona while FC Porto also have a decent chance of defending their 3-1 first-leg advantage at FC Bayern München.
FC Barcelona v Paris Saint-Germain (first leg 3-1)
• Barcelona have won away 3-1 in the first leg of only one previous European Cup tie, against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League round of 16. They won the second leg 7-1.
• Paris have never before lost a home first leg 3-1 in the European Cup.
• Only once in 48 European Cup ties has a team qualified for the next round after losing the first leg 1-3 at home (2.1%). That came in 1968/69, when AFC Ajax won 3-1 away from home in the second leg against SL Benfica after losing the first leg 1-3. The Dutch side won the replay 3-0.
FC Bayern München v FC Porto (first leg 1-3)
• Bayern have never lost the away first leg of a European Cup tie 3-1 before.
• Similarly, this is the first time Porto go into the away leg of a European Cup tie with a 3-1 advantage.
• In European Cup history, on the 84 occasions that the away team lost the first leg 3-1, they have progressed only 19 times (22.6%).