Champions League Matchday 3: Barcelona vs Olympiacos facts

Barcelona and Olympiacos will both look to bounce back from their first UEFA Champions League defeats of the season when they meet in Spain on Matchday 3.

Last match

The teams' only previous meetings came in the 2017/18 group stage, Barcelona winning 3-1 in Spain on Matchday 3 – Lionel Messi scoring their second goal – before a goalless Matchday 4 draw in Greece.

Those were Barcelona's last games against Greek opponents and made it nine games unbeaten (W7 D2), with six clean sheets in the last eight. The Catalan club have lost only two of their 14 matches against clubs from Greece, winning ten.

Barça have won all seven home games versus Greek visitors, scoring 29 goals and conceding only four.

Olympiacos' have won only one of their last 12 matches against Spanish sides (D3 L8) and have not scored in four of the last five, most recently drawing 0-0 at home before a 0-1 away loss at Real Betis in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League group stage.

The Greek club have never won in Spain, losing on 14 of their 16 visits and conceding 38 goals.

Barcelona

This is Barcelona's 30th campaign in the Champions League proper, a competition record they share with Real Madrid. They have featured every season since 2003/04.

Second in last season's league phase (W6 D1 L1), Hansi Flick's side went on to beat Benfica (4-1 aggregate) and Borussia Dortmund (5-3) before losing to Inter in the semi-finals (6-7).

Olympiacos

This is Olympiacos' 21st appearance in the Champions League proper – but a first since 2020/21. That ended in the group stage, for the fifth successive Champions League campaign.

The Greek side lost to Bodø/Glimt in last season's Europa League round of 16, having finished seventh in the league phase.

Key stats

Aged 18 years 100 days, Lamine Yamal could become the youngest player to make 25 appearances in the Champions League proper. The record holder is Warren Zaïre-Emery (19 years 32 days).

A 1-2 defeat at home to Paris Saint-Germain on Matchday 2 ended Barcelona's eight-game unbeaten run in the league phase (W7 D1).

The 0-2 loss at Arsenal last time out was only Olympiacos' second in 11 European matches (W5 D4).

However, the Greek side have won only two of their last 22 Champions League group stage/league phase games, losing 17, and none of the last seven (D1 L6).

Olympiacos have lost their last 11 away matches in the group stage/league phase, since a 1-0 victory at GNK Dinamo on 20 October 2015.

The Piraeus club have kept seven clean sheets in their last 11 European games.