Champions League Matchday 7: Slavia Praha vs Barcelona facts

Barcelona will aim to maintain momentum on Matchday 7 as they travel to a Slavia Praha side still seeking their first UEFA Champions League win of the season.

The Spanish side claimed their first victory in three games in the competition last time out and lay 15th in the league phase standings ahead of the penultimate round of matches on ten points (W3 D1 L2). Slavia ended Matchday 6 33rd on three points (D3 L3).

Last match

The teams' only previous fixtures came in the 2019/20 group stage, Barcelona winning 2-1 in Czechia on Matchday 3 – Lionel Messi opening the scoring and Jan Bořil levelling for Slavia – before a 0-0 draw in Spain on Matchday 4.

Having drawn 0-0 against Athletic Club in Prague on Matchday 5, Slavia have won only two of their 16 matches against Spanish teams (D7 L7); a 4-3 home extra-time defeat of Sevilla in the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg is their only success in the last 12 (D6 L5).

Barcelona are unbeaten in their last eight matches against Czech opposition (W7 D1), most recently beating Viktoria Plzeň 5-1 at home and 4-2 away in the 2022/23 Champions League group stage.

Barça have won their last four games in Czechia, scoring 12 goals, after one victory and three goals in their first four visits (D1 L2).

Slavia

This is Slavia's third campaign in the Champions League proper; they were eliminated in the group stage in 2007/08 and 2019/20.

The Czech club are taking part in a UEFA group stage/league phase for the ninth successive season.

In 2024/25 Slavia lost 2-3 on aggregate to LOSC Lille in the Champions League qualifying play-offs, going on to finish 30th in the league phase of the Europa League (W1 D2 L5).

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 eventually lost to Inter in the semi-finals (6-7).

Key stats

Beaten 3-0 at Tottenham Hotspur on Matchday 6, Slavia are without a win in 13 European games (D5 L8).

Slavia have not won in the Champions League proper since a 2-1 home victory against Steaua Bucureşti on Matchday 1 of their debut campaign in September 2007, a run of 17 matches (D7 L10).

Slavia have not scored in their last five fixtures, since drawing 2-2 at home to Bodø/Glimt on Matchday 1 – a game they led 2-0 with 12 minutes remaining.

A 2-1 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 6 was only Barcelona's third in nine Champions League matches (D2 L4) – but a ninth in their last 13 in the league phase (D2 L2).

The Catalan club have won only one of their last five away Champions League matches (D1 L3), conceding three or more goals in four of those games.

Lamine Yamal has more goal involvements than any other player aged 18 or younger in Champions League history (Matchday 1 to final) with 14 (seven goals, seven assists), surpassing Kylian Mbappé's record of 13 (ten goals, three assists).