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1 - Questions about our event definitions? If you want to know what is and is not an assist, how shots on target differ from blocked shots or want to know the full range of data we collect, you can find explanations here. Information. statsperform.com/opta-event-def…

83 days to go - The highest overall passing accuracy at a FIFA World Cup tournament since 1966 was achieved in 2022... 📈 83.2% passes were completed across the board. Secure. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

1 - Shakhtar Donetsk are the first Ukrainian side to reach a UEFA quarter-final since Shakhtar themselves in the 2019/20 Europa League. Tonight was their 16th European fixture of the season, with every single match played outside of Ukraine. Resilient 🇺🇦

9 - Nine different nations are represented among the 24 remaining clubs in UEFA's three men’s club competitions this season. Spain (6 clubs) and England (5 clubs) account for 46% of the teams: 6 - Spain🇪🇸 5 - England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 3 - Germany🇩🇪 Portugal🇵🇹 2 - France🇫🇷 Italy🇮🇹 1 - Greece🇬🇷 Netherlands🇳🇱 Ukraine🇺🇦 Geography.

9 - John McGinn has scored his ninth goal for Aston Villa in major European competition, with no player netting more for the club (level with European Cup winner Peter Withe). Skipper.

1979 - @CPFC are the first English team to reach the quarter-finals in their first ever campaign in a major UEFA competition since Nottingham Forest in 1978-79, who went on to win the European Cup that year. Omen.

84 days to go - At Spain's victorious 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament, Xavi completed 84 passes per 90 minutes. That was the most by a player on record since 1966 at a single edition (min. 500 minutes played). Tiki-taka. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

24y 146d - Last night against Brighton, Chelsea named their youngest starting XI for a @BarclaysWSL game since September 2013 (23y 247d vs Notts County). Sprightly.

13 – This is the 13th time Spain will have at least three clubs in the @ChampionsLeague quarter-finals, more than any other nation in the competition's history. 13 – Spain 🇪🇸 8 – England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 4 – Italy 🇮🇹 1 – Germany 🇩🇪 Hegemony.

8 - Florian Wirtz created eight chances tonight - the most by a Liverpool player in a UEFA Champions League match Opta has on record since 2003-04. Inventor.

5.8 - Today had the highest goals per game average on any day of UEFA Champions League action with 3+ games played (23 goals in 4 games): Barcelona 7-2 Newcastle Bayern Munich 4-1 Atalanta Liverpool 4-0 Galatasaray Spurs 3-2 Atlético Madrid Entertainment.

4 - In Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle, and Tottenham Hotspur, this is the first time ever that four sides from a single nation have all been eliminated at the same stage of a season in the UEFA Champions League. Fall.

50 - Mohamed Salah has scored his 50th UEFA Champions League goal - he is the first African player to hit that landmark. King.

50 - Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has now scored 50 goals in 66 UEFA Champions League appearances – only Erling Haaland (49) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (62) have ever reached 50 goals in fewer games. Landmark.

7-2 - Tonight's 7-2 defeat for Newcastle means the last two Englishmen to manage against Barcelona at the Camp Nou have conceded seven goals, with Eddie Howe joining Gary Neville in 2016. Chastening.

8 - There's only been three occasions since 1955 an English team has conceded 8+ goals on aggregate in a European Cup tie, and two have come in this season's last 16 via Chelsea vs PSG (2-8) and Newcastle vs Barcelona (3-8). Obliterated.

6 - Newcastle United are just the second English side to concede six goals in a European Cup/Champions League match, along with Spurs in a 7-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in October 2019. Flattened.

2 - Anthony Elanga is only the second player to score twice in a UEFA Champions League away match at Camp Nou for an English club, after Dwight Yorke for Manchester United in November 1998. Stage.

7-0 - Eddie Howe tonight becomes the first Englishman to manage against Barcelona at the Camp Nou since Gary Neville, who lost 7-0 with Valencia in February 2016. Memories.

𝐄𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢 𝐄𝐳𝐞 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐩 Through December and January, Eze was barely a bit-part player for Arsenal in their priority competitions. That's not been the case over the past month, however...

40 + 2 – Chelsea have had 40 shots across their last two matches (22 vs Newcastle and 18 vs PSG), the most attempts they’ve had in back-to-back games in all competitions without scoring since January 2011 against Liverpool (20 shots) and Fulham (25 shots). Blunt.