Nov 26 - Facts and figures relating to Matchday
five in Champions League Groups E to H on Tuesday
GROUP E
P W D L F A Pts
1 Barcelona 4 3 1 0 7 0 10
2 Rangers 4 2 1 1 5 3 7
3 Olympique Lyon 4 2 0 2 6 8 6
4 VfB Stuttgart 4 0 0 4 3 10 0
Qualifying chances: Barcelona need a draw with Lyon to reach
the last 16 and victory would guarantee they finish top of the
group. Rangers could also go through with a victory in Stuttgart
if Lyon lose to Barcelona.
VFB STUTTGART V RANGERS
Head-to-head record
Played: 3
Wins: Rangers 2, VfB Stuttgart 1
Previous meetings
CL: GP 16.09.03 Rangers 2 VfB Stuttgart 1
26.11.03 VfB Stuttgart 1 Rangers 0
CL: GP 19.09.07 Rangers 2 VfB Stuttgart 1
* Stuttgart have not won any of their last seven Champions
League games and have lost all four in the group to leave them
without a chance of progress, even in the UEFA Cup.
* Stuttgart have lost five of their last seven European home
games but have never been beaten by a Scottish team in their
home ground, winning three of their four games.
* Rangers have lost their last four away games in Germany
without scoring and have failed to get a goal on 12 of their
last 14 visits.
* Rangers have lost just one of their last five Champions
League away matches but have won only one of the last 11.
OLYMPIQUE LYON V BARCELONA
Head-to-head record
Played: 3
Wins: Barcelona 3
Previous meetings
CL: GP 10.10.01 Barcelona 2 Olympique Lyon 0
23.10.01 Olympique Lyon 2 Barcelona 3
CL: GP 19.09.07 Barcelona 3 Olympique Lyon 0
* Lyon have won only one of their last four Champions League
home games and have conceded eight goals.
* Lyon have won their last three home games against Spanish
clubs without conceding a goal but did lose their only previous
match against Barcelona at the Stade Gerland.
* Barcelona have won six of their last eight Champions
League games, keeping clean sheets in seven of those eight.
* Barcelona, who have won three of their last four away
games in France, have conceded a mere three goals in their last
12 Champions League away games.
GROUP F
P W D L F A Pts
1 Manchester United 4 4 0 0 10 2 12
2 AS Roma 4 2 1 1 6 4 7
3 Sporting Lisbon 4 1 1 2 5 6 4
4 Dynamo Kiev 4 0 0 4 3 12 0
Qualifying chances: Manchester United have already qualified
for the knockout round and would guarantee top place with a win
over Sporting or if Roma fail to beat Dynamo Kiev. Roma could
join them in the last 16 with a victory if Sporting fail to beat
United. Roma would also go through with a draw if Sporting were
to lose.
DYNAMO KIEV V AS ROMA
Head-to-head record
Played: 3
Wins: Dynamo Kiev 2, AS Roma 1
Previous meetings
CL: GP 15.09.04 AS Roma 0 Dynamo Kiev 3
(by forfeit)
23.11.04 Dynamo Kiev 2 AS Roma 0
CL: GP 19.09.07 AS Roma 2 Dynamo Kiev 0
* Dynamo are without a win in their last 11 Champions League
games, losing nine and conceding 31 goals in the process.
* Dynamo have lost four of seven home games against Italian
teams and have won just one - against AS Roma.
* Roma have lost on both of their previous away games in
Ukraine, including a 1-0 reverse to Shakhtar Donetsk last
season.
* Roma have lost seven of their last 10 Champions League
away games.
MANCHESTER UNITED V SPORTING LISBON
Head-to-head record
Played: 3
Wins: Manchester United 2, Sporting Lisbon 1
Previous meetings
CW: QF 26.02.64 Manchester United 4 Sporting Lisbon 1
18.03.64 Sporting Lisbon 5 Manchester United 0
CL: GP 19.09.07 Sporting Lisbon 0 Manchester United 1
* United have won their last eight Champions League home
games, scoring 25 goals. They are unbeaten in their last 11 and
have lost only one of the last 32 at Old Trafford
* United have never lost at home to a Portuguese team,
winning seven of eight games and scoring 25 goals.
* Sporting have lost on five of eight previous away games
with English clubs but have won two of the last four.
* Sporting have won only one of 11 previous Champions League
away games, losing seven.
GROUP G
P W D L F A Pts
1 Inter Milan 4 3 0 1 8 4 9
2 Fenerbahce 4 2 2 0 5 2 8
3 PSV Eindhoven 4 1 1 2 2 5 4
4 CSKA Moscow 4 0 1 3 6 10 1
Qualifying chances: The winner of the Inter Milan-Fenerbahce
match is certain to qualify for the knockout stage. Both clubs
would also go through, whatever their result, if PSV were to
lose to CSKA.
CSKA MOSCOW V PSV EINDHOVEN
Head-to-head record
Played: 1
Wins: PSV Eindhoven 1
Previous meeting
CL: GP 19.09.07 PSV Eindhoven 2 CSKA Moscow 1
* CSKA have not won any of their last seven Champions League
games or any of their last nine European matches.
* CSKA lost their only previous home game with a Dutch team,
going down 1-0 to Feyenoord in the UEFA Cup in the 1996-97
season.
* PSV have failed to score in five of their last six
Champions League matches, the exception being their home game
this season with CSKA.
* PSV will be playing their first away game in Russia. They
are unbeaten in their last four away to clubs from the former
Soviet Union.
INTER MILAN V FENERBAHCE
Head-to-head record
Played: 1
Wins: Fenerbahce 1
Previous meetings
CL: GP 19.09.07 Fenerbahce 1 Inter Milan 0
* Inter have won their last three Champions League games and
have lost only one of their last 10.
* Inter have won all three previous home games against
Turkish teams by at least a two-goal margin.
* Fenerbahce are unbeaten in their last nine European
matches and have lost only two of the last 15.
* Fenerbahce have lost on all five previous visits to Italy
by at least a two-goal margin.
GROUP H
P W D L F A Pts
1 Arsenal 4 3 1 0 11 0 10
2 Sevilla 4 3 0 1 8 6 9
3 Slavia Prague 4 1 1 2 4 12 4
4 Steaua Bucharest 4 0 0 4 2 7 0
Qualifying chances: Arsenal have already qualified and would be
sure of topping the group with a win in Seville. Sevilla would
join them in the last 16 if they win or if Slavia lose to
Steaua.
SEVILLA V ARSENAL
Head-to-head record
Played: 1
Wins: Arsenal 1
Previous meeting
CL: GP 19.09.07 Arsenal 3 Sevilla 0
* Sevilla have lost only one of 37 previous European home
games and have kept 22 clean sheets.
* Sevilla, who have triumphed in their last three Champions
League games, won their only previous home game against an
English club, beating Arsenal's North London neighbours
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in last season's UEFA Cup.
* Arsenal, who are unbeaten in their last seven European
games, have kept clean sheets in all six Champions League games
this season, including the qualifying round.
* Arsenal have kept clean sheets in 10 of their last 13
European away games.
STEAUA BUCHAREST V SLAVIA PRAGUE
Head-to-head record
Played: 3
Wins: Slavia Prague 2, Draws 1
Previous meetings
UEFA: R3 25.11.99 Slavia Prague 4 Steaua Bucharest 1
9.12.99 Steaua Bucharest 1 Slavia Prague 1
CL: GP 19.09.07 Slavia Prague 2 Steaua Bucharest 1
* Steaua have lost their last four Champions League games
and have not won any of their last nine, seven of which have
ended in defeat.
* Steaua, who have won only two of the 14 CL games they have
played at home, have drawn both of their previous home games
against Czech teams. Apart from the previous game with Slavia,
they drew 2-2 with Sparta Prague in the 1988-89 European Cup.
* Slavia have failed to score in seven of their last 11
European matches.
* The only Romanian club Slavia have met is Steaua. They
have not lost to the Bucharest team in three games.
(Compiled by and edited by Padraic Halpin)