Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 11 away games in all competitions

PSG are yet to lose at home this season in all competitions

PSG are the only team to beat Barcelona during this UEFA Champions League campaign and Barcelona are the only team to beat PSG.

In the UCL, compared to the league percentage (69.2 percent), Barcelona’s ball possession drops to 64.3 percent, while for PSG the drop is higher (from 63.8 percent to 52.2 percent)

Barcelona and Bayern Munich (both on 89.2 percent) have the highest passing accuracy in the UCL this season. PSG are ranked fourth with 88.1 percent pass success

Only Arsenal (18.6) have more dribbles per game than Barcelona (18.1) in the UCL this season

Half of the teams that have took part in this UCL season have scored at least one goal from the penalty spot but Barcelona and PSG are not on this list

Barcelona scored one UCL goal from outside the penalty box this term: It was Neymar’s goal against PSG at the Camp Nou (group stage)

Only Bayern Munich (17) have more through ball key passes than Barcelona (16) in the UCL. PSG have only two.

Barcelona and PSG have scored at least one goal in all their eight UCL games this season

Barcelona haven’t lost the first leg of the UCL quarterfinals since 2002

Messi was directly involved in 11 goals this UCL season (eight scored and three assisted), more than any other player

Dani Alves received five yellow cards, more than any other player in Champions League this term. He has as much yellows as all his teammates combined

While Verratti, Ibrahimović, Aurier, and Alves are missing the first leg because of suspension, Matuidi and Van der Wiel are the only players from both teams on two yellow cards (one away from one game suspension)

Neymar (26) is the second most-fouled player n the UCL after Hazard (33)

Only Messi (57) and Hazard (51) completed more than 35 dribbles in the UCL this season

Messi (30) has the most key passes in UCL this season, at least nine more than any other player

Only Cristiano Ronaldo (54) has more shots than Messi (40) and Cavani (29) in the UCL

Thirteen different “assist-provider to goalsscorer” duos have two UCL goals this season, including “Alba to Suarez” and “Pedro to Messi” and “Iniesta to Messi”

In the previous five seasons: Messi scored only once in the first leg of the UCL quarterfinals, it was against PSG in 2012/13 at Parc des Princes

Messi-Neymar-Suarez always score when they start an official game against PSG: Messi three times, Neymar twice, Suarez once