GROUP E
P W D L F A Pts
Chelsea 1 1 0 0 2 0 3
Genk 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Valencia 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bayer Leverkusen 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
BAYER LEVERKUSEN v GENK
Head-to-head record - no matches
* Bayer have lost their last three European games and are
also on a run of three consecutive defeats in the CL, dating
from their last appearance seven years ago.
* Bayer won both of their two previous CL games against
Belgian clubs, beating Lierse 1-0 in Leverkusen and 2-0 away in
the 1997-98 season.
* Genk are on a run of four consecutive draws in the
competition and have still to win a CL match, having tied five
of the seven played.
* Genk were hammered by their last German opponents, losing
4-1 away to Werder Bremen in the 2000-01 UEFA Cup before losing
5-2 at home.
VALENCIA v CHELSEA
Head-to-head record
Played: 4
Wins: Chelsea 2, draws 2
Previous matches
CL: QF 4/04/07 Chelsea 1 Valencia 1
10/04/07 Valencia 1 Chelsea 2
CL: GP 3/10/07 Valencia 1 Chelsea 2
11/12/07 Chelsea 0 Valencia 0
* Valencia have not won any of their last four CL games and
have won just two of their last nine at home, including two
defeats to Chelsea.
* Valencia have not won any of their last six games against
English clubs and have lost their last three at home. Apart from
the Chelsea games, they lost 1-0 to Manchester United last
season in the group stage.
* Chelsea have lost only three of their last 13 CL away
games and are unbeaten in their last six in Spain, including
three matches against Barcelona which all ended as draws.
* Chelsea have won seven of their last nine CL games against
foreign opposition.
GROUP F
P W D L F A Pts
Olympique Marseille 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Arsenal 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Borussia Dortmund 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Olympiakos Piraeus 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
ARSENAL v OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS
Head-to-head record
Played: 2
Wins: Arsenal 1, Olympiakos 1
Previous matches
CL: GP 29/09/09 Arsenal 2 Olympiakos Piraeus 0
9/12/09 Olympiakos Piraeus 1 Arsenal 0
* Arsenal have won their last five European home games and
are unbeaten in 11, 10 of which they have won. They have never
lost at home to a Greek side, winning four of the six matches
played.
* Arsenal need one more goal to become the fifth team to
score 200 in the CL.
* Olympiakos have lost their last three CL games and have
scored just one goal in their last five away.
* Olympiakos have lost all nine matches played in England by
at least two goals. They have scored just once and let in 29
goals in those games.
OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE v BORUSSIA DORTMUND
Head-to-head record - no matches
* Marseille have not conceded a goal at home in their last
three CL games, including fixtures against Chelsea and
Manchester United.
* It is the first time Marseille have met a German club in
the CL. They won both of their previous home games against
German or West German clubs, last beating Werder Bremen 3-2 in
the 1998-99 UEFA Cup.
* Borussia are unbeaten in their last four CL games and in
their last five European away games.
* Borussia have not scored on their last three visits to
France and have won only one of seven away games against French
clubs, a 1-0 win over Auxerre in the 1997 CL quarter-finals.
GROUP G
P W D L F A Pts
APOEL Nicosia 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Porto 1 1 0 0 2 1 3
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
Zenit St Petersburg 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
ZENIT ST PETERSBURG v PORTO
Head-to-head record - no matches
* Zenit have won their last seven European home games, are
unbeaten in 12 and have won nine of their last 10.
* Zenit have not drawn any of their last 14 European games,
winning 10 and losing four.
* Europa League winners Porto have won seven of their last
eight European games.
* Porto have never lost to a Russian club, winning six of
their eight games, including all of the last five. They beat
Spartak Moscow 10-3 on aggregate in last season's Europa League
quarter-finals.
SHAKHTAR DONETSK v APOEL NICOSIA
Head-to-head record - no matches
* Shakhtar have lost their last three CL games but, before
that, they had won seven out of eight.
* Shakhtar have played 152 European matches but have never
met a Cypriot team before.
* APOEL lost 2-0 to Zorya Voroshilovgrad on their only
previous visit to Ukraine in the 1973-74 European Cup. They also
lost the home leg 1-0.
* APOEL, who recorded their first CL victory when they beat
Zenit in this season's opening game, have an excellent recent
record of just two defeats in their last 15 European matches.
GROUP H
P W D L F A Pts
Barcelona 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
AC Milan 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
BATE Borisov 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Viktoria Plzen 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
BATE BORISOV v BARCELONA
Head-to-head record - no matches
* BATE are unbeaten in nine European matches, including six
in this season's qualifiers, but have drawn six of them. They
have still to win a CL game.
* BATE have lost all four matches played against Spanish
clubs, including the home and away legs against Real Madrid in
their first CL appearance three years ago.
* Barcelona are unbeaten in their last seven Champions
League games and have won three of their last four away.
* Barcelona have scored at least one goal in each of their
last 22 Champions League games.
AC MILAN v VIKTORIA PLZEN
Head-to-head record - no matches
* Milan, like Arsenal, are on 199 CL goals and need one more
to become the fifth (or sixth) team to reach the 200 mark. If
they concede a goal it would be the 300th they have let in in
their 334th European game.
* Despite an excellent away draw in Barcelona in their
opening game, Milan have a poor recent record with just two wins
in their last 14 CL matches, curiously both 2-0 wins over French
club Auxerre.
* Viktoria are unbeaten in their seven European games this
season, six of them in the qualifiers.
* Viktoria have never played an Italian club before. The
last time they played a team from one of the top nations, they
lost 6-1 to Bayern Munich in the 1971-72 Cup Winners Cup.
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