UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw
Liverpool face
Manchester City but Juventus's meeting with Real Madrid in a repeat of last
season's final is perhaps the stand-out tie.
UEFA Champions Leage quarter-final
draw
Barcelona (ESP) v Roma (ITA)
Sevilla (ESP) v Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA) v Real Madrid (ESP, holders)
Liverpool (ENG) v Manchester City (ENG)
Sevilla (ESP) v Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA) v Real Madrid (ESP, holders)
Liverpool (ENG) v Manchester City (ENG)
Draw facts
Barcelona (ESP) v Roma (ITA)
1st leg: 4 April, 2nd leg: 10 April
1st leg: 4 April, 2nd leg: 10 April
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4 previous UEFA meetings:
1 Barcelona win
1 Roma win
2 draws
1 Barcelona win
1 Roma win
2 draws
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Most recent encounter came in the
2015/16 group stage, the Spanish side winning 6-1 in the Camp Nou with Lionel
Messi and Luis Suárez both scoring twice.
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Barcelona are 12 matches unbeaten
against Italian sides at the Camp Nou (W9 D3).
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Lionel Messi has 12 goals in 19
games against Serie A opposition at a rate of one every 136 minutes.
Sevilla (ESP) v Bayern München (GER)
1st leg: 3 April, 2nd leg: 11 April
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These clubs have never met before in
UEFA competition.
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Bayern have lost on their last five
trips to Spain; Sevilla have never lost at home to visitors from Germany (W7
D4).
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Sevilla overcame German opposition
in four of their five UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League-winning campaigns.
Juventus (ITA) v
Real Madrid (ESP, holders)
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19 previous meetings:
8 Juventus wins
9 Real Madrid wins
2 draws
8 Juventus wins
9 Real Madrid wins
2 draws
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A repeat of last season's final,
when Madrid won 4-1 in Cardiff.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has seven goals in
five matches against Juventus – one every 64 minutes.
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Juve have won the teams' last four
two-legged knockout ties on aggregate, including their 2014/15 semi-final – the
last time Madrid were knocked out of the competition.
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The Bianconeri have won six of the
sides' seven most recent meetings in Turin.
Liverpool (ENG) v Manchester City
(ENG)
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The pair have never met before in
UEFA competition.
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In domestic fixtures Liverpool have
dominated, recording 87 wins to City's 45, with 46 draws.
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City have won just one of their last
eight encounters with Liverpool in all competitions, losing five. The Reds are
the only team to beat Pep Guardiola's charges in this season's Premier League.
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Raheem Sterling scored 18 goals in
95 Premier League appearances for Liverpool between 2012 and 2015; James Milner
was a member of Manchester City's title-winning squads in 2012 and 2014.

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