The statistics that place FC Barcelona in the semifinals of the Champions League

Yesterday FC Barcelona took a big step in its goal of qualifying for the Champions League semi-finals. In this first leg they faced a PSG that arrived in good shape and with the threat of Kylian Mbappé. However, Xavi Hernández's team came out without any complexes and presented a very serious match to the Parisians, with Lewandowski at a very good level and a stellar Raphinha who scored two of the Blaugrana team's three goals.

The last one was from Christensen on the first ball he touched after coming off the bench, with a header in the small area, under the gaze of Donnarumma who could do nothing about the shot from point-blank range. On the part of Luis Enrique's team, the goals were from Dembelé and Vitinha, although it was not enough to achieve a good result, and they will have to give their best version in the return leg if they want to have a chance of qualifying.

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The return leg is looming, with the two teams dreaming of doing great things this year in the top continental club competition. However, the data works in favor of the Barça team, and there are two statistics that place them in the next round of the tournament:

Favorable statistics of European qualifying rounds passed after winning the first leg away from home

FC Barcelona has overcome 40 of 42 European qualifiers after winning the first leg away from home. The only cases in which they did not qualify were in 1980 against Cologne and in 1984 against Metz. It seems clear that Xavi's team has the numbers in its favor, although this does not guarantee anything, given that football is unpredictable and anything can happen.

PSG's negative streak without passing a European tie after losing the first leg

And Luis Enrique's team has never advanced to the next round in European competition after losing the first leg. The data speaks of six occasions in which the Parisian team did not achieve a favorable result in the first match of the tie, and in those six cases, it did not finally manage to advance to the next phase. Some very negative data that can undoubtedly weigh on PSG, although, as they say, the statistics are there to be broken, so the team led by Mbappé will try to give its best version to break this bad streak and achieve a place. in the semifinals of the tournament.