The names Barcelona and Juventus are enough to strike fear into any team, and a look at their formidable home records suggests that caution is not unfounded.Neither club have lost on their own turf in the UEFA Champions League since spring 2013, unbeaten runs that now stand at 25 matches in Barcelona's case and 23 for Juventus. In the quarter-finals both are at home in the first leg, with Real Madrid travelling to Turin on 3 April, and Roma at Barcelona the following night.
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Salzburg closing on Ajax’s record unbeaten run
Salzburg's 2-1 win at Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie has left them three games away from matching a 22-year-old record.The match was Salzburg's 18th consecutive without defeat in UEFA European club competition, a run stretching back to a 2-0 group stage win at Nice on 3 November 2016. The only longer streak ever recorded was one of 21 by Ajax between 14 September 1994 and 3 April 1996, during which time they won the UEFA Champions League (drawing twice with Salzburg) and reached the following semi-final, as well as lifting the UEFA Super Cup.
Longest unbeaten runs in European league football
Avoid defeat at home against Hamilton Academical tonight and Celtic will take their unbeaten Scottish Premier League run to 55 games – a long enough unbeaten spell to put them on UEFA.com's all-time domestic unbeatables leaderboard. Behold the longest league streaks without a loss achieved in European top divisions.104: Steaua Bucureşti (1986–89)The Romanian side set this European record during their mid-1980s golden age under Emeric Jenei and later Anghel Iordănescu. Winners of the 1985/86 European Champion Clubs' Cup, semi-finalists in 1987/88 and runners-up in 1988/89, a team featuring the likes of Miodrag Belodedici, László Bölöni... UEFA.com - News
The UEFA Champions League unbeatables
Juventus face Olympiacos on Wednesday hoping to stretch their unbeaten home run in the UEFA Champions League to 20 matches – but they are still a little way short of the record and allowed one of the longer streaks to continue on matchday one.Longest home unbeaten runs in UEFA Champions League29 Bayern München 04/03/1998–02/04/200224 Arsenal 14/09/2004–15/04/200923 Manchester United 27/09/2005–03/11/200922 Barcelona 18/09/2013–12/09/2017*21 Chelsea 12/09/2006 –08/12/2009, Barcelona 24/11/2009–10/04/2013, Real M... UEFA.com - News
Basel and Benfica need Group A boost
SL Benfica will look to extend their unbeaten record against Swiss clubs as they travel to FC Basel 1893 on matchday two.• With both sides losing their opening fixtures, each will be eager to pick up three points to kick-start their fledgling Group A campaigns. Previous meetings• The teams were also paired in the 2011/12 group stage. Benfica had the upper hand, collecting four points from their two fixtures.• Goals in each half from Bruno César (20) and Óscar Cardozo (75) gave the Portuguese side three points in Basel on matchday three. They ended with ten men after Emerson's 86th-minute dismissal
Who are the most in-form teams in European football?
Real Madrid extended their unbeaten run in the UEFA Champions League to 14 games with a 2-1 win at Bayern, and are now on the longest unbeaten run in all competitions in any of the top European leagues. However, they cannot match Tottenham's record of seven straight victories in all competitions, while Barcelona continue to outscore them in the Liga despite drawing a blank last weekend. UEFA.com sizes up the hottest of the hot.How the eight leagues were chosenListed below are the statistics from the top eight leagues in Europe according to UEFA's association club coefficients.Statistics last ... UEFA.com - News
Roma and Anderlecht beaten, United and Lyon held
ROSTOV V MANCHESTER UNITEDTom 0-6 Rostov (Bukharov 19 45+1, Dević 69, Erokhin 78, Azmoun 80 90+1) Rostov recorded their biggest league win since October 2008, extending their unbeaten run in all competitions to five matches.Manchester United 1-1 Bournemouth (Rojo 23; King 40pen)United had an extra man for the entire second half but could not find a winner, Zlatan Ibrahimović missing a 72nd-minute penalty for the hosts. SCHALKE V MÖNCHENGLADBACHMönchengladbach 4-2 Schalke (Johnson 28 64,... UEFA.com - News