STAT ATTACK: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GW3 DAY 1.

Here are some top stats from the champions league GW3 day 1: tuesday 20th october 2015.

2 - Petr Cech has conceded only two goals in his last five full appearances in the
Champions League. Pedigree.

clean CECH: back to the champions league

8 - No team has ever managed more shots
on target vs.a Pep Guardiola side in the
UCL than the eight Arsenal mustered
tonight. Riposte.

0 - Arsenal have still never lost three
consecutive games in the Champions
League. Faith.


4 - Olivier Giroud's last four goals in all
competitions have been as a substitute.
Cameo.

5 - Five of Bayern Munich's seven
Champions League goals away at Arsenal
have come in the second half. Wary.

5 - Theo Walcott mustered five
shots vs Bayern (incl. blocked), the most by
an Arsenal player in a CL game this season.
Trying.

4 - Willian is Chelsea's top scorer in all
competitions this season, with all four goals coming from a direct free-kick. Deadeye.

50 - Theo Walcott will become the 8th
player to play 50 Champions League games for Arsenal. Bullseye.

1344 - Alexandre Lacazette has scored his
1st Champions League goal since 14
February 2012, a 1344 days wait.

51- Casillas surpasses Vder Sar (50) and is the keeper
with the most clean sheets (only full
matches) in UCL history

6- Petr Cech made 6 saves vs. Bayern Munich;
4 more than David Ospina managed vs.
Dinamo & Olympiakos combined.

2- Neymar gave for the 2nd time 2 assists in a
Barcelona game First time: against
Sevilla at Camp Nou last season

16- Hulk ties Roberto Carlos
for eighth most goals scored (16) by a
Brazilian in Champions League

21-Foket (21 years and 25
days) is the third youngest player to score
vs. Valencia in UCL, after Schürrle and
Haedo Valdez.

9- De Rossi's brace (in the
9') is the 2nd fastest by a Roma player in
UCL (Totti did it in 6' vs. VAL in 2003)

Porto's Aboubakar has 6 goals in
UCL and half were assisted by Mexicans (1
by Herrera and 2 by Layún)

Pjanic is the 3rd Roma
player with a goal from a direct FK in
Champions League history, after Baptista
and Totti (2).

Javier Hernández becomes the second player from a CONCACAF nation, after Dwight Yorke (11), to score 10 CL goals.

Sofiane Feghouli equals Yacine Brahimi as Algerian top scorer in the Champions League, five goals each.

Daniele De Rossi scores his 5th CL goal for Roma. Only Francesco Totti (17) & Mirko Vucinic (8) have scored more CL goals for the team

Hulk has now been involved in 5 CL goals this season (3 goals, 2 assists), top of the league with Cristiano Ronaldo (5 goals).

Ivan Rakitic is the 3rd Barça player to score a CL brace as a substitute, after Messi (2 v Shakhtar) and Tello (2 v Bayer Leverkusen)

B04 4-4 ROM: Leverkusen and Roma equal the biggest draw in CL history. Also: HSV - Juve (2000) & Chelsea - Liverpool (2009)

Zenit become the 2nd Russian side to win their opening three (first) group stage matches after Spartak Moskva in 1995/96.

Iker Casillas sets a new record for most clean sheets in the #UCL

51 - Casillas
50 - Van der Sar
45 - Valdés
45 - Cech
37 - Buffon