In numbers: Barcelona’s worst competitor in the Champions League

Team solves Barcelona The Spaniard was a heavy guest on his counterpart, the Serbian Red Star, at ten o’clock this evening, Wednesday, within the fourth round of the group stage of the 2024-2025 European Champions League.

And it occupies Barça Tenth place in the Champions League group standings with 6 points from two wins over Young Boys and Bayern Munich, and a loss to Monaco.

While it comes Red star In 33rd place without any points after suffering 3 defeats.

Barcelona’s competitor, Red Star, on Wednesday, is considered one of the 6 worst clubs in the Champions League this season, as it lost its three matches and scored only two goals, while conceding 11 goals.

There are 6 clubs that have not won any points in the Champions League so far, and they are Red Star, Leipzig, Sturm Graz, Red Bull Salzburg, and Young Boys Slovan Bratislava.

Red Star also lost 81% of its matches in the Champions League, as it played 21 matches, won two matches, tied the same, and suffered 17 defeats, which is the worst rate for any team that played more than 20 matches in the history of the tournament.

Red Star also lost its last seven Champions League matches, while the last team to lose eight consecutive matches across consecutive seasons was Benfica between March 2017 and September 2018.

The first European confrontation between Red Star and Barcelona was in October 1996 in the European Cup Winners’ Cup, where it ended in a 1-1 draw with Zoran Jovicic’s goal, which he scored for the Serbs, being cancelled.

Red Star won 2 of 9 major matches in Europe against Barcelona, ​​drawing one and losing 6, with both wins achieved during the 1960s in the Fairs Cup by a score of 3-2 in December 1962 and 1-0 in January 1963.

Since losing 2-1 to Monaco in the first round, Barcelona has won both of its matches in the Champions League this season, winning 5-0 over Young Boys and 4-1 over Bayern Munich, while this was the last time Barcelona scored more than 4 goals in three. Consecutive matches in the European Cup were in the 1959-60 season, once against Milan, twice against Wolverhampton.

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