The the perpetual European also-rans meet perennial Champions League winners in Tuesday's colossal continental tie, as Arsenal welcome Real Madrid to the Emirates for the first leg of their quarter-final. Here are some Facts and stats you may interested before the big game starts.

Real Madrid have won just three of their last eight away games in the Champions League, with three of those games coming in England.

Real haven’t lost the first leg in any of their last eight knockout stage ties; their joint-longest run in first leg meetings.

Arsenal have won just one of our last eight home games in the knockout stages of the Champions League and have been eliminated from each of our last seven knockout ties when playing the first leg on home soil.

Arsenal have had 13 different scorers in the competition this season, with only Borussia Dortmund in 2016/17 (15) and Madrid in 2001/02 (14) having more in a single campaign in its history (excl. own goals).

Arsenal have led for longer than any other team in Champions League matches this season (568 minutes overall), while only Inter Milan (5 minutes) have trailed for fewer minutes than the Gunners (65).

Bukayo Saka has had a hand in 14 goals in 14 Champions League appearances (8 goals, 6 assists). He has scored in all but one of his seven home appearances in the competition.

Since the start of the 2021/22 season, Vinicius Junior has been involved in the most Champions League knockout stage goals (19 – 9 goals, 10 assists).

The only English player to start in a Champions League quarter-final aged 18 or younger is Jude Bellingham. Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri could become the only players other than him to do so here.

Following goals against Girona and PSV, Nwaneri could become the youngest player in Champions League history to score in three consecutive appearances (18y 18d).