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APOEL v Lyon

APOEL have failed to score in each of their last three Champions League games
The only way that APOEL, the first ever Cypriot club to get this far, can prolong their Champions League adventure is by scoring against Lyon. The above insight suggests that they will be denied though by a team who have kept four clean sheets in their last seven European ties.

Lyon have failed to score in five of their last eight Champions League matches
Lyon's defensive work looks like being enough to ensure a quarter-final spot, yet don't expect an emphatic triumph. Remi Garde's men netted only once, via a deflection, as hosts and are winless in eight away knockout encounters. Even if they do end that run, it will be by a slender margin.

Barcelona v Leverkusen

Leverkusen are without a win in their last 11 away games in the Champions League, losing eight of these
This is a statistic that clarifies, just in case there was any doubt, that there is no way back for the 2001-02 finalists following their 3-1 home first-leg reverse at the hands of the holders. However, it is interesting to note that the Bundesliga side have scored in eight of those despite the poor results.

Lionel Messi has scored 28 goals in his last 29 Champions League starts, including seven in six this season
And this is usually the stage of the competition in which the Argentine genius lets his rivals for the top scorer honour know that they are wasting their energy, with braces claimed in the home second leg of Barcelona's last two round-of-16 encounters, against Stuttgart and Arsenal respectively.

Recommended Bets:
Lyon to keep a clean sheet away to APOEL @ 2.92
Under 1.5 goals in APOEL v Lyon @ 2.96
Barcelona clean sheet? No at home to Leverkusen @ 2.32
Lionel Messi to score two goals or more in Barcelona v Leverkusen @ 3.15

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