The Catalan giants have had a good time from referees in Europe…
Following Barcelona’s 2-1 away win against Manchester City this week in their Champions League last 16 first leg, the La Liga club look in a strong position to once again eliminate the English champions from the tournament, just like they did last year.
Looking at the stats though, they might have had a helping hand.
Following Gael Clichy’s red card and a penalty being awarded against them, stats have been unearthed that show sides who face the Catalan club have had the most amount of sendings off.
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MCI 1-2 FCB (75') – Clichy sent off. Barca is the team that have had the most opponents sent off (29) in Champions League history.
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) February 24, 2015
Teams with the most opponents sent off in UCL:
[29] BARCELONA
[18] Arsenal and Bayern
[16] PSV
[14] Man United
[13] Madrid, Porto and Galata
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) February 24, 2015
Barca's referee record in Champions League (in favor / against)
> Card: 477 / 319
> Sending offs: 29 / 7
> Penalties: 36 / 16
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) February 24, 2015