May 2 (Reuters) - Facts and figures relating to the Champions League semi-final, second leg matches:
Playing on Tuesday
BARCELONA v REAL MADRID
Head-to-head record (in Europe)
Played: 7
Wins: Real 3, Barcelona 2, draws 2
Goals: Real 12, Barcelona 9
Previous meetings
EC: SF 21.04.60 Real 3 Barcelona 1
27.04.60 Barcelona 1 Real 3
EC: R2 9.11.60 Real 2 Barcelona 2
23.11.60 Barcelona 2 Real 1
CL: SF 23.04.02 Barcelona 0 Real 2
1.05.02 Real 1 Barcelona 1
CL: SF 27.04.11 Real 0 Barcelona 2
* Barcelona are in position to break their semi-final jinx against Real Madrid by beating them for the first time in the last four of Europe's premier club competition. They lost to Real twice before at this stage in 1960 and also in 2002 when Real notably pulled off a 2-0 win in Barcelona.
* Barcelona's coach Pep Guardiola has a magnificent record in the CL, losing just four of the 36 matches in which he has been in charge. One of those was against Real's current trainer Jose Mourinho last year when Barca went down 3-1 in the first leg of the CL semi-final with his then club Inter Milan.
* Barcelona have won their last nine CL home games, all by a margin of at least two goals, apart from their 1-0 win over Inter in the semi-final return last season. In those games Barca have scored 28 and conceded just four.
* Barcelona's amazing Lionel Messi, top scorer in the tournament with 11 goals including two in Madrid in the first leg, has scored 12 in his last eight CL games at the Nou Camp. He has scored twice or more in five of those games.
* Real, who have won two of their three European away games against their arch-rivals, have won five of their last nine CL away matches and have lost only once.
* Real's Cristiano Ronaldo, his team's great hope if they are to turn around their two-goal deficit, has scored 10 goals in his last 11 CL away games for Real and Manchester United. He has scored two goals in a match four times in those games.
* Real need an away win by at least two goals to go through to their first final since 2002. Curiously, the last time they achieved an away victory by two goals in the knockout stages of the CL was in the semi-finals in that year - against Barcelona.
* Real coach Jose Mourinho's teams have lost their last three CL semi-final away games by the same score of 1-0. Chelsea lost to Liverpool by that score in 2005 and 2007 and Inter Milan went down 1-0 to Barcelona last season.
Playing on Wednesday
MANCHESTER UNITED v SCHALKE 04
Head-to-head record
Played: 1
Wins: United 1
Goals: United 2, Schalke 0
Previous meeting
CL: SF 26.04.11 Schalke 04 0 United 2
* United have lost only one of their last 31 CL home games and have never lost by more than a single goal in the competition at Old Trafford in all of their 85 such matches.
* Although United have been beaten four times out of four by German teams in the knockout stages of the CL, their overall record is good. They have lost only two of their last 13 CL games against German teams and have won five of the last six.
* United's next goal will be their 300th in the CL, a tally only Real Madrid (312) and Barcelona (302) have achieved. It will be their 175th match in the competition.
* United, aiming for their third final in four years, have won their last four CL games, are unbeaten in 12 and have conceded a mere three goals in their 11 matches in the competition this season, a formidable record.
* Schalke, who need something of a miracle to reach their first CL final, are unbeaten in their last four CL away games and did win their quarter-final in Milan against title-holders Inter by 5-2 - a previous miracle.
* Schalke have not won on four previous visits to England and have conceded two goals or more each time. They lost 2-0 to Chelsea in the CL group stage three seasons ago, went down 3-2 to Arsenal six years earlier in a group game and lost 5-1 to Manchester City in the Cup Winners Cup semi-finals in 1970, their only previous game in Manchester. Their only positive result was a 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers back in the 1958-59 European Cup.
* Schalke's slim chances may depend on a goal spree from their record-breaking Spanish striker Raul. The 33-year-old, who will be playing in his 142nd and perhaps last CL game, has scored a record 71 goals in the competition, including 66 for Real Madrid. But his one and only CL hat-trick dates back more than 15 years when he netted three in a 6-1 win over Hungary's Ferencvaros.
* Schalke, who need to stop United's attack adding to their lead, have not kept a clean sheet in their last six CL matches and have failed to score themselves in six of their last nine CL away games.
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Playing on Tuesday
BARCELONA v REAL MADRID
Head-to-head record (in Europe)
Played: 7
Wins: Real 3, Barcelona 2, draws 2
Goals: Real 12, Barcelona 9
Previous meetings
EC: SF 21.04.60 Real 3 Barcelona 1
27.04.60 Barcelona 1 Real 3
EC: R2 9.11.60 Real 2 Barcelona 2
23.11.60 Barcelona 2 Real 1
CL: SF 23.04.02 Barcelona 0 Real 2
1.05.02 Real 1 Barcelona 1
CL: SF 27.04.11 Real 0 Barcelona 2
* Barcelona are in position to break their semi-final jinx against Real Madrid by beating them for the first time in the last four of Europe's premier club competition. They lost to Real twice before at this stage in 1960 and also in 2002 when Real notably pulled off a 2-0 win in Barcelona.
* Barcelona's coach Pep Guardiola has a magnificent record in the CL, losing just four of the 36 matches in which he has been in charge. One of those was against Real's current trainer Jose Mourinho last year when Barca went down 3-1 in the first leg of the CL semi-final with his then club Inter Milan.
* Barcelona have won their last nine CL home games, all by a margin of at least two goals, apart from their 1-0 win over Inter in the semi-final return last season. In those games Barca have scored 28 and conceded just four.
* Barcelona's amazing Lionel Messi, top scorer in the tournament with 11 goals including two in Madrid in the first leg, has scored 12 in his last eight CL games at the Nou Camp. He has scored twice or more in five of those games.
* Real, who have won two of their three European away games against their arch-rivals, have won five of their last nine CL away matches and have lost only once.
* Real's Cristiano Ronaldo, his team's great hope if they are to turn around their two-goal deficit, has scored 10 goals in his last 11 CL away games for Real and Manchester United. He has scored two goals in a match four times in those games.
* Real need an away win by at least two goals to go through to their first final since 2002. Curiously, the last time they achieved an away victory by two goals in the knockout stages of the CL was in the semi-finals in that year - against Barcelona.
* Real coach Jose Mourinho's teams have lost their last three CL semi-final away games by the same score of 1-0. Chelsea lost to Liverpool by that score in 2005 and 2007 and Inter Milan went down 1-0 to Barcelona last season.
Playing on Wednesday
MANCHESTER UNITED v SCHALKE 04
Head-to-head record
Played: 1
Wins: United 1
Goals: United 2, Schalke 0
Previous meeting
CL: SF 26.04.11 Schalke 04 0 United 2
* United have lost only one of their last 31 CL home games and have never lost by more than a single goal in the competition at Old Trafford in all of their 85 such matches.
* Although United have been beaten four times out of four by German teams in the knockout stages of the CL, their overall record is good. They have lost only two of their last 13 CL games against German teams and have won five of the last six.
* United's next goal will be their 300th in the CL, a tally only Real Madrid (312) and Barcelona (302) have achieved. It will be their 175th match in the competition.
* United, aiming for their third final in four years, have won their last four CL games, are unbeaten in 12 and have conceded a mere three goals in their 11 matches in the competition this season, a formidable record.
* Schalke, who need something of a miracle to reach their first CL final, are unbeaten in their last four CL away games and did win their quarter-final in Milan against title-holders Inter by 5-2 - a previous miracle.
* Schalke have not won on four previous visits to England and have conceded two goals or more each time. They lost 2-0 to Chelsea in the CL group stage three seasons ago, went down 3-2 to Arsenal six years earlier in a group game and lost 5-1 to Manchester City in the Cup Winners Cup semi-finals in 1970, their only previous game in Manchester. Their only positive result was a 2-2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers back in the 1958-59 European Cup.
* Schalke's slim chances may depend on a goal spree from their record-breaking Spanish striker Raul. The 33-year-old, who will be playing in his 142nd and perhaps last CL game, has scored a record 71 goals in the competition, including 66 for Real Madrid. But his one and only CL hat-trick dates back more than 15 years when he netted three in a 6-1 win over Hungary's Ferencvaros.
* Schalke, who need to stop United's attack adding to their lead, have not kept a clean sheet in their last six CL matches and have failed to score themselves in six of their last nine CL away games.
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