European champions Real Madrid ended their flurry of draws with an emphatic 6-1 LaLiga win over Real Betis at the weekend and Legia Warsaw will be fearful of a similar beating when they travel winless and pointless to the Santiago Bernabeu.
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UEFA Champions League matchday three: The stats
Legia Warsaw seem to have a thankless task on their hands versus Real Madrid, while Leicester defend a 100 per cent Champions League start.
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Only four 100 per cent winning records remain in this season's Champions League and debutants Leicester City are the first to put theirs on the line on matchday three when they host Copenhagen.
At the other end of the spectrum, Dinamo Zagreb and Club Brugge join Legia in searching for their first points.
Below we take a look at the best Opta stats ahead of Tuesday's matchday three action in the Champions League.
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- Sporting have lost seven of their 10 Champions League games against German opposition (W1 D2), but they won the last encounter: a 4-2 home victory against Schalke in November 2014. - Sporting’s last four Champions League games against Bundesliga clubs have produced 26 goals, an average of 6.5 goals per game. - Borussia Dortmund have lost on each of their three away games against Portuguese opposition in Europe's top competition: versus Benfica in 1963, Boavista in 1999 and 2001. - Thomas Tuchel's men won 6-0 in their first away game of this season’s group stages versus Legia Warsaw, their biggest ever Champions League victory. - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has struck more shots on target than anyone else in this Champions League campaign (7), scoring with two of them.
- Real Madrid have faced Polish clubs six times in all competitions, winning on each occasion. - Legia have won only one of their eight games against Spanish opposition in all competitions (D2 L5): against Atletico Madrid at home in the 1970-71 European Cup quarter finals. They eventually lost the tie on away goals. - At the Bernabeu, Real Madrid have won 19 of their last 20 Champions League group games (D1), including the last 11. AC Milan are the last team to beat them on home soil in the group stages, 3-2 in October 2009. - The European champions have failed to score only once in their last 46 Champions League group games - a 0-0 draw with Paris Saint-Germain last season. - Legia Warsaw are one of four teams to have lost their two Champions League group games so far this season, alongside Borussia Mönchengladbach, Club Brugge and Dinamo Zagreb.
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