Lionel Messi has played 164 European games over the years for Barcelona and now Paris Saint-Germain, all in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup, scoring 132 goals against 46 different clubs. Does he enjoy facing certain teams more than others? Let’s take a look at some d

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Lionel Messi has played 164 European games over the years for Barcelona and now Paris Saint-Germain, all in the Champions League and European Super Cup , scoring 132 goals against 46 different clubs.

Does he enjoy facing certain teams more than others? Let’s take a look at some data officially released by UEFA .

• Messi has scored 132 goals in 13,735 minutes of European football; a goal every 104 minutes and 3 seconds.

• The Argentinian has faced 46 different clubs in Europe (from 19 countries), but only four failed to score: Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Rubin Kazan and Udinese. Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan are the teams where Messi has gone the longest without scoring: 360 minutes in UEFA competition.

• Chelsea is the team where Messi has played the most minutes (835 minutes in 10 games); he failed to score in his first 730 minutes against the Blues, but scored three goals in two games against the Blues in 2017/18.

• The only other team he has faced Barcelona against ten times in Europe is his current club Paris Saint-Germain, scoring a total of six goals in 794 minutes.

• The goalkeeper with the longest clean sheet against Messi in Europe is Inter Milan's Julio Cesar - 270 minutes - although Sergei Ryzhkov of Rubin Kazan may feel he qualifies for the title. He is unbeaten in 237 minutes against Messi; that campaign spans four games to Julio Cesar's three.

• Messi has scored more goals against Arsenal than any other team in UEFA competition - 9 goals in 537 minutes in 6 games. On average, a goal is scored every 59 minutes and 40 seconds.

• His favorite opponent is Bayer Leverkusen: Messi scored seven goals in 270 minutes against them, scoring a goal every 38 minutes and 34 seconds. The famous five goals came in a 7-1 win on March 7, 2012.

Which countries' clubs has Messi scored against?

• Among the top five European footballing nations, German opponents seem to be the best fit for Messi: he averages a goal every 75 minutes against Bundesliga clubs. Far fewer goals were scored against teams from England (every 114 minutes), France (121 minutes), Italy (167 minutes) and Spain (232 minutes).

• Messi probably dislikes the Portuguese defense the most; in 559 minutes against the La Liga side, he has scored just three goals - one every 186 minutes.

• Messi scored a goal in matchday 2 of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League against Israeli championsMaccabi Haifa, his first goal in his first game against an Israeli club.

When Messi Scored a UEFA Club Competition Goal

• Messi was relatively slow to get into the swing of things in the first half; his least scoring period came at the start of the first half. By contrast, he seemed to score some crucial goals late on: 15 between the 86th minute and the final whistle.

last updated 25/10/2022

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