Facts and stats ahead of this evening's Champions League final at Wembley Stadium as Barcelona take on Manchester United (23;45 MDV kick-off)- Manchester United go into tonight's final as the only unbeaten side in the Champions League this season, having won nine and drawn three of their 12 games.
- Barcelona have lost just once in this season's competition, being beaten 2-1 at Arsenal earlier this year.
- Barcelona and Man Utd have met on ten previous occasions in all competition, each winning three times, with the other games ending in a draw.
- In those ten games, the two sides have scored a total of 31 goals between them.
- The last time the two sides met was in the 2009 Champions League final, with Barca winning 2-0 in Rome.
- Barcelona have scored in their last 20 Champions League games and the last time they failed to find the net in a European game was against Rubin Kazan in November 2009.
- Barcelona were the last side to win the Champions League at Wembley Stadium, beating Sampdoria 1-0 after extra-time in 1992.
- Spanish champions Barca boast the best attacking record in this season's Champions League, scoring 27 goals.
- Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is the top scorer this season in the Champions League with 11 goals. If he finishes tonight as top goalscorer, he will become the first player to finish top scorer in the Champions League for three seasons in a row.
- Premier League champions United boast the tightest defence, conceding just four goals this season in the competition.
- Barcelona have reached the final of the Champions League three times in the last six seasons, while United have got to this stage three times in the last four years.
- Barcelona's midfield have helped them to become the best passing side in the Champions League this season, boasting a superb record of 90.9% of passes completed.
- If United win tonight, manager Sir Alex Ferguson will join Bob Paisley as the most successful manager in the history of the competition with three wins.
- Edwin Van der Sar will become the oldest player to win the Champions League if Manchester United win tonight.
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