UCL: How do the goal-laden quarter-final first legs compare to previous seasons?

Tuesday’s Champions League games were loaded with goals, with Arsenal and Bayern Munich scoring four in total, while Real Madrid and Manchester City notched three apiece at the Santiago Bernabeu. 

The following night’s five goals in Paris saw Luis Enrique’s PSG suffer a 3-2 loss against their head coach’s previous club, Barcelona. Wednesday’s other encounter saw Borussia Dortmund lose 2-1 against Atletico Madrid, whose unbeaten run in knockout games at home under Diego Simeone extended to 17 matches. 

According to Opta, this week’s 18 goals have outdone every Champions League quarterfinal first-leg dating to the 2010-11 season, which featured 18 strikes. How many goals were notched in the intervening years?  

Real Madrid 4-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Barcelona 5-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Inter 2-5 Schalke 

Chelsea 0-1 Manchester United 

Marseille 0-2 Bayern

APOEL 0-3 Real Madrid 

Benfica 0-1 Chelsea 

Milan 0-0 Barcelona

Malaga 0-0 Dortmund 

Real Madrid 3-0 Galatasaray 

Bayern 2-0 Juventus 

PSG 2-2 Barcelona 

Real Madrid 2-0 Dortmund 

Man Utd 1-1 Bayern 

Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid 

PSG 3-1 Chelsea 

Juventus 1-0 Monaco 

Atletico Madrid 0-0 Real Madrid 

PSG 1-3 Barcelona 

Porto 3-1 Bayern 

PSG 2-2 Man City

Wolfsburg 2-0 Real Madrid 

Barcelona 2-1 Atletico 

Bayern 1-0 Benfica 

Dortmund 2-3 Monaco 

Juventus 3-0 Barcelona 

Bayern 1-2 Real Madrid 

Atletico 1-0 Leicester City 

Sevilla 1-2 Bayern 

Juventus 0-3 Real Madrid 

Liverpool 3-0 Man City 

Barcelona 4-1 Roma 

Tottenham 1-0 Man City 

Ajax 1-1 Real Madrid 

Man Utd 0-1 Barcelona 

Liverpool 2-0 Porto 

The COVID-19 pandemic meant the 2019-20 Champions League format was changed after the round of 16, with single ties held in the quarter-finals and semis. 

Man City 1-3 Lyon 

RB Leipzig 2-1 Atletico

Barcelona 2-8 Bayern

Atalanta 1-2 PSG 

Real Madrid 2-3 PSG 

Man City 2-1 Dortmund 

Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool 

Porto 0-2 Chelsea 

Benfica 1-3 Liverpool 

Villarreal 1-0 Bayern 

Man City 1-0 Atletico 

Chelsea 1-3 Real Madrid 

Real Madrid 2-0 Chelsea 

Man City 3-0 Bayern 

Milan 1-0 Napoli

Benfica 0-2 Inter 

Arsenal 2-2 Bayern 

Real Madrid 2-2 Man City 

Atletico Madrid 2-1 Dortmund 

PSG 2-3 Barcelona 

The reverse fixtures of this year's ties — Dortmund vs Atletico, Barcelona vs PSG and Bayern vs Arsenal, Man City vs Real Madrid — will be held on April 16 and 17, respectively.