Barcelona v English clubs – find out which team surprisingly has the best win percentage against Barca

Arsenal go up against Barcelona in the Champions League knowing they’ll have to do better than in previous clashes to reach the quarter-finals.

The Gunners have only won one of their six games against the Spanish giants, losing four and drawing one other.

It’s not the best record and will be hard to improve considering the standard of the opposition, but who does have the best head-to-head record with the Catalan side?

talkSPORT takes a look at which English teams have had the most success against Barcelona.

Click the right arrow above for the surprising outcome…

*Don’t worry Dundee United, we haven’t forgotten about your incredible record

14 14. Manchester City have the worst record of all English clubs against Barca, having played four and lost four against the Catalan club – find out how other English sides have fared against Barca down the years, just click the right arrow above to see who has the best record, based on win percentage and number of matches played, against arguably the biggest club in the world – The Premier League side found it pretty tough against the Spanish giants when they met them in the last-16 of the Champions League in 2014 and 2015, losing home and away on both occasions. See which English clubs can boast much better records against Barcelona, in the slideshow above.

14 13. Wolverhampton Wanderers – Played 2 Lost 2 against Barcelona = 0% win percentage (-7 goal difference) – Poor old Wolves took a battering when they met Barcelona in the European Cup back in 1960. The first leg saw the Spanish side win 4-0 and back at Molineux the English champions lost 5-2.

14 12. Tottenham Hotspur – P2 W0 D1 L1 against Barca – 0% win percentage (-1 goal difference) – Spurs drew 1-1 with the Spanish side at White Hart Lane in the 1982 European Cup Winners Cup semi-final first leg, thanks to Graham Roberts (above), but lost the second leg 1-0 courtesy of an Alan Simonsen strike.

14 11. Arsenal – P6 W1 D1 L4 against Barca (prior to 23 February 2016) – 16.67% win percentage (-7 goal difference) – The Gunners havent had much joy against the Spaniards but did beat them 2-1 back in February 2011, with Robin van Persie and Andrey Arshavin scoring their goals.

14 10. Birmingham City – P4 W1 D1 L3 against Barca – 20% win percentage (-4 goal difference) – Believe it or not, the Blues have played Barcelona FIVE times, although not one match since 1960. Their one victory was in the Fairs Cup back in 1957 as they beat a side containing the legendary Laszlo Kubala 4-3, though they went on to lose the tie in a replay after the second leg.

14 9. Newcastle United – P4 W1 D0 L3 against Barca – 25% win percentage (-4 goal difference) – In the Magpies first ever match against Barcelona, Faustino Asprilla scored a sensational hat-trick to hand them a 3-2 win. The Spaniards have won all three other clashes though.

14 8. Aston Villa – P4 W1 D1 L2 against Barca – 25% win percentage (+1 goal difference) – The Villans have fallen a long way since defeating Barcelona 3-1 on aggregate in the European Super Cup back in 1983.

14 7. Leeds United – P4 W1 D2 L1 against Barca – 25% win percentage (-3 goal difference) – Back in 1975, the Whites knocked Barcelona out of the European Cup by beating them 3-2 on aggregate.

14 6. Manchester United – P11 W3 D4 L4 against Barca – 27.2% win percentage (-5 goal difference) – The two European giants have had some blockbuster clashes across the years. Barcelona have won the last two matches (both Champions League finals), and their two 3-3 draws back in the 1998/99 group stage live long in the memory, too. Paul Scholes' strike in the 2008 semi-final was enough to separate the sides, en route to the Red Devils' third European Cup.

14 5. Chelsea – P15 W5 D5 L5 against Barca – 33% win percentage (-5 goal difference) – The Blues have won more games than any against Barcelona, but have also played them a staggering 15 times. They first met in the 1966 Fairs Cup semi-final, and most recently in 2012, when Chelsea beat the reigning European champions in the last four of the Champions League.

14 4. Liverpool – P8 W3 D3 L2 against Barca – 37.5% win percentage (0 goal difference) – The Reds have an impressive record against Barcelona over the years, remaining unbeaten in four trips to the Nou Camp. Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise put their differences aside to give Liverpool a 2-1 win there in the Champions League in 2007, and though the Reds have lost twice to Barca at Anfield, they have never been eliminated from continental competition by the Catalans. Liverpool knocked Barcelona out of the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1976 and 2001, the Champions League last 16 in 2007, and faced them in the 2002 Champions League second group stage. On that basis, you could argue they have the best record of any English club against Barcelona, but in terms of win percentage they can only be ranked fourth.

14 3. Sheffield Wednesday – P2 W1 D0 L1 against Barca – 50% win percentage (-1 goal difference) – Alan Finney (above) was one of the heroes as the Owls defeated the Spanish side in the first leg of their Fairs Cup clash in 1962. Sadly they lost the second leg 2-0 and bowed out on aggregate, but can still boast a win percentage of 50 per cent.

14 2. Nottingham Forest – P2 W1 D1 L0 against Barca – 50% win percentage (+1 goal difference) – The Tricky Trees triumphed in the 1980 European Super Cup as they beat Barcelona 2-1 on aggregate, at a time when the trophy was contested on a home and away basis.