UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
8 teams are into the Round of 16
PSG (Group A Winners)
Real Madrid
Bayern Munich (Group B winners)
Tottenham
Man City
Juventus (Group D winners)
Barcelona (Group F winners)
RB Leipzig
Eliminated
Lille
Genk
Slavia Prague
Lokomotiv Moscow.
Group A and Group B are decided
Group C, Group D, Group F, Group G all have one decided.
Group E and Group H are completely undecided at this point.
November 26, 2019
Group A
Galatasaray 1-1 Club Brugge
Real Madrid 2-2 Paris St. Germain
Paris St. Germain – 13 pts
Real Madrid – 8 pts
Club Brugge – 3 pts
Galatasaray – 2 pts
PSG and Real Madrid are through.
Club Brugge and Galatasaray have an ‘up-the-hill’ task in the final round in search of a win against the giants.
Galatasaray will be confirmed last in the group in they fail to beat an unbeaten Paris St. Germain.
Next Round:
Paris St. Germain vs Galatasaray
Club Brugge vs Real Madrid
Group B
Tottenham 4-2 Olympiacos
Red Star Belgrade 0-6 Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich – 15 pts
Tottenham – 10 pts
Red Star Belgrade – 3 pts
Olympiacos – 1 pts
Bayern wins the group and advances with Tottenham.
Olympiacos and Red Star Belgrade go head-to-head in the final round of the group stage to fight for 3 place.
Next Round:
Olympiacos vs Red Star Belgrade
Bayern Munich vs Tottenham
Group C
Atalanta 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Manchester City 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk
Manchester City – 11 pts
Shakhtar Donetsk – 6 pts
Dinamo Zagreb – 5 pts
Atalanta – 4 pts
Manchester City moves on to the next round as group winners. While the remainder of Group C have a lot to play for in the final round.
Shakhtar Donetsk must beat Atalanta to advance with Manchester City.
If Dinamo fail to win against Manchester City, Shakhtar goes through with a draw against Atalanta.
Atalanta must win against Shakhtar Donetsk and hope the expected happens in the ‘Dinamo Zagreb vs Manchester City’ fixture.
Dinamo Zagreb must beat Manchester City, and hope Atalanta survives Shakhtar.
Next Round:
Dinamo Zagreb vs Manchester City
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Atalanta
Group D
Lokomotiv Moscow 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Juventus 1-0 Atletico Madrid
Juventus – 13 pts
Atletico Madrid – 7 pts
Bayer Leverkusen – 6 pts
Lokomotiv Moscow – 3 pts
Juventus advanced as group winners.
Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen will have the backing of home support as they both go into the final match of the round in search of a result that sends to the knockout stage with Juventus.
Atletico Madrid must get a win at home against Lokomotiv Moscow to guarantee a place in the final 16. (unless Bayer Leverkusen fail to beat Juventus)
Leverkusen will hope Atletico Madrid is held from a win, while they go for a win against an unbeaten Juventus.
Next Round:
Atletico Madrid vs Lokomotiv Moscow
Bayer Leverkusen vs Juventus
November 27, 2019
Group E
Liverpool 1-1 Napoli
Genk 1-4 RB Salzburg
Liverpool – 10 pts
Napoli – 9 pts
RB Salzburg – 7 pts
Genk – 1 pts
Liverpool(the defending champions) leads the group but are far from safe in the Group E.
Liverpool must avoid defeat away against RB Salzburg to secure a place in the knockout round.
RB Salzburg needs a win at home to fancy their chances of making it to the knock-out stage. With a ‘4-3’ defeat against Liverpool in their earlier meeting, goal-difference seem to be in Salzburg’s favor at this point.
Napoli will play at home against a Genk side that has failed to win a match so far. Napoli will be fine with a draw.
Next Round
RB Salzburg vs Liverpool
Napoli vs Genk
Group F
Barcelona 3-1 Borussia Dortmund
Slavia Prague 1-3 Inter Milan
Barcelona – 11 pts
Inter Milan – 7 pts
Borussia Dortmund – 7 pts
Slavia Prague – 2 pts
Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund will have all to play for in the final round of Group F. Both teams will need the right result to advance to the Round of 16.
Unless Borussia Dortmund suffer a defeat to Slavia Prague, Inter Milan must win at home against an already qualified Barcelona to guarantee a place in the final 16.
To keep their chances of being part of the final 16 teams in the competition, Borussia Dortmund must win at home against an already eliminated Slavia Prague. A Dortmund win in addition to Inter Milan’s failure to get against Barcelona will get Borussia Dortmund in the next round.
Next Round :
Borussia Dortmund vs Slavia Prague
Inter Milan vs Barcelona
Group G
Zenit St. Petersburg 2-0 Lyon
RB Leipzig 2-2 Benfica
RB Leipzig – 10 pts
Zenit St. Petersburg – 7 pts
Lyon – 7 pts
Benfica – 4 pts
RB Leipzig clinched qualification with a comeback draw against Benfica; knocking Benfica is out of contention when it comes to a place in the knockout stage of the competition. Their best finish will be in third place.
The task in the final round will be on Lyon and Zenit to grab their place in the Round-of-16. A defeat in the last round would see them miss the Round of 16 if the other is to win their match.
The objective for Zenit St. Petersburg is to grab that right result against a Benfica side that is looking for a third place finish and a possibility of the Europa League Round of 32.
The objective for Lyon will be to get a win against an RB Leipzig team that might want to win the group.
Next Round:
Benfica vs Zenit
Lyon vs RB Leipzig
Group H
Valencia 2-2 Chelsea
Lille 0-2 Ajax
Ajax – 10 pts
Valencia – 8 pts
Chelsea – 8 pts
Lille -1 pts
Lille is out.
Ajax leads the group but could miss out on the Round of 16 if they don’t avoid defeat against Valencia.
Chelsea will take on a Lille side with nothing to lose but self-respect. The pressure will be on Chelsea to come out of the fixture with the required result.
Next Round:
Ajax vs Valencia
Chelsea vs Lille
