After 4 rounds of the group stage fixtures;
Erling Braut Haaland is the leading goalscorer, 1 team is completely out of continental football compeition in Europe, 1 team has certified their place at ‘group winners’, 6 teams have cliniched their place in the ‘Round of 16’ stage, and 7 teams are certified not to make it to the next round.
Out of the 2020/21 Champions League Tournament
Rennes
Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv
Ferencvaros
Krasnodar
Rennes
Marseille
The six teams that have clinched Round of 16
Bayern Munich – as Group winners
Chelsea
Manchester City
Sevilla
Barcelona
Juventus
The teams that are eliminated from continental competition
Midtjylland.
Leading goalscorers
Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) – 6 goals
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) – 5 goals
Álvaro Morata (Juventus) – 5 goals
Diogo Jota (Liverpool)- 4 goals
Krasnodar 1-2 Sevilla
Krasnodar – Wanderson 56’
Sevilla – Ivan Rakitic 4’ Munir El Haddadi 90+5’
Rennes 1-2 Chelsea
Rennes – Sehrou Guirassy 85’
Chelsea – Callum Hudson-Odoi 22’ Olivier Giroud 90+1’
Lazio 3-1 Zenit
Lazio – Ciro Immobile 3’ 55’ Marco Parolo 22’
Zenit – Artem Dzyuba 25’
Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Club Brugge
Borussia Dortmund – Erling Braut Haaland 18’ 60’ Jadon Sancho 45+1’
Juventus 2-1 Ferencvaros
Juventus – Cristiano Ronaldo 35’ Alavaro Morata 90+2’
Ferencvaros – Myrto Uzuni 19’
Dynamo Kyiv 0-4 Barcelona
Barcelona – Serino Dest 52’ Martin Braithwaite 57’ 70’(pen) Antoine Griezmann 90+2’
PSG 1-0 RB Leipzig
PSG – Neymar 11’(pen)
Manchester United 4-1 Istanbul Basaksehir
Manchester United – Bruno Fernandes 7’ 19’ Marcus Rashford 35’(pen_ Daniel James 90+2’
Istanbul Basaksehir – Deniz Turuc 75’
GROUP E
Both Chelsea and Sevilla advance after a ‘2-1’ away victory in their respective games away. Olivier Giroud wins it late for Chelsea while Munir El Haddadi wins it late for Sevilla.
Rennes failed to make amends for the 3 goals conceded at Stamford Bridge at Roazhon Park. Rennes were close to a point at home but ended up giving away all the points to Chelsea.
Sevilla came from two goals down to pick up a narrow 3-2 win at home against Krasnodar in the last round. At home, Sevilla needed a late goal to get a win after giving up an early goal lead.
GROUP F
Erling Braut Haaland scored a brace as Dortmund won another against Club Brugge. Haaland has 16 goals after 12 UEFA Champions League appearances.
Lazio left St.Petersburg with a point from a 1-1 draw against Zenit; and made up for the dropped points with a win in Rome with a 3-1 win.
Club Brugge suffered a defeat by a repeated score line against Borussia Dortmund. (3-0)
GROUP G
Juventus controlled most of the second half.
Deservedly won through a late Álvaro Morata’s headed goal in added-time goal
The win at home wasn’t as big as the away win for Juventus, but it was a win nonetheless. Alvaro Morata scored the late winner for Juventus to clinch a spot in the final 16 with a 2-1 win against Ferencvaros.
On the other end, 4 goals were scored in the second half of the Dynamo Kyiv vs Barcelona match. All 4 goals were conceded by the home team. A Messi-less Barcelona booked their place in the round of 16 with a 4-0 win in Ukraine.
Sergiño Dest and Martin Braithwaite both scored their first CL goals to give Barcelona a 2-0 lead that went on to finish as a 4-0 win Ukraine. Braithwaite went on to score another.
GROUP H
Manchester United also made up for their ‘2-1’ defeat in Istanbul when Istanbul Basaksehir came to Old Trafford. It finished a ‘4-1’ win for Manchester United. Manchester United moved clear at the top of Group H after their display at thop against Istanbul Basaksehir.
A narrow 1-0 win allowed PSG to make up for their defeat in Leipzig when RB Leipzig came to Paris.
RB Leipzig dominated for large periods of the match but couldn’t find the goal to cancel out Neymar’s goal from the penalty spot in the 11th-minute.
Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Borussia Monchengladbach – Nico Elvedi 34’ Lars Stindl 17’ Breel Embolo 45′ +1 Oscar Wendt 77′
Olympiacos 0-1 Manchester City
Manchester City – Phil Foden 36’
Bayern Munich 3-1 Salzburg
Bayern Munich – Robert Lewandowski 43’ Maximilian Wöber 52’(og) Leroy Sane 68’
Salzburg – Mergim Berisha 73’
Atletico Madrid 0-0 Lokomotiv Moscow
Inter Milan 0-2 Real Madrid
Real Madrid – Eden hazard 7’ Rodrygo 59’
Marseille 0-2 Porto
Porto – Zaidu Sanusi 39’ Sergio Oliveira 72’(pen)
Liverpool 2-0 Atalanta
Atalanta – Josip Illicic 60’ Robin Gonsens 64’
Ajax 3-1 Midtjylland
Ajax – Ryan Gravenberch 47’ Noussair Mazraoui 49’ David Neres 67’
Midtjylland – Awer Mabil 81’(pen)
GROUP A
Bayern Munich advances to the Round of 16 as Group A winners.
In the last match, Salzburg held on for most of the match but ended up suffering a 6-2 defeat at home to Bayern Munich. Not much changed this time around but both teams scoring half the goals they scored in their first meeting.
Lokomotiv Moscow picked up a point against Atletico Madrid in both games. A 1-1 draw at home and a goalless draw in Madrid. With these results, Atletico Madrid are not expected to be content.
GROUP B
Borussia Monchengladbach 10-0 0agg) Shakhtar Donetsk
It looked like a repeat result from their first meeting when Monchengladbach went into the break with a 3-0 lead.
Monchengladbach added to their 6-0 win in Ukraine with a 4-0 win at home over Shakhtar Donetsk.
Real Madrid doubled their success against Inter Milan.
It was a 2-0 win for Real Madrid at the San Siro.
Granted that Inter Milan had to play the majority of the match with a numerical disadvantage, they didn’t look to have what it took to win the game against Madrid.
Inter Milan stays as the only side without a win in the Group. Not a good stat to have when you come into the tournament as one of the favorites in your group.
GROUP C
Olympiacos were 3-0 losers in Manchester and were losers against at home. Manchester City clinched a place in the final 16 with a 1-0 win in Piraeus.
Marseille needed to make up for a 3-0 defeat when Porto paid them a visit but made it a 13 straight UCL defeat after a 2-0 loss at home.
GROUP D
While Midtjylland became the first team to be eliminated from continental football in Europe, wins from Ajax and Atalanta has left Group D wide open with three teams that are very much alive and all to play for.
Atlanta was hammered ‘5-0’ at home; and at Anfield, we thought the results will only go in one direction; a Liverpool win.
Atalanta went to Anfield to make amends by grabbing back the three points from a 2-0 win.
Ajax picked up their first win of the tournament after a 2-1 win Midtjylland. They doubled their wins at home with a 3-1 win this time around.
The Next Round of games (MatchDay 5)
December 1, 2020
Lokomotiv Moscow vs Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Munich
Borussia M’gladbach vs Internazionale
Porto vs Manchester City
Olympique Marseille vs Olympiakos Piraeus
Liverpool vs Ajax
Atalanta vs Midtjylland
December 2, 2020
Krasnodar vs Rennes
Istanbul Basaksehir vs RB Leipzig
Sevilla vs Chelsea
Borussia Dortmund vs Lazio
Club Brugge vs Zenit
Juventus vs Dynamo Kyiv
Ferencvaros vs Barcelona
Manchester United vs PSG
