Match Day 5 of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League
5/16 positions filled for the next round.
Manchester City
Chelsea
Sevilla
Juventus
Barcelona
Group A
Bayern Munich – 12 points
Atlético Madrid – 5 points
Lokomotiv Moscow – 3 points
Red Bull Salzburg – 1 points
Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Munich
(reverse fixture : Bayern Munich 4- 0 Atletico Madrid)
Lokomotiv Moscow vs RB Salzburg
(reverse fixture : Lokomotiv Moscow 2-2 RB Salzburg)
Bayern are advancing from Group A as the group winners.
A win will make up the gap between the remaining three teams in the group.
Atletico MAdrid must survive Bayern Munich at home or risk falling behind Lokomotiv Moscow.
A win at home for Lokomotiv Moscow will eliminate RB Salzburg from contention.
Group B
Borussia Mönchengladbach – 8 points
Real Madrid – 7 points
Shakhtar Donetsk – 4 points
Inter Milan – 2 points
Monchengladbach vs Inter Milan
(reverse fixture : Inter Milan 2-2 Monchengladbach)
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Real Madrid
(reverse fixture : Real Madrid 2-3 Shakhtar Donetsk)
It’s an open game in Group B.
More open than we would have thought.
The two favorite teams are not at the top.
A must win for Inter Milan if they have any hope of advancing to the next stage.
Inter Milan will go to Germany to face the current group leaders. Defeat here will knock Inter Milan out from advancing.
Real Madrid will have a score to settle in Ukraine. A win for Madrid will get them over the line in Group B.
It is a big night for all the teams but a bigger night for the bottom two teams in the standings.
Group C
Manchester City – 12 points
Porto – 9 points
Olympiacos – 3 points
Marseille – 0 points
Porto vs Manchester City
(reverse fixture : Manchester City 3-1 Porto)
Marseille vs Olympiacos
(reverse fixture : Olympiacos 1-0 Marseille)
Porto are a win away from joining Manchester City as the two teams to qualify to the Round of 16.
Olympicos hope will be that Porto doesn’t win; and with the opponent Porto is facing, Olypiacos can be hopeful that a win will keep them in contention till the last round.
Marseille’s job will be to beat Olympiacos to keep their best shot of staying in a continental competition.
Group D
Liverpool – 9 points
Ajax – 7 points
Atalanta – 7 points
Midtjylland – 0 points
Liverpool vs Ajax
(reverse fixture : Ajax 0-1 Liverpool)
Atalanta vs Midtjylland
(reverse fixture : Midtjylland 0-4 Atalanta)
Midtjylland are eliminated, while the defeat to Liverpool in the last round has opened up Group D for surviving three teams.
Should Ajax do what Atalanta did by getting a win in Anfield against Liverpool, Group D will be blown wide open.
Liverpool will be thru to next round with a win at home against Ajax.
Atalanta’s history in the Champions League should worry the surviving members of the group. They will have to get a repeat result against an already eliminated Midtylland.
Group E
Chelsea – 10 points
Sevilla – 10 points
Krasnodar – 1 points
Rennes – 1 points
Sevilla vs Chelsea
(reverse fixture : Chelsea 0-0 Sevilla)
Krasnodar vs Rennes
(reverse fixture: Rennes 1-1 Krasnodar)
Chelsea and Sevilla have to fight for the top spot, while Krasnodar and Rennes fight for a place in the Europa League and to avoid elimination from continental football competition.
Group F
Borussia Dortmund – 9 points
Lazio – 8 points
Club Brugge – 4 points
Zenit Saint Petersburg – 1 points
Dortmund vs Lazio
(reverse fixture : Lazio 3-1 Dortmund)
Club Brugge vs Zenit
(reverse fixture : Zenit 1-2 Club Brugge)
Dortmund and Lazio are the favorites to make it out but Club Brugge has something to fight for. Zenit won’t make it to the Round of 16 so the objective will be to make it to the Round of 32 in the Europa League.
Club Brugge will banking on using a win at home win against Zenit to take advantage of the results from ‘Dortmund vs Lazio’
Group G
Barcelona – 12 points
Juventus – 9 points
Kyiv – 1 points
Ferencváros – 1 points
Juventus vs Dynamo Kyiv
(reverse fixture : Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Juventus)
Ferencavarors vs Barcelona
(reverse fixture : Barcelona 5-1 Barcelona)
Barcelona and Juventus will fight for a top spot finish while Dynamo Kyiv and Ferencvaros search for a place in the Europa League knockout stage.
Group H
Manchester United – 9 points
Paris Saint-Germain – 6 points
RB Leipzig – 6 points
İstanbul Başakşehir – 3 points
Manchester United vs Paris St. Germain
(reverse fixture : Paris St. Germain 1-2 Manchester United)
Istanbul Basaksehir vs RB Leipzig
(reverse fixture : RB Leipzig 2-0 İstanbul Basaksehir)
One more win will shoot Manchester United to the Round of 16.
RB Leipzig and PSG gotta work on their dreams.
Istanbul Basaksehir are in the worst shape in the group, but they are not out.
Paris St. Germina will go to Old Trafford in hope to make up for their defeat against Manchester United in the opening round.
