What Every Football Fan Should Know About The UEFA Champions League Now
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With just one game left in the group
stage of this season’s Champions
League, Manchester United, Chelsea and
Arsenal still have work to do to join
Manchester City in the last 16.
Here’s a look at what each team
needs to qualify for February’s
round of 16 – and how the situation
is shaping up for the rest in Europe’s
premier club competition.
Arsenal (Group F)
Remaining fixtures: Olympiakos (a)
Arsenal’s hopes of reaching the last
16 were taken out of their own
hands following their 5-1 thrashing
at Bayern Munich, coupled with
Olympiakos’ home win against
Dinamo Zagreb.
But a 3-0 win over Zagreb at the
Emirates – as Bayern thrashed
Olympiakos – has kept alive their
hopes of reaching the knockout stage
for the 16th year in a row.
Wenger’s side must now beat
Olympiakos on the road to progress
to the knockout phase of the
competition but a 1-0 or 2-1 win
wouldn’t be enough.
Arsenal need to beat the Greeks
either by two clear goals, or by any
margin with the Gunners scoring at
least three goals in Piraeus.
Manchester United (Group B)
Remaining fixtures: Wolfsburg (a)
The 0-0 draw at home to PSV leaves
United in second place in Group B,
just a point above PSV in third and
facing a trip to first-place Wolfsburg
in the final game.
A win against the German side would
see United finish top of the group but
if PSV win at home to bottom side
CSKA Moscow, a defeat or draw for
United in Wolfsburg would see them
drop out of the Champions League
and into the Europa League.
If PSV draw against CSKA then a
draw would send United through, but
they could not afford to lose in that
situation as PSV would then progress
due to a superior head-to-head
record.
Chelsea (Group G)
Remaining fixtures: Porto (h)
Chelsea have only failed to qualify
for the Champions League knockout
phase once, and a 2-1 win over
Dynamo Kiev followed by a
convincing 4-0 victory over Maccabi
Tel Aviv mean they remain on
course.
The Blues need a draw at home to
Porto to guarantee their ball is in the
pot for the draw in December, but
could also qualify even if they lose to
the Portuguese side should Dynamo
Kiev slip up at home to the bottom
club from Israel.
Elsewhere…
Manchester City and Juventus have
qualified from Group D.
Real Madrid have already qualified
from Group A and Paris Saint-
Germain joined them with victory
over Malmo on Matchday Five.
Real held on to beat Shakhtar 4-3,
and in doing so secured top spot due
to their head-to-head record with
PSG.
In Group C, both Benfica and Atletico
Madrid qualified with wins against
Astana and Galatasaray respectively
on Matchday Five, and they play
each other in Matchday Six to decide
who finishes top.
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Meanwhile, defending champions
Barcelona secured their place in the
knockout stages with a 6-1 win over
Roma.
However, the race to join them from
Group E is going down to the final
round of fixtures with Roma, Bayer
Leverkusen and BATE Borisov all still
in with a chance of finishing as
runners-up behind the holders.
And finally in Group H, Gent and
Valencia are still battling it out to
join
Zenit in the knockout stage. Gent will
make it if they can beat the Russian
side but a slip up would allow
Valencia to make it with a win at
home to Lyon.
Who is your money on to win the UEFA
Champions League this season?
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