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Dale JohnsonGeneral Editor, ESPN FC
We're astatine the halfway signifier of the Champions League radical stage, and that means the best-performing sides tin commencement booking their places successful the circular of 16.
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Here we instrumentality a look astatine the authorities of play crossed each 8 groups.
TIEBREAKERS:
- points successful head-to-head matches among the tied teams
- extremity quality successful head-to-head matches among the tied teams
- goals scored successful head-to-head matches among the tied teams
- wide extremity difference
- wide goals scored
- wide distant goals scored
- wide wins
- wide distant wins
- disciplinary points
- UEFA nine coefficient
GROUP A
Next fixtures, Wednesday: Napoli vs. Ajax, Rangers vs. Liverpool
Napoli: Will suffice with a win/draw astatine location to Ajax.
Liverpool: Cannot suffice connected Matchday 4, but a triumph implicit Rangers and decision for Ajax would permission Jurgen Klopp's men needing astatine astir 1 constituent from their last 2 matches.
Ajax Amsterdam: Victory against Napoli would enactment them successful a overmuch stronger presumption to qualify. But decision successful Italy, coupled with a triumph for Liverpool, would permission the Eredivisie broadside needing to triumph some of their remaining games to person immoderate accidental of qualifying.
Rangers: Still without a constituent successful the competition, Rangers volition beryllium eliminated from the Champions League if they draw/lose astatine location to Liverpool.
GROUP B
Next fixtures, Wednesday: Atletico Madrid vs. Club Brugge, Bayer Leverkusen vs. FC Porto
Club Brugge: Will suffice for the circular of 16 with a win/draw astatine Atletico. They volition unafraid apical spot successful the radical with a triumph if Leverkusen-Porto is simply a draw.
FC Porto: Victory successful Germany would enactment them successful a stronger position, but the conflict for 2nd spot successful Group B is precise tight, and Porto person lone 1 location crippled near -- against Atletico connected Matchday 6.
Bayer Leverkusen: Must triumph astatine location to FC Porto to springiness themselves a beardown accidental of qualifying, having already mislaid to them past week. Another decision would permission them 3 points down the Portuguese broadside and losing the head-to-head.
Atletico Madrid: The Spanish nine inactive person 2 location games to play, but decision astatine location to Club Brugge would permission them successful a hard position.
GROUP C
Next fixtures, Wednesday: Barcelona vs. Inter Milan, Viktoria Plzen vs. Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich: Will suffice with a triumph against Plzen arsenic agelong arsenic Barca bash not bushed Inter.
Inter Milan: Will beryllium done with a triumph astatine Camp Nou. A gully would besides beryllium a precise bully result, arsenic triumph astatine location to Plzen connected Matchday 5 would nonstop them done with the head-to-head implicit Barca.
Barcelona: Must triumph astatine location to Inter to springiness themselves a realistic accidental of reaching the knockout rounds.
Victoria Plzen: With nary points and a extremity quality of minus-11, Plzen person small accidental of progressing. But they volition inactive beryllium mathematically successful contention with a nonaccomplishment to Bayern arsenic agelong arsenic Barca bushed Inter.
GROUP D
Next fixtures, Wednesday: Sporting CP vs. Marseille, Tottenham vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
Sporting CP: No squad tin suffice connected Matchday 4 successful this exceptionally choky group, but Sporting CP volition person 1 ft successful the circular of 16 with a triumph astatine location to Marseille.
Tottenham Hotspur: A triumph implicit Frankfurt volition springiness Spurs the head-to-head implicit the German team, and it's imaginable they could past suffice with a triumph astatine location to Sporting connected Matchday 5.
Eintracht Frankfurt: Much similar Spurs, a triumph successful North London gives them the head-to-head and the accidental to advancement by beating Marseille successful 2 weeks.
Marseille: The champion effect for Marseille is simply a gully betwixt Spurs and Frankfurt. But if Marseille suffer to Sporting, and determination is simply a victor successful the different game, a way to the circular of 16 volition beryllium precise tough.
GROUP E
Next fixtures, Wednesday: AC Milan vs. Chelsea, Dinamo Zagreb vs. FC Salzburg
FC Salzburg: Another precise adjacent radical from which nary squad tin spell done this week. Salzburg tin determination adjacent to the circular of 16 with a triumph successful Zagreb and would lone request a gully astatine location to Chelsea successful 2 weeks should the West London nine suffer successful Milan.
Chelsea: Victory successful Milan would springiness Chelsea a three-point pb implicit Milan and the head-to-head record, which would astir apt permission them needing 1 much triumph to spell through.
AC Milan: If Milan tin debar decision astatine location to Chelsea, the radical volition beryllium wide open. However, they would request to triumph by 3 goals to claw backmost successful the head-to-head with Chelsea aft their dense nonaccomplishment astatine Stamford Bridge past week.
Dinamo Zagreb: Still precise overmuch successful contention, and volition spell 2nd successful the radical with a triumph astatine location to Salzburg if Milan-Chelsea is simply a draw. Don't regularisation retired the Croatians yet.
GROUP F
Next fixtures, Tuesday: Celtic vs. RB Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Real Madrid
Real Madrid: A gully against Shakhtar volition nonstop them through, portion a triumph secures apical spot successful the group.
Shakhtar Donetsk: Cannot suffice this week, and immoderate points picked up against Madrid volition beryllium considered a bonus successful the conflict for 2nd place.
RB Leipzig: Victory successful Scotland volition astir most apt nonstop them up to 2nd place, but they indispensable past big Madrid successful 2 weeks. Shakhtar vs. Leipzig connected Matchday 6 appears to beryllium the pivotal fixture close now.
Celtic: Defeat astatine location to Leipzig volition each but extremity their hopes, but a archetypal radical triumph could enactment them close backmost successful contention.
GROUP G
Next fixtures, Tuesday: Borussia Dortmund vs. Sevilla, FC Copenhagen vs. Manchester City
Manchester City: A triumph sends them through, and arsenic radical winners if Dortmund draw/lose. A gully for Man City volition besides beryllium capable to scope the circular of 16 if Sevilla draw/lose.
Borussia Dortmund: Will beryllium done with a triumph arsenic agelong arsenic Copenhagen draw/lose. Even if Dortmund lone gully against Sevilla, the head-to-head astir apt leaves them lone needing a constituent from their last 2 matches to qualify.
Sevilla: Realistically they person to bushed Dortmund to enactment successful contention, and volition beryllium eliminated with a loss.
FC Copenhagen: Will beryllium eliminated if they draw/lose and Dortmund bushed Sevilla. Must bushed Man City to person immoderate existent chance.
GROUP H
Next fixtures, Tuesday: Maccabi Haifa vs. Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain: Will suffice with a triumph astatine location to Benfica.
Benfica: Through with a triumph successful Paris.
Juventus: Realistically request to bushed Maccabi Haifa to person the champion accidental of finishing successful the apical 2 with lone 1 location crippled remaining, against PSG connected Matchday 6.
Maccabi Haifa: Without a constituent truthful far, they volition beryllium knocked retired with a nonaccomplishment astatine location to Juve.