WHO WILL GET THROUGH TO THE NEXT STAGE??
this week, I am moving away from the Premiership and wanted to focus on The Champions League for once...it still means 50 Bonus points for the player who correctly predicts who's gonna win it and has been the deciding factor on who becomes our Champion at the end of the season a couple of times in the game's history.
So my QUESTION OF THE WEEK is purely this.......WHICH OF THE ENGLISH TEAMS WILL QUALIFY THIS WEEK TO THE KNOCK OUT STAGES??
To help you answer the question here is some background on the various permutations on what can happen.....courtesy of that wonderful establishment.....the BBC....
Manchester United have left themselves with a lot of work to do to qualify from a wide-open Group B. United head to Germany needing a win to secure qualification, with a draw not enough if PSV Eindhoven beat CSKA Moscow in the night's other game. The only way a point will be enough for Louis van Gaal's side to progress is if PSV do not win at home to CSKA. Wolfsburg will top the group if they beat United, but will also qualify with a draw regardless of results elsewhere. A United win could see the German side eliminated though. PSV will be motivated by the knowledge that if they do win, they are definitely through. A PSV draw will be enough for them to finish second if Manchester United lose.
The Gunners can qualify in second place with a better head-to-head record than Olympiakos. They need a win in Athens that 'beats' Olympiakos' 3-2 win in London in September. For example 2-0, 4-2 - though as a 3-2 win would also be good enough for Arsenal to go through on overall goal difference, in practice they would go through with any win apart from 1-0 or 2-1.
Chelsea's fate in Group G is clear - they need a point from their meeting with Porto at Stamford Bridge to secure a place in the last 16. The winner of that match will top the group. Dynamo Kiev - who face whipping boys Maccabi Tel Aviv - will be sure of a place in the last 16 with a win thanks to a superior head-to-head record against Porto. If Kiev win and Chelsea and Porto draw, all three teams will finish on 11 points. Their fate would then be decided by their three-way head-to-head record - with their group results against each other converted into a mini-league - and it would be Porto who finish third and head into the Europa League.
There you go .....clear as mud eh?? Who's goona make it then boys and girls???
RE: WHO WILL GET THROUGH TO THE NEXT STAGE??
Great info Steve cheers
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RE: WHO WILL GET THROUGH TO THE NEXT STAGE?? Who gives a Monkeys!!? I hope The Arse trip up though cos then we can beat em in the Europa League Final instead !
RE: WHO WILL GET THROUGH TO THE NEXT STAGE?? I DONT WANT TO ENTER THIS CONVERSATION !!!