Ajax and Atalanta today will play for the second place in the Champions League playoffs from Group D. Liverpool expectedly left the first place, and today there will be a battle for the second. In the first match in Italy the teams played 2-2 and to be honest I expect the same outcome today. An effective game that will not have a winner, 1-1,2-2, 3-3. I bet on a draw!
😎😎😎😎Dortmund have already qualified for the knockout,but a win here will guarantee they top the group. However despite winning three of their five UCL group stage fixtures by a 2+goal margin (W3,D1,L1)-including a 2-0 victory in the reverse fixture,Dortmund travel here on a three game winless run in all competition (D2,L1),after conceding the opener within ten minutes in two of those matches.😎😎😎😎😎.
😎😎😎😎Just a draw will guarantee Man United progress to the knockout stages,although their is a result the three time European Champions haven't registered in any of their last Seven UCL away games(W4,L3).That includes a pair of 2-1 score lines this term (W1,L1)which saw the winner on the day lead at HT.😎😎😎😎😎😎.
😎A 2-1 defeat at the weekend gave Barcelona their worst ten games start to a La-Liga season since 1987/1988.However in the UEFA Championship League (UCL) ,they have been a different beast ,winning all five games so far -leading at HT in four -and subsequently are all but guaranteed to finish top of the group unless Juventus secured a three(3) goal margin win.
😎That seems unlikely, especially with Barcelona netting four (4)Goals in four of their seven competitive home fixtures this term (W5,D1,L1),However Barcelona last five UCL defeats at all venues came by at least three goal margin ,albeit you must go back to May 2013 to find the last time they lost by 3+goals in a UCL match at the Camp Nou .They have reason to go for victory themselves too, they can become only the second teams in UCL history to win all six group stage games in two separate campaigns.
😎Juventus have already qualified for what is their Seventh consecutive knockouts appearance ,losing only to Barcelona this UCL campaign (W4,L1),they have eight games unbeaten in all competition ,since that defeat(W6,D2),although the fact they kept a clean sheet in just two shows ,it's not all been plain sailing ,Don't discount the 36-times Italian champions though,as they have won five of their previous eight games versus Spanish opponents(D1,L2).
😎Unbeaten away this Season in all competition (W3,D4),Juventus have also won four of their previous five UCL away games (L1),netting the opener in each victory .
Hot stat: The home side on the day has led at Ht in just two of Juventus last 12 competitive matches.
In the previous round, Inter won away against Borussia Gladbakh (3: 2), interrupting a series of five matches without victories in the Champions League (2 draws, 3 losses). Inter have not won their last three home matches in the Champions League (1 draw, 2 losses). The Milan club played in the 21st century at home in the Champions League with representatives of Ukraine 3 times and never lost (1 victory, 2 draws).
The French managed to interrupt a streak of 13 losing matches in the Champions League, beating Olympiacos in the 5th round at home with a score of 2: 1. Also, the team interrupted a streak of 4 games in this European Cup, in which Marseille did not score. On the road in the Champions League, Marseille has a streak of 7 defeats, and the team has not scored in the last 3 games.
The British have won 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 matches this Euroseason, conceding only 1 goal in the 1st round of the group stage. The team lost only 1 time in their last 15 Champions League matches (11 wins and 3 draws). At home, the Citizens have not lost in the Champions League for 10 games, in which the team won 9 times with 1 draw.
In the last round, Atalanta played at home with Midtjylland (1: 1), without losing in the second meeting in a row in the Champions League (another victory). Atalanta have won their last 4 away games in this tournament. Note that last season they took second place in group thanks to an away victory in the final round.