With Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona safely through to the round of 16, there are many other sides across Europe with ambitions to join them after Matchday 5. The likes of Real Madrid, PSG and Arsenal are almost certain to go through and will be looking to secure qualification in the next few days against Galatasaray, Olympiakos and Marseille respectively. The pick of the bunch are:
Group F
This group is undoubtedly the tightest of the qualifying groups, with 3 out of 4 teams still in contention. Arsenal top the group at the moment but are anything but guaranteed qualification, with not even 12 points able to guarantee qualification. Napoli sit in 2nd and Borussia Dortmund sit in third, 3 points behind Napoli. It is a big shock that Jurgen Klopp’s side are only in 3rd place but they will be looking to gain a place in the Knockout Rounds no matter what.
AC Milan vs Celtic
AC Milan will secure a place in the round of 16 with a win at Celtic Park, but the trip to Glasgow will be anything but comfortable for the Rossoneri, with Celtic having won eight of their last 11 European home games.
Group B
Real Madrid have pretty much guaranteed qualification but the 2nd place spot is far from secure. Galatasaray, Juventus and Copenhagen are all separated by just 1 point and all hungry for a place in the Round of 16. Juventus find themselves bottom with 3 points from 4 games but Copenhagen and Galatasaray are both within touching distance of Vecchia Signora.
These are the most highly anticipated games of Matchday 5, but this doesn’t mean that the others will lack any more entertainment. A full list of fixtures is below:
Tuesday 26th November
Group E
Basel vs Chelsea
Steaua Bucharest vs Schalke
Group F
Dortmund vs Napoli
Arsenal vs Marseille
Group G
Zenit vs Atletico Madrid
Porto vs Austria Wien
Group H
Ajax vs Barcelona
AC Milan vs Celtic
Wednesday 27th November
Group A
Bayer Leverkusen vs Man Utd
Shaktar Donetsk vs Real Sociedad
Group B
Juventus vs Copenhagen
Real Madrid vs Galatasaray
Group C
PSG vs Olympiakos
Anderlecht vs Benfica
Group D
Man City vs Victoria Plzen
Bayern Munich vs CSKA Moscow
