Four teams Man City, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have the chance to win tickets to the next round right in the 4th round of the Champions League group stage.
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| Real Madrid won all 3 matches after the 2023/24 Champions League group stage. (Source: Getty Images) |
After 3 rounds of the Champions League group stage, 4 teams Bayern Munich (Group A), Real Madrid (Group C), Man City (Group G) and Barcelona (Group H) all have a perfect record. They have a chance to win tickets to the next round right in the 4th round.
In Group A , Bayern Munich has 9 absolute points, far ahead of the second-placed team Galatasaray (4 points) and Man Utd (3 points).
Therefore, if they just win against Galatasaray at home at Allianz Arena, "The Gray Tigers" will soon be registered in the round of 16. The spirit of coach Tuchel's army is very high after the 4-0 victory over Dortmund in the Bundesliga last weekend.
Meanwhile, Man Utd need to take advantage of the match against the weakest team in the group, Copenhagen, to move up. In the first leg, they won 1-0 at home against the Danish team. The trip to Northern Europe promises to be difficult for coach Ten Hag and his team.
Man Utd have not played convincingly recently, even their 1-0 victory over Fulham in the Premier League last weekend was quite lucky.
In Group C , Real Madrid are completely superior to their opponents Braga, Union Berlin and Napoli. They are 6 points ahead of the third-placed team Braga. Therefore, Los Blancos only need to draw in the rematch with the Portuguese team to get a ticket to the next round. Napoli will touch the ticket if they beat Union Berlin.
In Group G , Man City also has 9 points and is 8 points ahead of the third-placed Young Boys. Therefore, the task of coach Pep Guardiola and his team is quite easy as they only need to draw with Young Boys to qualify. But of course, they will not take the field with the goal of drawing against the weak Swiss team.
The situation is similar for Barcelona in Group H. They are on 9 points and ahead of the third-placed Shakhtar Donetsk. Los Blaugrana only need one point in the return leg against the Ukrainian representative to secure a ticket to the round of 16.
Obviously, the above tasks are quite simple for the 4 teams Man City, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. The fact that those clubs will soon get tickets to the next round was predicted in advance.
Meanwhile, in Group F , the race between the four teams PSG, Dortmund, Newcastle and AC Milan is very tense. PSG leads the group with 6 points, followed by Newcastle (4 points), Dortmund (4 points) and AC Milan (2 points).
The fourth round of matches in this group with two matches AC Milan-PSG and Dortmund-Newcastle is important in deciding the situation of the group.
If AC Milan wins against PSG and the match between Newcastle and Dortmund ends in a draw, the four teams in the group of death will only be separated by one point. On the other hand, the fourth match could see the top of the group split. If they lose to PSG, AC Milan will have little hope of advancing.
In Group B , Arsenal will return home to face Sevilla. In the first leg, the Gunners won a valuable 2-1 victory at their opponents' stadium. A victory at the Emirates Stadium could help coach Arteta and his team make a big step forward in their journey to qualify for the next round.
After 3 rounds, Arsenal leads the group with 6 points. Next are Lens (5 points), Sevilla (2 points) and PSV (2 points).
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