The last round of the Champions League group stage will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. 12 teams have secured their place in the playoffs, so four teams still have a chance to advance to the top 16.
The group stage of the Champions League will be played out in Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s matches. There are four further spots in the division for the playoff phase starting in February. In addition, there is enough stake in the struggles for group wins and third places in the group.
Group winners cannot face each other in the next round. They also get to play the second game of a two-legged playoff pair at home. The season of those who finished third in their groups continues in the playoff phase of the Europa League.
These are the starting points for the culmination of the group stage:
A block
Napoli and Liverpool will definitely be in the future. Napoli, who were in a wild flight in the fall, will secure the group win, if the team does not lose by more than three goals to second place Liverpool.
Ajax is stuck in third place. The Scottish club Rangers should beat the Amsterdam team by at least five goals to move up to third.
Block B
Club Brugge has 10 points and FC Porto has nine. Atletico Madrid has five points and Bayer Leverkusen four.
Leverkusen hosts Brugge and FC Porto Atletico. Porto can still win the group even with a draw if Brugge loses to Leverkusen.
Leverkusen, on the other hand, can be third with a draw if Atletico lose to Porto.
C block
Bayern Munich has secured the group victory. Inter will surely be second and FC Barcelona third.
Block D
All open. Tottenham leads the group with nine points. The team secures the next place with a draw as a guest of Marseille.
Sporting is second with seven points and Frankfurt is third with the same number of points. Marseille has six points.
Frankfurt and Marseille must win their matches if the teams want to advance to the playoffs.
E block
Chelsea has secured the group victory. AC Milan will surely be second, if the team does not lose to Salzburg.
Dinamo Zagreb can move up to third if they beat Chelsea and Milan at the same time as Salzburg.
F block
Real Madrid will definitely be in the future and will secure first place with a win over group jumbo Celtic. For Leipzig, a draw is enough for the next place.
Shakhtar Donetsk must beat Leipzig to advance to the last 16.
G block
Manchester City is the group winner and Borussia Dortmund will surely be second. Sevilla continues to the Europa League as third in the group.
H block
Paris-Saint Germain and Benfica are fighting for the group win with 11 points. Juventus and Maccabi are in a three-point battle for third place.
PSG will face Juventus and Benfica Maccabi Haifa away.
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