CL matchday 5

[bugylibicska]

Odds for the 5th round:

Salzburg v Chelsea 4.20 3.80 1.80
Sevilla v Copenhagen 1.50 4.33 6.00
Benfica v Juventus 1.95 3.60 3.70
Celtic v Shakhtar Donetsk 1.95 3.60 3.70
Dinamo Zagreb v AC Milan 4.33 3.75 1.80
Dortmund v Man City 3.75 4.20 1.80
PSG v Maccabi Haifa 1.0611.00 36.00
RB Leipzig v Real Madrid 3.20 3.75 2.10

Ajax v Liverpool 4.33 3.90 1.75
Barcelona v Bayern Munich 2.30 3.75 2.80

[Todor]

What can be decided in MD5:

Group A:
Napoli:Rangers Ajax:Liverpool
Napoli will secure first place if they win more points than Liverpool.
Liverpool will secure qualification if they don't lose against Ajax
Ajax will secure 3rd place if they win more points than Rangers
Rangers are out if they score less than Ajax

Group B:
Brugge:Porto Atletico:Leverkusen
Brugge will be first if they don't lose against Porto
Porto will guarantee at least second place with a win if Atletico doesn't win
Atletico will secure 3rd place if they beat Levekusen
Leverkusen are out if they lose

Group C:
Barca:Bayern Inter:Viktoria
Bayern will be first if they win, or if Inter don't win
Inter will secure qualification if they match or better Barca's result
Barca will be third with a win, or a draw if Viktoria don't win, or with a loss if Viktoria lose
Viktoria are out if they don't do better than Barca

Group D:
Eintracht:OM Tottenham:Sporting
Tottenham will qualify if they beat Sporting and will be first if they win and Eintracht win
Both Sporting and OM secure 3rd place with a win
Eintracht are out if they lose and Sporting win

Group E:
Salzburg:Chelsea Dinamo:Milan
Chelsea qualify if they beat Salzburg
Salzburg qualify if they beat Chelsea and Milan don't win
Milan will secure 3rd place if they win and Chelsea don't lose
Dinamo secure 3rd place if they beat Milan by 3 goals or more, or if they beat Milan by less than 3 goals and Chelsea don't lose.

Group G:
Leipzig:Real Celtic:Shaktar
Real will be first with a win, or with a draw if Shaktar don't win
Leipzig qualify with a win if Shakthar lose
Shakthar secure 3rd place if they don't lose

Group H:
Dortmund:City Sevilla:FCK
Manchester City will be first if they don't lose
Dortmund secure 2nd place with a win, or with a draw if FCK don't win, or with a loss if Sevilla:FCK ends in a draw.
Whichever between Sevilla and FCK secures 3rd place with a victory

Group G:
PSG:Maccabi Benfica:Juventus
PSG and Benfica will qualify with a win, or if both matches end in a draw.
PSG also qualify with a draw if Benfica win and vice versa.

[nogomet]

Dinamo secure 3rd place if they beat Milan by 3 goals or more, or if they beat Milan and Chelsea don't lose.

Chelsea would need to win for this to be true. Dinamo win and Chelsea draw would still not guarantee Dinamo the third place.

[Todor]

Dinamo secure 3rd place if they beat Milan by 3 goals or more, or if they beat Milan and Chelsea don't lose.

Chelsea would need to win for this to be true. Dinamo win and Chelsea draw would still not guarantee Dinamo the third place.

You are right the Dinamo will be last in a 3-way-H2H with Milan and Salzburg.

[bugylibicska]

Odds for the 5th round:

Salzburg v Chelsea 4.20 3.80 1.80
Sevilla v Copenhagen 1.50 4.33 6.00
Benfica v Juventus 1.95 3.60 3.70
Celtic v Shakhtar Donetsk 1.95 3.60 3.70
Dinamo Zagreb v AC Milan 4.33 3.75 1.80
Dortmund v Man City 3.75 4.20 1.80
PSG v Maccabi Haifa 1.0611.00 36.00
RB Leipzig v Real Madrid 3.20 3.75 2.10

Ajax v Liverpool 4.33 3.90 1.75
Barcelona v Bayern Munich 2.30 3.75 2.80

Club Brugge v Porto 3.50 3.40 2.10
Inter Milan v Viktoria Plzen 1.12 7.50 26.00
Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen 1.85 3.60 4.20
Eintracht Frankfurt v Marseille 2.37 3.30 3.00
Napoli v Rangers 1.25 5.80 12.00
Tottenham v Sporting Lisbon 1.44 4.40 7.00

[Lorric]

I think this is worth sharing. The Napoli match thread has been opened on the Rangers forum. There were no words besides the thread title, just this image in the post.

[naaba]

Club Brugge v Porto 3.50 3.40 2.10

Brugge is the only team to not concede a goal in the competition, they won 0-4 in first leg, and they still have to secure first place.

Yet Porto is favorite

[Polak]

Juventus and Barcelona looking likely to both be out in matchday 5. At least for Juventus it's in their own hands. If they win in Portugal, they go 2 points behind them and are still in with a shot, given that they would be likely to play a PSG side already guaranteed 1st place, while Benfica would have a tricky game in Israel. Of course the hard part if actually beating Benfica away, as they're unbeaten in the group so far, having played PSG both times in that.

Barcelona could produce a fantastic display and win at home to Bayern and it'll be meaningless if Inter beat Plzen at home, which, let's be honest, is almost certainly going to happen. It's a shame, because they're doing brilliantly in the league, just, something went wrong in their games v Inter.

[Dragonite]

Juventus and Barcelona looking likely to both be out in matchday 5. At least for Juventus it's in their own hands. If they win in Portugal, they go 2 points behind them and are still in with a shot, given that they would be likely to play a PSG side already guaranteed 1st place, while Benfica would have a tricky game in Israel. Of course the hard part if actually beating Benfica away, as they're unbeaten in the group so far, having played PSG both times in that.

Barcelona could produce a fantastic display and win at home to Bayern and it'll be meaningless if Inter beat Plzen at home, which, let's be honest, is almost certainly going to happen. It's a shame, because they're doing brilliantly in the league, just, something went wrong in their games v Inter.

In their own hands how?

If Benfica and Paris both defeat Maccabi Haifa, then Juventus can win 10-0 against Benfica and 10-0 against Paris and they'll still finish third placed.

In their own hands means that if they win their games they surely advance regardless of what happens in the other matches.

[Polak]

Juventus and Barcelona looking likely to both be out in matchday 5. At least for Juventus it's in their own hands. If they win in Portugal, they go 2 points behind them and are still in with a shot, given that they would be likely to play a PSG side already guaranteed 1st place, while Benfica would have a tricky game in Israel. Of course the hard part if actually beating Benfica away, as they're unbeaten in the group so far, having played PSG both times in that.

Barcelona could produce a fantastic display and win at home to Bayern and it'll be meaningless if Inter beat Plzen at home, which, let's be honest, is almost certainly going to happen. It's a shame, because they're doing brilliantly in the league, just, something went wrong in their games v Inter.

In their own hands how?

If Benfica and Paris both defeat Maccabi Haifa, then Juventus can win 10-0 against Benfica and 10-0 against Paris and they'll still finish third placed.

In their own hands means that if they win their games they surely advance regardless of what happens in the other matches.

Juventus have it in their own hands not to be knocked out in matchday 5, is what I was saying. Read my first sentence. I am talking about potential elimination in matchday 5. The other result won't matter as long as they win.

[THEPOSH]

Would be happy with a goalless draw in Sevilla

[Lorric]

A dull game is lit up out of nowhere as Kovacic strikes into the top corner from just outside the box, 0-1 Chelsea!

[bugylibicska]

Kovacic takes the lead with a nice shot from 15-16 metres, 0:1 Chelsea.

[Lorric]

Red Bull are completing little more than a pass a minute, 32 passes in 26.5 minutes.

[ultra2013]

What a boring football practice Chelsea. They are so so so behind Bayern, City or LFC football. Football would be dead with reactive football like this or Madrid's football. A gigantic budget to play this trash.