14 September 2022
Manchester City hosts Borussia Dortmund in this second Champions League group game of the season with both clubs hoping to make an impression in the game. BVB and City won their opening group matches and they now look to be the pacesetters in the group ahead of Sevilla and FC Copenhagen. It promises to be an interesting night as the City goal machine, Erling Haaland, faces his former team, months…
14 September 2022
Graham Potter will make his Chelsea managerial debut when his team hosts RB Salzburg in this Champions League game. Luckily this match has not been postponed because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the former Brighton manager will test himself on the biggest stage of club competition. The sacking of Thomas Tuchel is still a very unpopular decision to the Blues fans so Potter needs a good…
13 September 2022
Bayern Munich will host Barcelona in this top match between two of Europe’s finest clubs as they look to earn the early bragging rights in the group. Barca has been resurgent this season, thanks to the signing of Robert Lewandowski from the Bavarians and the Polish striker will return to his old stomping ground in this game. Bayern added Sadio Mane and Matthijs de Ligt to their squad in the…
13 September 2022
Out-of-form Liverpool will look to get over their dismal 4-1 loss at Napoli in their first Champions League game of the season. The Reds have had a poor start to this season, but the defeat in Naples has been their worst performance in a very long time. Jurgen Klopp insists it was their worst showing since he became the club’s manager and it is very hard to argue with that. Considering they have…
7 September 2022
Two European heavyweights, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich, have been placed in the same Champions League group and they will face each other in this opening group game of the term. The Italians missed out on their league title last season, but they finished second and remain one of the clubs to beat in Serie A. They would be desperate to do better this term, but they might want to even do much…
7 September 2022
Liverpool travels to Napoli for their first Champions League game of the season and they know it would be a tough trip. The Reds have not had a good start to this season domestically and they could blame injury to some of their key players as a reason. However, Mo Salah has been playing and he cannot buy a goal at the moment, which should worry their fans. The Egyptian will remain in the starting…
24 August 2022
Since the 2007/2008 season, no Norwegian team has made the group stage of the Champions League and Bodo/Glimt will want to change that this time. But they face a Zagreb side that has missed out on the last three group stages and also wants a return to it. The host lost the first leg 1-0, but they have a home form they can be proud of which should help them get over the line here. Bodo does very…
24 August 2022
PSV would be keen to finish the job in this UEFA Champions League playoff second leg. The Dutchmen had drawn the first leg 2-2 in Scotland and they now hope to use home support and eliminate Rangers in this tie. The British side reached the final of the Europa League last season and came agonisingly close to winning the competition. They now want to end their 11-year absence from the UCL group…
23 August 2022
In-form Benfica will look to complete the work they started in the first leg of this Champions League playoff game when they host Dynamo Kyiv. The Portuguese side has begun this season strongly, and that includes their domestic form despite losing Darwin Nunez to Liverpool in this transfer window. They have won all their last 11 matches, including friendlies, and they have maintained a solid…
16 August 2022
Qarabag hosts Plzen in this Champions League playoff game with both evenly matched teams looking to earn the available spot in the UCL group stage. The host has been in good form domestically and in Europe in their last few matches and they would be keen to get the job done here. They have won all their last three matches and have no defeat in their last five games. Their last UCL game ended in a…
16 August 2022
Dynamo Kyiv will host an in-form Benfica team in this Champions League playoff match hoping to reach the group stage of the competition. The Ukrainians have not been involved in domestic football for a long time because of the ongoing invasion of their country by Russia. Because of this, they deserve credit for reaching this stage of the UCL qualification, but it will be tough for them to…
9 August 2022
Glasgow Rangers have their work cut out for them after their 2-0 loss in the first leg of this Champions League qualifier. The Europa League finalists have failed in their last attempts to reach the group stages of the competition and it seems that will be the case again in this campaign. Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men have lost Joe Aribo and Calvin Bassey in this transfer window and both of them…