• Champions League Round of 16 Draw

    Champions League Round of 16 Draw

    Lyon-APOEL Napoli-Chelsea Milan-Arsenal Basel-Munich Leverkusen-Barcelona CSKA-Madrid Zenit-Benfica Marseille-Inter

  • Champions League Round of 16

    Champions League Round of 16

    Here are the clubs that will be in the round of 16 draw on Friday December 16th.   First Placed sides: Bayern, Inter, Benfica, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal, APOEL and Barcelona.   Second Placed sides: Napoli, CSKA Moscow, Basel, Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen, Marseille, Zenit and AC Milan. a) Clubs from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. b) The [...]

  • Matchweek six: Wednesday’s Chalkboard previews

    Matchweek six: Wednesday’s Chalkboard previews

    Part two of Nick Govier’s StatsZone analysis of Wednesday’s final Champions League Group Stage matches. Group A Manchester City v Bayern Villarreal v Napoli   Napoli are a point ahead of Manchester City and have a superior head-to-head record, meaning that Manchester City need to beat group winners Bayern and hope that Villarreal register their first Champions League point of [...]

  • Groups A-D: what you need to know

    Groups A-D: what you need to know

    One matchweek left, with plenty left to play for. We analyze what clubs have to do to progress to the knockout stages and the fight for Europa League football.   Group A Arguably the group of death pitted Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Napoli and Villarreal together. Bayern, unsurprisingly, secured their knockout-stage berth while Napoli and Man City are fighting for [...]

  • Group A-D Preview with James Sharman

    Group A-D Preview with James Sharman

    Group A Bayern have almost certainly secured their place in the knockout stages, do Manchester City have what it takes to beat Napoli into second place?  Manchester City have a big test of their credentials, so far this season they’ve have surprised many, not so much with their ability, but their mentality.  This is a team that is learning to [...]

  • Matchday Three: Tuesday’s Predictions

    Matchday Three: Tuesday’s Predictions

    Group A Man City v Villarreal City need a result, end of story. Having scored a joint record number of goals at this stage in a Premier League season, Mancini will be hoping that form will continue in the Champions League – something that hasn’t happened yet. Prediction: Man City 2-0 Villarreal   Napoli v Bayern Munich Bayern have been [...]

  • Matchweek Two: Tuesday’s predictions

    Matchweek Two: Tuesday’s predictions

    Group A  Bayern Munich vs Manchester City Tough one to call. Personally I think Man City have the better first choice eleven. However Bayern have great experience in this competition and it is on their home turf.  I expect City to be slightly less less adventurous than they have been in the league lately, as Michael Da Silva wrote recently [...]

  • The Champions League Group Stage Draw

    The Champions League Group Stage Draw

    Group A: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli Despite qualifying thru the playoffs, Bayern were still in “Pot One” meaning they avoided the other top European clubs. Villarreal will be full value for their spot, and all eyes will be on the big-spending Manchester City. Can Mancini’s massive squad perform on the big stage? Napoli, we feel, are the rogue [...]