Champions League fixtures today – your guide to Tuesday’s games

We’re now nicely into crunch time of the 2023/24 Champions League group phases.

The penultimate matchday of the group ought to boast no scarcity of drama and Tuesday’s batch of fixtures include a few standouts. Newcastle’s journey to Paris Saint-Germain will undoubtedly tickle a couple of fancies given what went down at St James’ Park, whereas some may be wanting to maintain a detailed eye on Barcelona’s conflict with Porto.

Here is every part you have to learn about Tuesday’s Champions League fixtures.

It has been one more torrid European marketing campaign for Celtic, who had been thrashed by Atletico Madrid final trip to all however finish their probabilities of even securing a Europa League berth.

Nonetheless, the Scots will really feel as if they’ll snatch a lead to Rome on Tuesday given Lazio’s woes. Whereas Maurizio Sarri’s facet have carried out nicely in Group E thus far, they presently occupy a mid-table slot in Serie A and had been overwhelmed once more on the weekend, this time by Salernitana.

The hosts can take a large leap in direction of spherical of 16 qualification with a win over Celtic.

Shakhtar’s marketing campaign burst into life on Matchday 4 as they beat a Barcelona facet that might’ve wrapped up prime spot in Group H with two matchdays to spare.

A solitary aim noticed them edge the fixture and so they’re now looking down the group’s present prime two. They will be anticipated to topple Royal Antwerp in Hamburg, though they had been made to work extremely onerous for his or her victory within the reverse fixture.

The Belgian facet have misplaced all 4 of their group encounters and are merely enjoying for delight.

These two sides performed out a cracking recreation at the beginning of October with Atletico edging it on dwelling soil.

With Lazio internet hosting a beneficial fixture on Matchday 5, this conflict in Rotterdam is large for each groups. Atletico presently sit atop Group E with eight factors, however Feyenoord, who’re wonderful at De Kuip, are simply two factors adrift in third.

Given their stellar dwelling type, Feyenoord will really feel they’re going to need to win on Wednesday to progress into the spherical of 16. A degree will do properly for the guests.

Newcastle ascended to the best of highs after they beat Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 lower than two months in the past. The Magpies had been excellent and fully overwhelmed the guests, however they’ve since fallen to the underside of a mightily robust Group F.

Again-to-back defeats to Borussia Dortmund has left the Premier League facet with a mountain to climb in the event that they’re to advance into the final 16. They want factors away in Paris on Tuesday.

PSG have endured a combined marketing campaign thus far and missed the possibility to take management of the group on Matchday 4, falling to a 2-1 defeat to Milan. Luis Enrique’s facet have nonetheless obtained work to do.

Milan produced their efficiency of the season thus far to beat PSG on Matchday 4 which breathed recent life into their Champions League marketing campaign.

The Rossoneri are actually nicely within the combine and have one other dwelling recreation upcoming as they search to down the beatable group leaders. Dortmund took benefit of Newcastle’s accidents, notably within the dwelling fixture, and beat them twice to take a robust place at Group F’s summit.

Nonetheless, given the character of this group, their destiny may take a flip for the more severe in the event that they’re overwhelmed in Milan.

Man Metropolis have as soon as once more barely needed to break a sweat within the group stage and have all however secured their spot within the spherical of 16 as group winners.

The Cityzens have received 4 from 4 at a canter, though RB Leipzig did give them a scare on Matchday 2. The East Germans will be part of Metropolis within the final 16 draw having amassed seven factors from their 4 video games, however they have to turn into the primary facet since Liverpool in April 2018 to beat Metropolis on the Etihad in a Champions League fixture to face any likelihood of topping the group.

Group G has performed out as most thought it might and there is a straight shootout for third place between Younger Boys and Pink Star Belgrade.

Man Metropolis and RB Leipzig have coasted into the spherical of 16, with these two sides choosing up one level every which, after all, arrived within the reverse fixture.

With Younger Boys internet hosting Tuesday’s recreation and Pink Star taking up Metropolis in two weeks time, it seems as if the Swiss facet have the benefit.

Simply months faraway from guiding Barcelona to the La Liga title, Xavi’s seat is beginning to warmth up. There are stories that the Barca boss may get the boot if his facet are overwhelmed by Porto on Tuesday evening.

The Catalans are nonetheless in a robust place in Group H as they face backside dwellers Royal Antwerp on Matchday 6, however Xavi can be determined to supervise a win in midweek. Victory will see Barca into the knockout phases and ease the strain on the Spaniard.

Nonetheless, Porto are stage on factors with the La Liga facet on the prime of the group and are undoubtedly able to compounding Xavi’s woes.

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