Champions League 2024-25 Sportsbook Soccer

[Tom]

I didn't watch the first half of the Man City game but Sporting absolutely battered them the second half.

Great win for Celtic against a top Bundesliga team.

 

[Snoops]

Aston Villa lose for the first time in the Champions League this season. They gave away a bizarre penalty after Tyrone picked up the ball in his penalty area.

 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1854238345808716268

It was a very poor Villa tonight, one shot on target and that was in the 38th minute.

 

[Silverback]

Another defeat for Arsenal. They've lost form lately, testing times for them and Mikel Arteta.

 

[Dylan]

Three English clubs lost in the Champions League this week. Not often we see that in the group stages.

Raphinha's turn around at Barcelona has been insane. Unwanted last year amongst the Barca fanbase and now he's one of the top 5 wide players in European football.

Great result for Atletico but PSG bottle it again in Europe

November 6th results
Club Brugge 1 Aston Villa 0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 Young Boys 1
Crvena zvezda 2 Barcelona 5
Feyenoord 1 FC Red Bull Salzburg 3
International 1 Arsenal 0
Paris Saint-Germain 1 Atletico Madrid 2
Sparta Prague 1 Brest 2
VfB Stuttgart 0 Atalanta 2
Bayern Munich 1 Benfica 0

 

[Best]

Man City's horrendous form continues on Game Day 5 after they surrender a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 at The Etihad against Feyenoord.

This will feel like a defeat. Absolutely stunning capitulation. Gvardiol at fault for the first 2 Feyenoord goals.

 

[Best]

Here are the scores from Tuesday's games on Game Day 5

• Solvan Bratislava 2-3 Milan
• Sparta Prague 0-6 Atletico Madrid
• Barcelona 3-0 Brest
• Man City 3-3 Feyenoord
• Sporting CP 1-5 Arsenal
• Bayern Munich 1-0 PSG
• Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 Red Bull Salzburg
• Young Boys 1-6 Atalanta
• Inter Milan 1-0 RB Leipzig

 

[Dylan]

Another defeat for Man City as their terrible form continues. They've only taken one point from the last 3 games in the Champions League and are in danger of failing to qualify for the next round.

Match Day 6 results

Tuesday 10 December

Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Celtic

Girona 0-1 Liverpool
Scorers: M. Salah 63' (pen)

Atalanta 2-3 Real Madrid
Scorers: C. De Ketelaer 45+2' (pen), A. Lookman 65' / K. Mbappé 10', V. Junior 56', J. Bellingham 59'

Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Inter Milan
Scorers: N. Mukiele 90'

Brest 1-0 PSV
Scorers: J. Le Cardinal 43'

Club Brugge 2-1 Sporting Lisbon
Scorers: Quaresma 24' (OG), C. Nielsen 84' / G. Catamo 3'

Salzburg 0-3 PSG
Scorers: G. Ramos 30', N. Mendes 72', D. Doué 85'

RB Leipzig 2-3 Aston Villa
Scorers: L. Openda 27', C. Baumgartner 62' / J. McGinn 3', J. Durán 52', R. Barkley 85'

Shakhtar Donetsk 1-5 Bayern Munich
Scorers: Kevin 5' / K. Laimer 11', T. Müller 45', M. Olise 70' (pen), 90+3', J. Musiala 87'

Wednesday 11 December

Atletico Madrid 3-1 Slovan Bratislava
Scorers: J. Álvarez 16', A. Griezmann 42', 57' / D. Strelec 51' (pen)

Lille 3-2 Sturm Graz
Scorers: O. Sahraoui 37', M. Bakker 45+2', H. Haraldsson 81' / O. Kiteishvili 45+5'

Benfica 0-0 Bologna

Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Barcelona
Scorers: S. Guirassy 60' (pen), 78' / Raphinha 52', F. Torres 75', 85'

Feyenoord 4-2 Sparta Prague
Scorers: G. Trauner 8', I. Paixão 10', A. Hadj Moussa 30', S. Giménez 63' / A. Rrahmani 43', T. Beelen 80' (OG)

Juventus 2-0 Manchester City
Scorers: D. Vlahović 53', W. McKenni 75'

AC Milan 2-1 Red Star Belgrade
Scorers: R. Leão 42', T. Abraham 87' / N. Radonjic 67'

Stuttgart 5-1 Young Boys
Scorers: A. Stiller 25', E. Millot 53', C. Führich 61', J. Vagnoman 66', Y. Keitel 76' / L. Lakomy 6'

Arsenal 3-0 Monaco
Scorers: B. Saka 34', 78', K. Havertz 88'

 

[Tom]

So the final games of the league stage have taken place.

Confirmed in round of 16

Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa.

Confirmed in knockout phase play-offs (see below)

Eliminated

Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Crvena Zvezda, Sturm Graz, Sparta Prague, RB Leipzig, Girona, RB Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava, Young Boys.

Which teams are in the Champions League knockout phase play-off draw?
The teams that finished between ninth and 24th in the inaugural league phase will compete in a two-legged knockout phase play-off to secure their path to the last 16 of the competition.

Seeded teams
9. Atalanta (ITA)
10. Borussia Dortmund (GER)
11. Real Madrid (ESP)
12. Bayern München (GER)
13. Milan (ITA)
14. PSV (NED)
15. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
16. Benfica (POR)

Unseeded teams
17. Monaco (FRA)
18. Brest (FRA)
19. Feyenoord (NED)
20. Juventus (ITA)
21. Celtic (SCO)
22. Manchester City (ENG)
23. Sporting CP (POR)
24. Club Brugge (BEL)

The draw for the playoff hasn't been made yet but we know the possible ties.

AS Monaco/Brest vs PSG/Benfica (Liverpool or Barcelona in R16)
Sporting/Brugge vs Atalanta/BvB (Lille or Aston Villa in R16)
Celtic/City vs Real Madrid/Bayern Munich (Atlético Madrid or Leverkusen in R16)
Feyenoord/Juventus vs Milan/PSV (Arsenal or Inter Milan in R16)

Clubs from the same country can face each other.

Champions League knockout schedule

• January 31: Play-off round draw
• February 11-12 and 18-19: Play-off first and second legs
• February 21: Last-16 draw
• March 4-5 and 11-12: Last 16 first and second legs
• April 8-9 and 15-16: Quarter-final first and second legs
• April 29-30 and May 6-7: Semi-final first and second legs
• May 31: Champions League final at Allianz Arena

 

[Tom]

Manchester City will play 15-time European Cup winners Real Madrid and Celtic will face Bayern Munich in the Champions League play-off round. The winners of City's tie against Madrid and Celtic's meeting with Bayern will face either German side Bayer Leverkusen or Spanish club Atletico Madrid in the last 16.

The draw for the last 16 is on 21 February, following the conclusion of the play-off ties, but some elements of that draw are pre-determined.

Club Brugge KV (BEL) V Atalanta BC (ITA)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) V Borussia Dortmund (GER)
Manchester City FC (ENG) V Real Madrid C.F. (ESP)
Celtic FC (SCO) V FC Bayern München (GER)
Juventus (ITA) V PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Feyenoord (NED) V AC Milan (ITA)
Stade Brestois 29 (FRA) V Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
AS Monaco (FRA) V SL Benfica (POR)

Play-off draw explained
Clubs that finished in the top eight of the 36-team Champions League group table progressed directly to the last 16. The teams in the bottom eight were eliminated.

The remaining 16 teams that finished between ninth and 24th place progressed into the play-offs.

Of those 16 teams, the clubs that finished ninth to 16th in the league phase were seeded into four pairs for the play-off draw.

Those that finished from 17th to 24th were put into four unseeded pairs.

Unseeded teams were drawn against one of two seeded teams, with seeded teams hosting the second leg of the play-off as they finished higher in the first phase table.

City finished 22nd in the league table while Celtic finished 21st.

It meant the two sides would face one of Real Madrid or Bayern Munich, who finished 11th and 12th respectively in the group stage.

 

[Dylan]

A better visualisation of the draw.



I hate how they predetermine the draws now. So annoying.