Key occasions
Benfica v Barcelona groups
Benfica: Trubin, Araujo, Silva, Otamendi, Carreras, Aursnes, Florentino, Kokcu, Akturkoglu, Pavlidis, Schjelderup. Subs: Soares, Bah, Amdouni, Arthur Cabral, Di Maria, Barreiro, Prestianni, Rollheiser, Beste, Nuno Felix, Bajrami, Rego.
Barcelona: Szczesny, Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde, Casado, Gonzalez, Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha, Lewandowski. Subs: Pena, Kochen, Torres, Fati, Torre, Christensen, Lopez, Victor, de Jong, Garcia, Fort, Gerard.
So, Nunez begins for Liverpool, and Ethan Mbappé, brother of, is on the bench for Lille. “Trent” is benched although that’s nonetheless a robust group choice from Arne Slot.
Liverpool v Lille groups
Liverpool: Alisson, Bradley, Quansah, van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Jones, Salah, Nunez, Diaz. Subs: Jaros, Kelleher, Endo, Konate, Mac Allister, Chiesa, Gakpo, Elliott, Robertson, Alexander-Arnold, Danns, Morton.
Lille: Chevalier, Mandi, Diakite, Alexsandro Victor, Gudmundsson, Mukau, Andre, Bakker, Arnar Haraldsson, Cabella, David. Subs: Mannone, Caillard, Gomes, Sahraoui, Meunier, Bayo, Mbappe, Ismaily, Bouaddi, Cossier.
Atletico Madrid v Bayer Leverkusen groups
Atletico Madrid: Oblak, Molina, Gimenez, Lenglet, Galan,
Llorente, De Paul, Barrios, Simeone, Alvarez, Griezmann. Subs: Musso, Gomis, Azpilicueta, Gallagher, Koke, Correa, Lemar, Samuel Dias, Riquelme, Witsel, Mandava, Le Normand.
Bayer Leverkusen: Kovar, Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapie, Mukiele, Xhaka, Palacios, Grimaldo, Frimpong, Wirtz, Tella. Subs: Hradecky, Lomb, Hofmann, Andrich, Arthur, Schick, Boniface, Garcia, Hawighorst, Stepanov, Onyeka.
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Be careful for these French golf equipment: Monaco are at the moment beating Aston Villa, and Lille lie in anticipate Liverpool.
Preamble
The seventh of eight weeks, and towards many’s predictions, reasonably so much to play for. Not solely are there play-offs to keep away from, or play-offs to hunt refuge in, there’s the truth that the group stage additionally shapes the knockouts by utilizing seeding to reward good group performances. So, a lot on tonight and tomorrow earlier than subsequent week sees 18 (eighteen) ties performed directly.
The permutations are difficult however a win towards Lille would see Liverpool by to the knockouts, no play-off. Past that, even Barcelona, regardless of kicking off in second towards Benfica might need to attend for the ultimate spherical to know their destiny. They want a win and for different outcomes to favour them, together with that of Aston Villa within the early sport with Monaco.
Bayer Leverkusen away to Atlético Madrid, fourth v eleventh might go some strategy to deciding if both go to the final 16 or straight to the quarter-finals. Ought to Celtic beat Younger Boys, the worst group within the group stage, then the play-offs beckon.
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