Only the leaders Liverpool and the second-placed Barcelona are guaranteed a place in the co-level of the Champions League before the last phase of the first division.
A total of 16 teams have something to play, including arsenalAston Villa, Celtic and a team of Manchester City who started as favorites to win the competition, but are excluded at the first hurdle.
Paris Saint-Germain, who was also one of the favorites of European fame before the season, and former champion Benfica and PSV are among the teams that could also be switched off when the final round of the games on Wednesday at 8 p.m. GMT begins.
Here are six lines of action, which you should have in the game of the Champions League League of the Matchday -8 Champions League and the view of the reputation Permutations.
Man City against Brugge: Champions League must winner
The collapse of City at PSG last Wednesday means that you have won a point from your last four Champions League games, take the highest elimination position and guarantee that you do not beat the club Brugge at home.
The good news for the city is that you will win you through because you only have to catch one of the teams above you to get a two-legged knockout phase play-off to reach the 16th round .
You are sure to achieve this because you are three points behind Brugge with a superior goal difference, but the runner -up side in Belgium looks difficult and comes with an unbeaten European run with four games that are at home in the villa and sports Won home. A 1-1 draw at Celtic.
Despite her worst results of all time under the manager Pep Guardiola since November, the exhausted city on Saturday in the best Chelsea has looked 3-1 to extend her unbeaten domestic run to seven games.
Even if the city is in front, the second half could be nervous. Guardiola’s team was held by Feyenoord at home after he was 3-0 in the 74th minute on the 5th day and led in the 55th minute of her 4-2 defeat at the Princes Parc.
Bellinghams Backheel film 😮💨
Barcolas nutmeg, speed and pullback 😍Two outrageal templates 🥵🥵#Uklassisist | @Lays_football pic.twitter.com/aecxiurz40
– UEFA Champions League (@Championsleague) January 22, 2025
Aston Villa against Celtic: British pages are happy
A good debut in the Modern Champions League for Villa had a place last Tuesday when a 1-0 defeat in Monaco made it in front of the automatic places for the 16th round over the goal difference.
A victory would therefore bring her into a strong position to avoid a play-off, while a draw in the unlikely looking event of Leverkusen is sufficient to lose at home to remove Sparta Prague.
Celtic has to win and hope that some results will make progress automatically in their favor, but a play-off location is guaranteed, and a positive meeting with stronger opponents on paper.
The villa will be careful in Scotland with 10 points and have secured a draw in Atalanta and Dinamo Zagreb, although you may have enjoyed it to analyze Celtics 7: 1 26 games came 3-0 on January 2.
The captain of Scotland, John McGinn, was able to start after a thigh injury after using 1-1 draw against West Ham on Saturday as a replacement in Villas.
Some of the parades in Wednesday #Ucl Games were unreal! 🤯
Which of these 6 was the best stop for you?! ⛔@Qatarairways | #Letsfly pic.twitter.com/41jcbytaap
– UEFA Champions League (@Championsleague) January 22, 2025
Stuttgart against PSG: Couple Push for Play-offs
PSG’s comeback against City was her second Champions League victory of the Champions League and made it easier for managers Luis Enrique to make her European campaign.
A journey to the opposite of the opponent on points with them and desperately according to a result to extend their own campaign, but represents a potentially hard final of the league phase for the French guides that have been out of control, which will hope to be one of the top -Tacht games to end. Off teams instead of thinking a shock.
When repeating the end result of the Champions League 2019/20, you lost 1-0 at Bayern Munich on the last trip to Germany on the 5th day and will hope for 16 points behind the Reds in Germany.
Stuttgart played her first home game of the Champions League for 14 years when she moved with Sparta Prague as part of a mixed campaign. He also lost 2-0 against the Knockout stage atalanta and won 5: 1 against boys who lost seven out of seven.
With Achraf Hakimi, Marquinhos and Joao Neves, Luis Enrique triggered the 1-1 draw from PSG against Reims on Saturday. Bradley Barcola, Vitinha and Willian Pacho will probably return from the start from the start.
😳#Ucl pic.twitter.com/gknjrg6ntw
– UEFA Champions League (@Championsleague) January 27, 2025
PSV against Liverpool: Perfect League phase for Reds?
Before Manchester City completed the trick last season, Liverpool’s squad was the only English team in 2021/22 to enjoyed a perfect group stage of the Champions League.
With two additional games in the first phase in the new competition format, it would be another extremely impressive performance for Arne Slot in his first season if the reds can win all their league phase games.
On a more practical level, the defeat against Liverpool Barcelona would enable it to overtake it by winning against Atalanta at home, but Slot pointed out that luck in the first or second termination in relation to the round of 16 as Opportunities are more favorable.
With this observation by slot, Liverpool may take into account that you will rest the top goal scorer Mohamed Salah on Saturday (3 p.m.) before your trip.
Top of the Dutch Eredivisie ended PSV in all competitions with a 3: 2 other results in order to automatically go through the hope with the victory.
Slot won one of his last seven meetings with PSV during his tenure in the former Club Feyenoord. The farmers’ absences include Ryan Flamingo, the first election defender, who is preparing to meet the Dutch again.
Curtis 🅰️
Salah ⚽️#Ucl pic.twitter.com/wianuuoc9j– UEFA Champions League (@Championsleague) January 23, 2025
Real Madrid and Bavaria in Chasing Pack
real Madrid are the most successful team in the history of the competition, and the 15-fold champions solved any doubt about their place in the top 24 by winning 5-1 to Salzburg on the match day.
The Spanish leaders join the six-time master Bayern Munich, the two-time winners Juventus and 2023/24 Dortmund among the teams who have to win to have the chance to automatically go through instead of entering the play-offs.
Madrid has the most difficult-looking game of these four teams, which is the only one in the quartet that plays away when you travel a point in front of you to one before you and with your own designs in a top-night finish.
Dortmund moderator Shakhtar Donetsk, who has to win and hope for a considerable difference in hit if you want to stay in the competition, and Bayern moderator Slovan Bratislava, who earns another point.
Juve won one of her last seven games in all competitions and is twice master Benfica at home, who have a slim chance to go out when you lose.
🇧🇷🌟#Ucl pic.twitter.com/ut4q01hndH
– UEFA Champions League (@Championsleague) January 22, 2025
Arsenal against Girona: Gunners were able to deregister stylishly
Arsenal stands for a second season on the edge of the Knockout stage, whereby only a high defeat in eliminated girona and heavy victories for the six teams are directly below that give the chance that the canon is entering the play-offs.
The finalists in 2005/06 are six points behind Liverpool in the Premier League And moderator Manchester City on Sunday (4.30 p.m.), therefore manager Mikel Areteta could think about dormant players, and Ben White, Mikel Merino and Martin Odegaard may not be dismantled by injuries and in the case of the captain’s case.
Depending on how the Arteta views are sown higher in the draw, he can also address the victory and a goal difference from four to skip Barca and take second place.
Competition debut Girona have lost their last three games and their emergency was reinforced by injury spots in the back trunk guests Paulo Gazzaniga-the 2018/19 EFL Cup in Arsenal with 2-0 with Gewann-Miguel Gutierrez and Daley Blind.
In Spain eight in the square, they have lost four in Europe in a row and have gone more than six hours since their 2-0 win against Slovan on the third game day, which has gave them their only Champions League points so far.
Professional performance at home ⚡️
📺 Enjoy the highlights of our victory against Dinamo Zagreb now 👇 pic.twitter.com/gnapxujila
– Arsenal (@Arsenal) January 23, 2025
When are the Champions League Knockout-Phase-Play-offs?
The teams that end up between the upper and lower eight will enter two-legged knockout-phase-play-off ties.
The first legs take place on February 11th and 12th, followed by the return games a week later. The draw for the decision of the ties will take place on January 31.
When is the Champions League round of 16?
Top teams and the play-off winners will take part in 16 games on the first legs on March 4 and 5, followed by the second legs a week later.
The draw for the 16th round, the quarter -finals and the semi -finals will take place on February 21.
