UEFA Champions League returns for matchday 4 on tuesday, with Europe’s elite looking to secure qualification into the knock out stages.
This is a thread for Matchday 4 of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League season. Join the discussion and share your views on the various matches.
Milan got back to winning ways at the weekend, as they smashed two goals past Juventus. Fikayo Tomori, after a terrible outing on his return to Chelsea, scored at the weekend, while Brahim Diaz also found the net. It will be interesting to see if that win will be enough to boost their confidence ahead of the return leg with the Blues.
Chelsea will be high on confidence ahead of the trip to Milan. Graham Potter has steered the team to three back-to-back wins in all competitions. At the weekend, the Blues collected three points against a hapless Wolves side, setting them up nicely for the Champions League game.
Last week, their win over Milan ensured they got their Champions League campaign back on track after a difficult start in the first two games. That victory at Stamford Bridge helped them climb up to second on the table, with only Red Bull Salzburg ahead of them by a single point after three games.
Potter will certainly be eyeing a double over Milan and hope Salzburg drop points against Dinamo Zagreb. Comfortably qualifying for the next round will allow Chelsea to re-focus their attention on domestic duties, as games will come thick and fast in the coming weeks.
Chelsea have won five of their last six matches against AC Milan in all competitions.
Chelsea have scored at least two goals in five of their last six matches against AC Milan in all competitions.
Chelsea have won their last three games in a row in all competitions.
Milan have not progressed to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages since the 2013/14 season.
Milan are the second most successful team in the Champions League, winning the competition seven times.
Graham Potter has confirmed another setback for N’Golo Kante in his recovery from a hamstring injury as Chelsea’s medical staff continue to assess the Frenchman.
The 31-year-old has been absent since coming off injured against Tottenham in an Premier League match on August 14 and he had recently made his return to training with the first-team.
However, Kante now looks set for an extended spell on the sidelines.
“We’re just waiting for [Kante’s] reaction from training,” Potter said at the San Siro on Monday ahead of his side’s Champions League match with AC Milan
“It is certainly not ideal so we will have to wait and see the extent of it and go from there”
Shakhtar vs Real Madrid LINE-UPS: Hazard & Benzema start as Valverde & Nacho in
The line-ups of Shakhtar vs Real Madrid have been announced.
Shakhtar XI:
Coming up…
Real Madrid XI:
PSG vs Benfica LINE-UPS: Mbappe and Neymar start as Messi NOT in squad
The line-ups of PSG vs Benfica have been announced.
PSG XI:
Benfica XI:
Milan vs Chelsea LINE-UPS: Aubameyang & Kepa lead as Mount and Sterling start
The line-ups of Milan vs Chelsea have been announced.
Milan XI:
Chelsea XI:
Kepa; Chalobah, Silva, Koulibaly; James, Jorginho, Kovacic, Chilwell; Mount, Aubameyang, Sterling
Dortmund vs Sevilla LINE-UPS confirmed
The line-ups of Dortmund vs Sevilla have been announced.
Dortmund XI: Anthony Modeste, Hummels, Meunier, Sule, Brandt, Gregor Kobel, Özcan, Donyell Malen, Karim Adeyemi, Jude Bellingham, Tom Rothe
Subs: Alexander Meyer, T Hazard, Emre Can, Guerreiro, Wolf, Passlack, Antonios Papadopoulos, Reyna, Nico Schlotterbeck, Youssoufa Moukoko, Soumaïla Coulibaly
Sevilla XI: J. Navas, Rakitic, Lamela, Gudelj, Bounou, Acuna, Suso, Teixeira, En-Nesyri, Kouassi, José Ángel Carmona
Subs: Gomez, Delaney, Isco, Alex Telles, Dmitrovic, Jordan, Januzaj, K. Dolberg, Rafa Mir, Gonzalo Montiel, Kike Salas, Alberto Flores
2-0 loss to Maccabi Haifa
2 wins in last 9 matches across all competitions
3rd in UCL group
8th in Serie A
Juventus’ struggles continue.
One win and two defeats
Losing 2-0 to Maccabi Haifa
Juventus in the Champions League this season 
Three losses in four Champions League games, eighth place in Serie A.
Juventus are cooked 
Messi, Di Maria and Dybala have all picked up knocks in the past week …
Only 40 days until the World Cup 
Early Tuesday: reportedly wants to leave PSG
Later Tuesday: becomes PSG’s all-time leading goalscorer in the Champions League
