The Champions League group stage passes the halfway point this week. The matchday 4 (of 6) has plenty of big games with big implications.
In this thread we will be covering fixtures of Matchday 4 from November 24th to 26th, a total of 16 matches, the fixtures being the reverse of matchday 3.
Join in the discussion and share your views on various matches.
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Manchester United Vs Instabul Bakasekhir
Matchday 4
UEFA Champions League
Group H
Kick off : 21:00
Chelsea Vs Rennes
UEFA Champions League group stage
Tomorrow
Kick off : 18:55
@ Roahzon park
Barcelona Vs Dynamo Kiev
UEFA Champions League
Group G
Kick off : 21:00
Stadion NSK Olympistik, Kiev
UEFA Champions League…
Matchday 4 kicks off tomorrow
These are the match to be play
Group E
Krasnodar FC Vs Sevilla FC 18:55
Staide Rennes Vs Chelsea FC 18:55
Group F
Club Brugge Vs Dortmund 21:00
Lazio FC Vs Zenit. St Petersburg 21:00
Group G
Dynamo Kiev Vs Barcelona 21:00
Juventus Vs Ferencvaros 21:00
Group H
Paris Saint German Vs RB Leipzig 21:00
Manchester United Vs Instabul Bakasekhir 21:0
Lionel Messi has been left out of Barcelona squad to face Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League this week
The French champions host RB Leipzig to square off in Matchday 4 of the group stage. They have played 2 games against each other in champions league and have won one each, but PSG have scored twice as many goals as Leipzig has.
This is a must win game for Thomas Tuchel’s men as they have gained only 3 points in their first 3 games. They have won only one out of their last three European games. On the other hand Leipzig have had a pretty good UCL season so far. They have won 2 out of 3 games including against PSG. But, they have a poor goal difference thanks to their loss against Man United (5-0).
In their previous match PSG lost 2-1 but actually played better than Leipzig overall. They just couldn’t get their shots right resulting in a loss. I think PSG will win this 3-2 with Mbappe in form.
İstanbul Başakşehir’s 2-1 win against Man United on Matchday 3 was greeted as a historic achievement in the Turkish press.
Manchester United wouldn’t want a repeat of their embarrassing defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir last game. United beat Leipzig 5-0 in their last Group H home game, but that was only their 2nd win in their last 7 UEFA Champions League home games.
Will the Turkish champions catch Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side cold again?
Ronald Koeman’s side are well-placed in Group G. Koeman has left both Lionel Messi and Frenkie de Jong out of his Barcelona squad to face Dynamo Kiev. The Dutch coach has decided to rest the duo who have both featured in all Barca’s games so far in 2020-21.
Barca are in a strong position in the group after three wins from their opening three games but had to work hard to win the reverse fixture 2-1 despite Dynamo Kiev missing a host of players due to Covid-19.
De Jong had been expected to play in central defence with Gerard Pique ruled out because of a knee injury, but it now looks as though 21-year-old Oscar Mingueza could make his debut.
There will also be changes in attack with Messi out of the match, and it will be fascinating to see how Koeman lines his team up tonight.
Haaland bags a brace as Dortmund put three past Club Brugge…
UEFA Champions League
Matchday 4
UEFA Champions League results Matchday 4
Chelsea 2
Rennes 1
Sevilla 2
Krasnodar 1
Dortmund 3
Club Brugge 0
Lazio 3
Zenit St Petersburg 1
Barcelona 4
Dynamo Kiev 0
Juventus 2
Ferencvaros 1
Manchester United 4
Instabul Bakasekhir 1
Paris Saint German 1
RB Leipzig 0
Some clubs are through to the round of 16 in the likes of Chelsea, Sevilla, Juventus and Barcelona…
Erling braunt Haaland becomes first player in history to score 16 goals in his first 12 Champions League games…
The Norwegian boy was indeed a goal machine both club level and international level…
Well deserve golden boy author
Christiano Ronaldo has scored 15 consecutive seasons in UEFA Champions League…
2006/07 - 2020/21
Greatest of all time
Ronaldo bagged his 70th home goal in UCL history with Juventus’ opener against Ferencvaros, going level with Messi.
Ronaldo is the highest scoring player in Champions League history.
Ronaldo remains the top-scoring player in the Champions League history with 131 strikes to his name in 172 games. He has also won the competition a total of 5 times - 1 with Manchester United and 4 with Real Madrid.
Contrary to Ronaldo who has accumulated as many goals at different clubs, Messi has only represented Barca in the competition.
Erling Haaland is the fastest player in Champions League history to score 16 goals in the competition. He did it in Just 12 games!
Harry Kane needed 24 matches to score 20 goals in the CL, Haaland is all set to break it too!
UEFA Champions League today fixtures
Sergino Dest (20 years, 21 days) is the second youngest American to score in the #UCL after Christian Pulisic… (18 years, 171 days)
Good performance
