⚽Who will make the cut to qualify to the Champions League round of 16 and who will step down to the Europa League runners-up, Part 2: European clubs participating in the Champions League decide their fate today: Either ascending to the round of 16, shimmying over to the Europa League, or saying goodbye to the championship altogether and returning to play matches at home.
Group E- Atletico Madrid to play Lazio and Celtic to take on Feyenoord at 10pm tonight.
The two top teams emerging from the matches are assured qualification and each are looking to rise to the top of the group.Feyenoord’s arrival in the Europa League play-offs and Celtic’s departure from the UEFA Championship have been confirmed from the last round weeks ago.
Rankings: Atletico is in the lead with 11 points, followed by Lazio with 10 points, Feyenoord with 6 points, while Celtic is dead last with 1 point.
Group F- Dortmund will play host to Paris Saint-Germain and Newcastle faces Milan, both at 10pm.
Dortmund is the only team in the group of death guaranteed a qualification card to the next round, while all possibilities are still open for the other three teams.
Ranking: Dortmund occupy the top of the Group with 10 points, while Paris Saint-Germain has 7 points, Newcastle has 5 points and Milan, with a meager 5 points, is trailing behind.
Group G- Man City is the guest of the Serbian Crvena zvezda. Meanwhile, Leipzig plays Young Boys — watch all the teams fight it out at 7:45pm.
Here the situation is clearer: City will qualify at the top of the group, with Leipzig in second place. However, the European playoff card looks closer to Young Boys, as Crvena should beat Manchester City and wait for Young Boys to lose to qualify.
Ranking: Man City with the full mark is in the lead with 15 points, behind it are Leipzig with 9 points, young boys with 4 points and Crvena with 1 point.
Group H: Barcelona is a guest of Antwerp, Porto is facing Shakhtar Donetsk and both matches kick off at 10pm.
The Catalan giant has already qualified for the next round, but aspires to increase its score of points to ensure the lead. As for Porto and Shakhtar, one of them can still catch up with Barcelona in case of a win, while a draw will be in Porto’s favor. Antwerp, however, has no luck at all.
Ranking: Barcelona is in the lead with 12 points, followed by Porto with 9 points and Shakhtar Donetsk with 9 points, while Antwerp trails behind without points.