Champions League - PSG

[Chip Butty 111]

Monaco CB's pretty aggressive, Watkins beware

[olaftab]

Club have been consistent in start selling tickets 4 weeks before the game so expect Juve will be Monday 28/10.

[Risso]

So when do the difficult matches start?

[Rory]

So when do the difficult matches start?

Saturday 😉

[Brazilian Villain]

So when do the difficult matches start?

When Mrs Risso introduces one of her friends to me.

[eye digress]

Looks like we need 16 points to guarantee top 8 according to simulations. 9 points tomorrow will be excellent. Not sure what to make of Monaco and Leipzig so far.

15 points gets you top 8 in 73% of cases, apparently. So taking three points each from the Brugge and Celtic games, where I think we'd expect to win, should be enough.

Is there any advantage however to finishing high up in the top 8? Top versus 8th, for example.

[cdbearsfan]

I think there's been some suggestion that later rounds will be seeded based on league finish, though I haven't seen it confirmed anywhere.

[Richard]

Think we will finish on 17 points.

Celtic and Bruges 6
Others 2

[Somniloquism]

I believe they used to pair 1st place finishers with other groups 2nd place finishers with the coveted home second leg going to the 1st placed winners.

So I suspect something similar for the top 8 being given home leg advantage against the qualifying round winners. The only question is will they also avoid teams who have played each other once already / same association like last time. I suspect the former will be harder to do.

[cdbearsfan]

Sorry, yes. It is guaranteed that the top eight will have home advantage in the second legs, and be seeded to play against the round of twenty-four winners, in the last sixteen. I'm not sure whether there is any seeding in the quarter-finals and semi-finals or if it's just open draw, as it has always been previously.

Also teams finishing 9th-16th will have home advantage in second leg, and be seeded to play teams that finish 17th-24th, in the round of twenty-four.

[Demitri_C]

Would be unbelievable if we remained unbeaten in group stage. Tough ask but would be great

[Brend'Watkins]

I fear no team now we are back to a full squad. Will be interesting to see the outcome of the Barca v Bayern fixture tonight.

[LeeB]

I fear no team now we are back to a full squad. Will be interesting to see the outcome of the Barca v Bayern fixture tonight.

I'm utterly dismissive of all but about 3 teams these days.

[langleylions]

Only benfica & liverpool can get ahead of us tonight now

[Nunkin1965]

Only benfica & liverpool can get ahead of us tonight now

Just about to post this!
Incredible to think that we may top the thing after 3 games.