Bayern Munich vs Barcelona
Lewandoski will return to Germany tonight to face his former club Bayern Munich for the first time since joining Barcelona in July on a €50 million deal until the year 2027.
He will face the Bavarians who have won eight of their 11 UEFA Champions League games against Barcelona. Bayern have only lost twice against Barcelona and drawn once in the Champions League.
Barcelona’s eight UEFA Champions League defeats against Bayern Munich are twice as
many as they have lost against any other opponent , four times against AC Milan, PSG and Chelsea.
The Bavarians have won all four of their UEFA Champions League group stage matches against
Barcelona winning twice in 1998-99 and recently in the 2021-22 season.
Bayern Munich have also won 35 of their last 37 home UEFA Champions League group stage matches (drawn one, lost one) with the exceptions a 3-2 defeat to Manchester city in December 2013 and 1-1 draw with Ajax in October 2018.
It remains to be seen if Lewandoski will be the difference for the Spanish side having already netted a hat-trick in Barca’s 5-1 win over Viktoria Plzen in their Group C opener to lead the group, over Inter Millan who lost 0-1 at home to Bayern who are sitting in second position level on points with the Spanish club.
Viktoria Plzen vs Inter Milan
Viktoria Plzen last faced an Italian opposition in European competition in the 2018-19 in the UEFA
Champions League group stage which saw them lose 5-0 away and win 2-1 at home against Roma. It will be their first-time meeting Inter Milan in any competition.
On the other hand, Inter Milan’s only previous UEFA Champions League meeting with a Czech opponent came during the 2019-20 group stage against Slavia Prague who they drew 1-1 at home and defeated 3-1 away.
Viktoria Plzen have won their last eight home European matches scoring at least twice in every win. They have only lost one of their last 19 matches on home soil in European football.
Sporting CP vs Tottenham Hotspur
This is the first competitive meeting between Sporting CP and Tottenham Hotspur in any competition.
Sporting CP are winless in all six of their UEFA Champions League matches against English teams,
drawing one and losing five against Manchester united.
Tottenham Hotspur last faced a Portuguese side in August 2021, winning 3-1 on aggregate against Pacos
de Ferreira in the Europa Conference League qualifying phases.
They have not faced a Portuguese team in the European Cup for 60 years since losing 4-3 on aggregate to Benfica in the 1961-1962 semi-final.
Sporting conceded 11 home goals in the UEFA Champions League last season and Totteham fans will hope that should be the case tonight.
Liverpool vs Ajax
Liverpool and Ajax have met in one previous UEFA Champions League campaign in 2020-21 with the
reds winning both games with a score line of 1-0 home and away in the group stage. They meet again tonight in Group A second round.
Ajax will be looking for their first win against Liverpool since December 1966, when they beat them 5-1 in the European Cup.
However, the Amsterdam side are winless in their last five UEFA Champions League games against English teams and will hope to write that history tonight.
Liverpool have only lost their first home match in two of their previous 46 major European campaigns
(won 35 and drawn 9) losing 1-0 to Marseille in 2007-2008 in the UEFA Champions League and 3-2 to
Udinese in the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League.
In all European competitions, Ajax have only lost two of their last 25 away games (won 13 and drawn 10)
losing 2-0 to Getafe in February 2020 in the UEFA Europa League and 1-0 to Liverpool in December 2020
in the UEFA Champions League.
FC Porto vs Club Brugge
FC Porto have won both of their UEFA Champions League matches against Club Brugge, winning both
matches in the 2016-2017 group stages (2-1 away, 1-0 home).
In all European competitions including qualifiers FC Porto have won six and drawn two of their eight home matches against Belgian opponents while in major European competitions, Club Brugge have lost five of their six away matches in Portugal.
FC Porto will seek redemption after suffering A 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid in their Champions League group B opener while Club Brugge will hope to maintain their winning streak after beating Leverkusen 1-0 last week.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid
It’s the fourth different UEFA Champions League Season to see Bayer Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid
meet.
Atletico Madrid have lost six of their last season away UEFA Champions League matches in Germany, but
their last win against Bayer Leverkusen came in 2017.
Leverkusen lost their group B opener while Atletico are top of the group and will aim maintain their spot in their group.
Marseille vs Eintacht Frankfurt
Marseille and Eintacht Frankfurt will face each other in the European competition for the second time.
They last met in the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League Group stages. Frankfurt won both
matches (2-1 away, 4-0 home).
Marseille have lost eight of their last 10 European matches against German teams in the UEFA
Champions League and Europa league with their only win in being a 5-2 home victory over RB
Leipzig in April 2018.
Marseille have lost 15 of their last 16 UEFA Champions League matches (Won 1) with the exception
coming in their last home game in the competition in December 2020 against Olymlakos.
Both Marseille and Frankfurt will seek redemption after losing 2-0 to Tottenham and 0-3 to Sporting CP.
