So, final group matches this week. 9 teams have already qualified for the knockout stages (Real Madrid, PSG, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Man City, Barcelona, Bayern, Zenit St Petersburg)
This leaves 7 spots up for grabs:
In Group B, it will be 2 from the 3 of Wolfsburg, Man Utd, PSV:
Wolfsburg: Need a point at home to Manchester United to qualify. Will also go through with a loss against United if PSV fail to beat CSKA.
Manchester United: Must win at Wolfsburg to guarantee their place. If United draw with Wolfsburg, then they will be eliminated if PSV beat CSKA. If United lose to Wolfsburg, they will be eliminated if PSV get a point against CSKA.
PSV Eindhoven: Guaranteed to progress if they win at home to CSKA Moscow, at the expense of either Wolfsburg or Man United. They can also go through with a draw on head to head if Man United lose to Wolfsburg.
In group E, it will be 1 of Roma, Leverkusen, and BATE Borisov:
AS Roma: Will qualify with a win at home to BATE as they hold the head to head over Bayer Leverkusen. A draw will also be enough if Leverkusen fail to win.
Bayer Leverkusen: Must win at home to Barcelona to stand any hope of qualifying. If they do win, they have to hope Roma fail to win at home to BATE.
BATE Borisov: Must win at Roma and hope Leverkusen fail to beat Barcelona.
In Group F, its either Arsenal or Olympiakos:
Olympiakos: Need a point at home to Arsenal to qualify. A defeat of 1-0 or 2-1 would also see them finish ahead of the Gunners on head to head away goals.
Arsenal will need to: Beat Olympiakos by two or more goals or by a one-goal margin of 3-2 or higher
In Group G, it is 2 of 3 from Chelsea, Porto and Dynamo Kiev:
Chelsea: Only need a point at home to Porto, and will also qualify if Dynamo fail to beat Maccabi.
Porto: Must win at Chelsea, or hope Dynamo fail to beat Maccabi. No other result will do.
Dynamo Kiev: Will qualify with win at home against Maccabi Tel-Aviv.
In Group H it is either Gent or Valencia:
Gent: A victory at home to Zenit will guarantee their place. They would also be guaranteed to qualify if Valenica fail to beat Lyon, as they hold the head to head over Valencia on away goals.
Valencia: Must win at home to Lyon and hope Gent fail to beat Zenit.
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From an English perspective, we could have anywhere between 1 and 4 teams in the knockout rounds depending how things go.
No I kid make it total goals and in case of a tie a third tie breaker on a neutral site (the San Siro will do) 90 Minutes then unlimited Golden Goal OT. NO PENALTIES! Oh man that would be incredible. Um I'll be in my bunk...
