The Champions League continues with match day four upon us with the tie of the round being Manchester City’s home clash against Barcelona.
Match day three saw Barcelona defeat Manchester City 4 – 0 at Camp Nou while Besiktas shocked Napoli with a 3 – 2 win away from home.
Below are the games that will be played tonight in the Champions League;
Basel – Paris Saint Germain
PSG won 3 – 0 in the reverse fixture. Serge Aurier is out for the French side while Javier Pastore is a major doubt.
Edison Cavani celebrates his goal against Arsenal in the champions League group opener
Predicted line-ups:
Basel: Vaclík; Gaber, Suchý, Balanta, Traoré; Serey Dié, Xhaka; Callà, Delgado, Bjarnason; Doumbia
PSG: Aréola; Meunier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Kurzawa; Matuidi, Verratti, Thiago Motta; Di María, Cavani, Lucas
Predicted scoreline: Basel 1 – 3
Ludogorets Razgrad – Arsenal
Arsenal won 6 – 0 and Mesut Ozil grabbed a hat-trick, Arsenal should be too strong agaian but they are playing away this time. Bellerín, Cazorla, Walcott & Monreal, Lucas Perez and Danny Welbeck will miss the match against Ludogorets.
Arsenal’s Ozil celebrates his hat-trick
Predicted line-ups:
Ludogorets: Borjan; Minev, Moți, Palomino, Natanael; Dyakov, Anicet; Marcelinho, Wanderson, Cafú; Keșerü
Arsenal: Ospina; Jenkinson, Mustafi, Koscielny, Gibbs; Xhaka, Elneny; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Ramsey, Iwobi; Giroud
Predicted scoreline: Ludogorets 2 – 4 Arsenal
Besiktas – Napoli
It was a shock result last time out when Besiktas defeated Napoli but the Italians are rearing to go despite a poor run of form of late. Napoli will be through if they win and Benfica-Dynamo Kyiv draw.
Napoli captain Marek Hamsik
Talisca and Caner Erkin will miss out for Besiktas while Raul Albiol and Milik are missing for Napoli.
Beşiktaş: Fabri; Beck, Marcelo, Tošić, Adriano; Hutchinson, Inler; Quaresma, Tolgay Arslan, Olcay Şahan; Aboubakar
Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Chiricheș, Koulibaly, Strinić; Zieliński, Jorginho, Hamšík; Callejón, Gabbiadini, Mertens
Precicted scoreline: Besiktas 2 – 3 Napoli
Benfica – Dynamo Kyiv
On match day three, Benfica defeated Kyiv 2 – 0 way from home. Expect a repeat. Rafa (thigh), Jonas (foot), Jardel are missing for Benfica while Garmash, Yarmolenko, Danilo Silva, Fedorchuk, Gladkiy are missing for Dynamo.
Predicted line-ups:
Benfica: Ederson; Semedo, Luisão, Lindelöf, Grimaldo; Fejsa, Pizzi, Salvio, Cervi; Guedes, Mitroglou
Dynamo Kyiv: Morozyuk, Khacheridi, Vida, Antunes; Rybalka; Tsygankov, Sydorchuk, Buyalskiy, González; Júnior Moraes
Predicted scoreline: Benfica 3 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Borussia Moenchengladbach – Celtic
A horrow show by Kolo Toure last time out allowed Mochengladbach have a 2 – 0 win at Celtic. Expect more goal from the Germans. Celtic are out of the Champions League if they lose.
Domínguez, Christensen, Schulz, Doucouré, Drmic are out for the Germans whil Teierney, Griffiths, Šimunović, Touré (groin)are going to be missing for the Brendan Rodger;s side.
Dembele celebrates his bicycle kick against Manchester City in a Champions League game
Mönchengladbach: Sommer; Korb, Elvedi, Vestergaard, Wendt; Kramer, Strobl; Johnson, Stindl, Hofmann; Hahn
Celtic: Gordon; Gamboa, Lustig, Sviatchenko, Izaguirre; Brown, Bitton; Forrest, Rogic, Sinclair; Dembélé
Predicted scoreline” Gladbach 4 – 1 Celtic
Manchester City – Barcelona
After a 4 – 0 win last time out, this should be a much tighter affair. Expect fireworks from Leo Messi and co. City are 12 games unbeaten at home (W8 D4), dating back to March.
Claudio Bravo is suspended after his red card in the las match while Fabian Delph and Bacary Sagna are injured. Jordi Alba, Andreas Iniesta Gerard Pique and Aliex Vidal are injured while Jeremy Mathieu is suspended.
Manchester City: Caballero; Fernandinho, Otamendi, Stones, Kolarov; Fernando, Gündoğan; De Bruyne, Silva, Sterling; Agüero
Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Sergi Roberto, Mascherano, Umtiti, Digne; Rakitić, Busquets, Rafinha; Messi, Luis Suárez, Neymar
Predicted scoreline: Man City 2 – 2 Barcelona
Atletico Madrid – FC Rostov
The Spanish side have won all of their games 1 – 0 in the Champions League this season so expect another low scoring affiar. Augusto Fernandez is missing to Atletico while Kevin Gamiero and Nico Gaitan are doubtful.
Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid coach
Atlético: Oblak; Juanfran, Godín, Savić, Filipe Luís; Ñíguez, Gabi, Koke, Carrasco; Griezmann, Gameiro
Rostov: Dzhanaev; Kireev, Navas, Granat, Mevlja, Kudryashov; Erokhin, Noboa, Gatskan, Poloz; Azmoun
Predicted scoreline Atletico 2 – 0 Rostov
PSV Eindhoven – Bayern Munich
PSVThe Dutch side are out if they lose, Bayern are through if they win and Rostov don’t as Arjen Robben return to PSV. Jeroen Zoet, Siem De Jong, Hendrix and Locadia key players missing for PSV while Javi Martinez and Frank Ribery are missing for Bayern.
Javi Martinez will be missing for Bayern
PSV: Pasveer; Arias, Isimat-Mirin, Moreno, Willems; Pröpper, Guardado, Ramselaar; Bergwijn, Luuk de Jong, Pereiro
Bayern: Neuer; Lahm, Boateng, Hummels, Alaba; Thiago, Alonso, Vidal; Robben, Müller, Lewandowski
Predicted scoreline: PSV 1 – 3 Bayern
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