These teams are the most likely to qualify from this group as the top two and they would both be looking to get a better head to head ahead of who would potentially top the group.<\/p>\n
CSKA Moscow are the only threat these teams have at the moment.<\/p>\n
Should the Russians win their early kickoff against Viktoria Plzen, then it would have to go to the final match day before we can know who goes through, however, should they drop points, these teams would have reached the knockout stages before kicking a ball here.<\/p>\n
Real Madrid won the reverse of this fixture 3-0 under fired Julen Lopetegui and would go through as group leaders on head to head if they are on same point with Roma and the Italians fail to match that scoreline in this game.<\/p>\n
Madrid have improved under Solari, however, they fell to a shocking 3-0 defeat in La Liga at the weekend and would be looking to bounce back here.<\/p>\n
Based on current form, asking Madrid to win the Champions League for a 5th time in 6 years is a major ask, but we expect them to qualify ahead of Roma by securing at least a point in this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
These teams are the most likely to qualify from this group as the top two and they would both be looking to get a better head to head ahead of who would potentially top the group. CSKA Moscow are the only threat these teams have at the moment. Should the Russians win their early kickoff against Viktoria Plzen, then it would have to go to the final match day before we can know who goes through, however, should they drop points, these teams would have reached the knockout stages before kicking a ball here. Real Madrid won the reverse of this fixture 3-0 under fired Julen Lopetegui and would go through as group leaders on head to head if they are on same point with Roma and the Italians fail to match that scoreline in this game. Madrid have improved under Solari, however, they fell to a shocking 3-0 defeat in La Liga at the weekend and would be looking to bounce back here. Based on current form, asking Madrid to win the Champions League for a 5th time in 6 years is a major ask, but we expect them to qualify ahead of Roma by securing at least a point in this game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,13,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-champions-league","category-football","category-match-preview"],"yoast_head":"\n