With FC Barcelona already assured top spot and AC Milan second, the only remaining question in Group H is which club will take third place and BATE Borisov visit the Camp Nou with it all to do if they are to avoid the wooden spoon. Viktor Goncharenko’s men sit two points below third-placed FC Viktoria [ Read More ]
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Schalke 04 host Steaua Bucuresti in Group J knowing victory will take them through to the round of 32, while the visitors will have to overcome an unenviable record in Germany. Ralf Rangnick’s Schalke had the best of proceedings in the sides matchday one meeting in Cluj-Napoca but could not find a way through Roni [ Read More ]
A defeat in Ukraine, and victory for AZ Alkmaar at Malmo FF, will see FK Austria Wien out of the UEFA Europa League, while victory will put FC Metalist Kharkiv into the round of 32. A Cleiton Xavier penalty completed a Metalist comeback when the Ukrainian team won 2-1 in the sides’ first meeting on [ Read More ]
With both teams already certain of a place in the round of 32, Legia Warszawa and PSV Eindhoven meet in Poland – the visitors safe in the knowledge a victory would guarantee them top spot in Group C. A tremendous Dries Mertens strike after 21 minutes settled the sides’ first meeting in PSV’s favour on [ Read More ]
Stade Rennes‘s UEFA Europa League hopes are hanging by a thread as they welcome Udinese Calcio on matchday five, needing a win to reignite their campaign and keep their dreams of progression alive. Rennes lost 2-1 in Italy when the sides met for the first time on matchday one. The visitors took an 18th-minute lead [ Read More ]
After the completion of the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers, UEFA announced the seedings to be used for the Final Draw, taking place at the Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 2 December at 19:00 local time (18:00 CET). The 16 teams that will participate in the final round of the UEFA European Football Championship [ Read More ]
European National Team Coefficient Ranking, Matches considered up to 16/11/2011: EURO 2008 (QC / FT) 20% WC 2010 (QC / FT) 40% EURO 2012 (QC / –) 40% ( 1 ) Spain 43,116 ( 2 ) Netherlands 40,860 ( 3 ) Germany 40,446 ( 4 ) Italy 34,357 ( 5 ) England 33,563 ( 6 [ Read More ]
First place in Group H is at stake when AC Milan host FC Barcelona at San Siro on matchday five. With both sides already qualified for the last 16, Barcelona travel to Italy with a two-point lead knowing victory will win them the group. The sides have met 12 times in UEFA competition, recording four [ Read More ]
Already assured of a top-two finish in Group D with two games to spare, Real Madrid will be looking to continue their exhilarating form against a Dinamo Zagreb team who lie in bottom place with no points or goals. When the teams met at Stadion Maksimir on 14 September, a second-half strike from Ángel Di [ Read More ]
Bayern Munchen host Group A’s bottom side Villarreal CF on matchday five looking to wrap up qualification for the last 16 for the fourth year running. Bayern lead the group by three points from Manchester City FC and will secure their progress with victory. If they should win and City fail to beat SSC Napoli [ Read More ]