How teams can still qualify from UCL groups
With one more matchday left, here's what the remaining teams need to do to seal progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
*Teams are ranked by points, then head-to-head matches among tied teams, then goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams.
GROUP A
Man United (12): One point against CSKA Moscow will be enough for top spot. Will win group if they avoid five-goal defeat. Can only be knocked out if they lose to CSKA by six goals and Basel win.
FC Basel (9): Basel are through if they beat CSKA's result, or if both teams draw or lose due to their superior head-to-head. If CSKA and Basel both win then Basel are through, unless CSKA win by a margin of between three and six goals inclusive.
CSKA Moscow (9): CSKA will have to better Basel's points haul to be guaranteed of a place in the knockout rounds. Need six goals vs. Man United to knock them out, or a margin of three goals to knock out Basel in the head-to-head.
Benfica (0): Out of everything.
GROUP B
PSG (15): Through. Need one point vs. Bayern to seal top spot but they could even finish top with a loss as long as the German club win by a margin smaller than 3-0, as that would still leave PSG ahead on head-to-head goal difference.
Bayern (12): Through. Will have to win by more than 3-0 at home to PSG to take top spot. They are miles behind on goal difference.
Celtic (3): Can seal a Europa League spot by taking a point against Anderlecht on the final matchday.
Anderlecht (0). Will have to win by more than 3-0 at Celtic to climb above them for a place in the Europa League.
GROUP C
Chelsea (10): Through. A win at home to Atletico seals top spot -- but a defeat or draw coupled with a win for Roma will see them finish second.
Roma (8): A win vs. Qarabag seals their place in the round of 16, but they must avoid drawing or losing if Atletico win.
Atletico Madrid (6): Must beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and hope Qarabag beat Roma. If they win and Roma draw, Atletico are through on head-to-head goal difference.
Qarabag (2): Out of everything.
GROUP D
Barcelona (11): Through. Already sealed top spot as they have a better head-to-head record than Juventus.
Juventus (8): A win over Olympiakos seals second. A draw or defeat is enough if Sporting lose. If Juve lose and Sporting draw then Juve go through on head-to-head goal difference.
Sporting Lisbon (7): Must beat Barcelona and hope Olympiakos beat or draw with Juventus. But they won't progress on head-to-head, so need to better Juve's final result too.
Olympiakos (1): Out of everything.
GROUP E
Liverpool (9): A win or draw against Spartak seals their place. They will be tied on head-to-head with Sevilla if they lose and Sevilla draw, but they'll top Sevilla on away goals scored if that happens.
Sevilla (8): A win over Maribor seals their place. A draw or defeat depends on what happens at Liverpool vs. Spartak. But they have a worse head-to-head goal difference than Spartak and would also fall behind Liverpool if they finished level.
Spartak Moscow (6): A win makes things interesting and would take them through on head-to-head over Liverpool. If all teams finish on nine points (i.e. if Spartak win and Sevilla draw), then Spartak finish top and Liverpool go through second.
Maribor (2): Out of everything.
GROUP F
Manchester City (15): Through. Already top.
Shakhtar Donetsk (9): Need a point to go through from their game against an under-strength City.
Napoli (6): Must beat Feyenoord and hope Shakhtar lose to City. They would go through on head-to-head goal difference over Shakhtar.
Feyenoord (0): Out of everything.
GROUP G
Besiktas (11): Through. Already top.
FC Porto (7): Through if they beat Monaco. Just need to better Leipzig's result as they win 5-4 on head-to-head goal difference.
RB Leipzig (7): Have to beat Besiktas and hope Monaco hold Porto to a draw or defeat.
AS Monaco (2): Out of everything.
GROUP H
Tottenham (13): Through. Already top.
Real Madrid (10): Through. Already second as they are worse than Spurs on head-to-head goal difference.
Borussia Dortmund (2): Must better or equal Apoel's result to seal a spot in the Europa League -- as their head-to-head goal difference is tied at 2-2 it would go to overall goal difference if they finish level. And Dortmund are -5 compared to -12.
Apoel Nicosia (2): Must better Dortmund's result to seal a Europa League spot.
Source: espn.co.uk
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