UEFA Champions league draw for 2020-21 Group stage has been revealed on October 1st ,Thursday. Ronaldo’s Juventus and Lionel Messi’s Barcelona drawn in same group, while Manchester United and PSG are in group of death. Let’s review each group and predict who can qualify for knock-outs from each Group.
Group A
2019-20 Champions League Winners Bayern Munich will feature in group a along with Spanish side Altetico Madrid ,Austrian side Salzburg and Russian side Lokomotiv Moskva.
Our experts panel feels it will be straight forward group and predicts Bayern to top the Group while Atletico joins the champions in knock-out stages.
- Bayern
- Atlético
- Salzburg
- Lokomotiv Moskva
Group B
Thirteen time Champions League winners Real Madrid will be part of group B along with Italian Giants Inter Milan, Ukraine champions Shakhtar Donetsk and German side Monchenglabach.
Our Experts panel feels, it will be a three horse race in Group B and they predicts Real Madrid to lead the group and Europa league runner up Inter to edge Shakhtar for second place.
- Real Madrid
- Shakhtar Donetsk
- Inter
- Mönchengladbach
Group C
Manchester City will be part of group c along with 2004 Champions League winners Porto, Greek side Olympiacos and French Side Marseille.
Pep Guardiola’s team has been big disappointment for last few seasons in the Champions League, the English side failed to make deep run in the competition even with great squad. But our experts panel predicts Manchester side to lead the table and Porto to clinch second position ahead of Olympiacos.
- Man City
- Porto
- Olympiacos
- Marseille
Group D
English Champions Liverpool drawn in Group D along with Dutch side Ajax, Italian side Atalanta and Denmark side Midtjylland.
Our experts panel predicts 2018-19 UEFA Champions Liverpool to dominate the group and Atalanta to clinch second place.
- Liverpool
- Ajax
- Atalanta
- Midtjylland
Group E
Europa League winners Sevilla and rejuvenated Chelsea are drawn in Group E along with Russian side Krasnodar and French side Rennes.
Our Experts Panel predicts Sevilla and Chelsea to make the cut for knock-out stage from Group E.
- Sevilla
- Chelsea
- Krasnodar
- Rennes
Group F
Russian Champions Zenit will be part of group F along with German side Dortmund, Italian team Lazio and Belgium champions Club Brugge. Our expert panel predicts Dortmund and Zenit to reach Round of 16 from group H.
- Zenit
- Dortmund
- Lazio
- Club Brugge
Group G
Group G draw has been talk of the day, Messi and Ronaldo in same group and going at each other one more time will be a treat for football fans. Probably fans are biggest winners after today’s draw. Ukraine side Dynamo Kyiv and Hungarian side Ferencvaros are biggest losers after drawn alongside two European giants, our experts panel predicts Juventus to lead Barcelona into knock-out stage from Group G.
- Juventus
- Barcelona
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Ferencváros
Group H
Second biggest story of this UCL draw is , PSG and Manchester United drawn into group of death along side 2019-20 semi-finalist Leipzig and Turkey champions İstanbul Başakşehir. PSG eliminated Leipzig in last season’s semi-final. United eliminated PSG previous season with a record breaking come back win.
Our expert panel predicts last year runner up PSG to lead the group and German’s Leipzig to clinch second place ahead of Manchester United and Istanbul Basaksehir. United’s lack of new signing to address their weak defense and Center Forward will come back and haunt them in the competition.
- PSG
- Manchester United
- Leipzig
- İstanbul Başakşehir
When Manchester United and PSG met in Champions League, history was made.
PSG beat Leipzig in semi-finals when both sides met in last season.
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