[Albion] Champions League final group fixtures

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Man Utd about to take on a Bayern Munich side that were thrashed by Frankfurt.

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It's got Kane hat-trick and Slabhead own goal written all over it

 

[Drebin]

Oooooh. Away at Salzburg with some skiing thrown in.
Come on Mars…..
Only joking…sort of.

 

[Dirty Dave]

If we finish 2nd, is it 100% guaranteed that we'll be home for the play off 2nd leg?

 

[Doug-ees-evil]

If we finish 2nd, is it 100% guaranteed that we'll be home for the play off 2nd leg?

No the opposite I think. Away 2nd leg. Which in some ways may suit us if you look at our Euro away results/performances so far.

 

[Swegulls]

I'll have a go then ...

Group A: 3. Man Utd (FCK will win and FC Bayern will play the bench and loose)
Group B: 3. Sevilla (Surely Sevilla will get the away win needed?)
Group C: 3. Braga (This one is a bit tricky...)
Group D: 3. RB Salzburg (Avoid defeat and they will be third)
Group E: 3. Feyenoord (Already through to EL)
Group F: 3. PSG (A Toon win and a draw at Iduna will kick down PSG to third I reckon?)
Group G: 3. Young Boys (Already through to EL)
Group H: 3. Shakhtar (A draw will be enough for Porto against Shakhtar)

That's it!

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

If we finish 2nd, is it 100% guaranteed that we'll be home for the play off 2nd leg?

No the opposite I think. Away 2nd leg. Which in some ways may suit us if you look at our Euro away results/performances so far.

If we finish 2nd we will be home in the second leg of the play off round.

If we win that game we’d be home in the first leg of the last 16 game.

If we win the group we will be away second leg of the last 16 game.

 

[Doug-ees-evil]

If we finish 2nd we will be home in the second leg of the play off round.

If we win that game we’d be home in the first leg of the last 16 game.

If we win the group we will be away second leg of the last 16 game.

Ah... my apologies. Cheers for clearing that up. So winning the group is still by far the best outcome on Thursday. Huge game.

 

[Driver8]

If we finish 2nd we will be home in the second leg of the play off round.

If we win that game we’d be home in the first leg of the last 16 game.

If we win the group we will be away second leg of the last 16 game.

I think the third one is wrong. If we win the group we are home second leg.

 

[Doug-ees-evil]

It's all very confusing.
I think if we beat Marseille at home on Thursday.. then UEFA should just hand us the Europa trophy there and then and be done with it.

 

[Arthur]

Where are Shakhtar playing their home games?

 

[Doug-ees-evil]

Where are Shakhtar playing their home games?

Hamburg I believe.. which would be an amazing away trip.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

I think the third one is wrong. If we win the group we are home second leg.

Sorry yes I meant home, not sure why I typed away. My bad.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

As someone working in education I've got my eye on second place and an away trip during Feb half term. I can't be the only one...

 

[Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper]

Am off to the Olympiastadion tonight to watch Union Berlin v Real Madrid.

After coming close to getting a draw in the reverse fixture and coming off a first win since August at the weekend vs Mochengladbach, the hope is Madrid put out a weakened side with 1st place sewn up, we sneak a win, Napoli do the business v Braga and Union scrape 3rd place to get into the Europa play-offs.

It's a long shot, but stranger things have happened! Also would imagine in that scenario, they'd play any Europa knockout games back at their own home of Alte Försterei rather than at Hertha's ground.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Copenhagen. Hamburg. Berlin. My head is struggling to deal with the prospect of heading back to some of my favourite places on the planet. To watch us playing there.

Ahem. Must calm down, not count chickens etc. But…bloody hell.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Just want Man Ure OUT, beyond that que sera sera.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

It's a long shot, but stranger things have happened! Also would imagine in that scenario, they'd play any Europa knockout games back at their own home of Alte Försterei rather than at Hertha's ground.

Union Berlin played last seasons Europa League fixtures at their own ground so I can't see any reason it wouldn't happen if they got through. Although interestingly they could have played the CL games at Alte Forsterei this season, however they chose to move the games to maximise ticket sales.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Group D: 3. RB Salzburg (Avoid defeat and they will be third)

Salzburg can afford to lose 0-1 and still be 3rd as they beat Benfica 2-0 away. I’m hoping Brighton and Salzburg don’t play each other before the final.

I’m on my way to Salzburg as I type.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Group F is the only one that contains teams I'd be concerned about (who are likely to finish 3rd)

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

8 changes for Arsenal... resting all their players for the "big one" at the weekend.
Mind you, we'll probably make 8 changes as well!