28 September 2016

Closure of round two

From 8 matches tonight, 2 teams are going to have 'the easiest' opponents while other 6 pairs will be very open. With these games it will complete matchday two in the Champions league group phase.

- Arsenal - Basel. Although Basel can be dangerous as visitors, this evening they are playing very tough opponent. Arsenal should have no problems to brake the resistant Swiss team and it would be a real miracle if they drop all points at home.
- Atletico Madrid - Bayern Munich. Clash of two excellent teams. As Atletico Madrid's form is improving from game to game and Bayern is playing superb football away, we can say that this is the only derby of the evening. The home side are considered as slight favorites over the mighty Germans, but both are playing excellent football a draw is the only solution.
- Besiktas - Dynamo Kyiv. Good Besiktas form at home should give the Turkish side advantage for first three points in group B. Inconvenient Dynamo Kyiv knows to record victories away, but the victory should stay at home.
- Borussia Moenchengladbach - Barcelona. Powerful Barcelona simply crashes every team on their way and next is Borussia Moencengladbach, which playing skills are improving from game to game. If the Germans wants to be joyful the Catalans have to have a bad night, but we cannot see if that is (even) possible.
- Celtic - Manchester City. Will Celtic is going to suffer another humiliation in the group phase, only the players can answer that. In this 'friendly' Champions league match Scots are continuing to play awful, although their home form is improving. On the other side Manchester City is absolute favorite, and no matter how hard Celtic try, there is no objection of who is the strongest team in this match.
- Rostov - PSV Eindhoven. Home form is excellent for Rostov, but the opponent tonight is also tough. PSV Eindhoven records only victories away while the Russians are unbeatable on their stadium. There is no doubt that these two will attack victory, but both will share one point.
- Ludogorets Razgrad - PSG. First real test for the Bulgarian champions. PSG is absolute favorites to take the game, but lately they are not so confident. Ludogorets Razgrad will fire everything at them and the team is capable of scoring goals. On the other hand the French, as experienced team, should have no problem stealing the away victory.
- Napoli - Benfica. Convincing Napoli awaits experienced Benfica team, who can be also inconvenient. Meetings between these two are always decided by a minimal win, tonight it can be the same for any one, but sharing points is inevitable.

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