On half way

Next midweek is going to start the European Cups, second in this month or third overall. In total, 40 duels will entertain us on the midway path at the group stages. One interesting things is that, if we look as alphabetical order, in both competitions two teams with the same name are opening European plays from different countries.

Champions league is first with 2 nights and 2 kick-offs. As it is in practice from this season only two duels are going to start each night, while the rest will play right after them.

Tuesday, 23 October at 18.55 CET: AEK Athens - Bayern Munich.
Tuesday, 23 October at 18.55 CET: Young Boys Bern - Valencia.

Tuesday, 23 October at 21.00 CET: Ajax - Benfica.
Tuesday, 23 October at 21.00 CET: Hoffenheim - Olympique Lyon.
Tuesday, 23 October at 21.00 CET: Manchester United - Juventus.
Tuesday, 23 October at 21.00 CET: Real Madrid - Viktoria Plzen.
Tuesday, 23 October at 21.00 CET: Roma - CSKA Moscow.
Tuesday, 23 October at 21.00 CET: Shakhtar Donetsk - Manchester City.

Wednesday, 24 October at 18.55 CET: Club Brugge - Monaco.
Wednesday, 24 October at 18.55 CET: PSV Eindhoven - Tottenham.

Wednesday, 24 October at 21.00 CET: Barcelona - Inter.
Wednesday, 24 October at 21.00 CET: Borussia Dortmund - Atletico Madrid.
Wednesday, 24 October at 21.00 CET: Galatasaray - Schalke 04.
Wednesday, 24 October at 21.00 CET: Liverpool - Crvena Zvezda.
Wednesday, 24 October at 21.00 CET: Lokomotiv Moscow - Porto.
Wednesday, 24 October at 21.00 CET: PSG - Napoli.

The only event that has an equal number of duels is Europa league. Out of 24 matches, half of them are playing first, the others are following, and all that is happening on the same night.

Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: AEK Larnaca - Ludogorets.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Anderlecht - Fenerbahce.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: F91 Dudelange - Olympiacos.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: FC Copenhagen - Slavia Prague.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Milan - Real Betis.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Qarabag - Vorskla Poltava.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: RasenBallsport Leipzig - Celtic.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Red Bull Salzburg - Rosenborg.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Spartak Trnava - Dinamo Zagreb.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Sporting Clube de Portugal - Arsenal.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Zenit Saint Petersburg - Bordeaux.
Thursday, 25 October at 18.55 CET: Zurich - Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Besiktas - Genk.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Chelsea - BATE Borisov.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Eintracht Frankfurt - Apollon Limassol.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Glasgow Rangers - Spartak Moscow.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Jablonec - Astana.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Olympique Marseille - Lazio.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: PAOK - Videoton.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Sarpsborg 08 - Malmo.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Sevilla - Akhisarspor.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Stade Rennais - Dynamo Kyiv.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Standard Liege - Krasnodar.
Thursday, 25 October at 21.00 CET: Villarreal - Rapid Vienna.