The Champions League continues tonight and Europe’s top teams set to battle it out in the biggest club competition in the world.
The biggest talking points sees Jose Mourinho trying to turn around Chelsea’s abysmal start to the season when he returns to the club he won his first Champions League and made his name, FC Porto.
Elsewhere Arsenal will hope their loss to Dinamo Zagrab in match day one is only a blip when they welcome Olympiakos. They have won their last six home fixtures against the Greek champions.
Robert Lewandowki will hope to continue his fine run of form against Dinamo while Barcelona will face Bayer Leverkusen without the best player of 2015 so far, Lionel Messi who has been ruled out for two months with a knee injury.
Jose Mourinho drops Matic, Hazard who are replaced by Ramires and Mikel.
FACTS:
Dinamo Zagreb are currently on a 45-match unbeaten run, with their last defeat coming to Astra in November 2014.
Eden Hazard has failed to score in each of his last 12 competitive games for Chelsea (last goal vs. Crystal Palace on May 3rd).
Arsenal have lost five of their last 11 Champions League home games, this after losing just one of the previous 39
Chelsea have won 80% of their CL games against Portuguese sides, their highest ratio vs any nation faced more than 10 times.
Olympiakos have lost all 12 of their away games against English teams in European competition.
Neymar has been directly involved in 17 Champions League goals in 23 games since he joined Barcelona.
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The line-ups for the matches tonight:
Porto XI vs. Chelsea: Casillas; Maxi Pereira, Maicon, Marcano, Martins Indi; Danilo, Rúben Neves, Imbula; Brahimi, Aboubakar, André André.
Chelsea XI vs. Porto: Begovic; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Ramires, Willian, Pedro; Diego Costa.
Arsenal XI vs. Olympiakos: Ospina; Bellerin, Koscielny, Gabriel, Gibbs; Cazorla, Coquelin; Ozlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Sanchez; Walcott.
Olympiakos XI vs. Arsenal: Roberto; Elabdellaoui, Botia, Siovas, Salino; Cambiasso, Kasami; Pardo, Fortounis, Seba; Brown Ideye.
Lyon XI vs. Valencia: Lopes; Jallet, Bisevac, Umtiti, Morel; Gonalons, Darder, Tolisso; Valbuena, Kalulu, Lacazette.
Valencia XI vs. Lyon: Domenech; João Cancelo, Mustafi, Abdennour, Orban; Javi Fuego, Enzo Pérez, Dani Parejo; Piatti, Feghouli; Negredo.
Leverkusen XI vs. Barcelona: Leno; Tah, Papadopoulos, Wendell, Donati; Bender, Çalhanoglu, Kramer; Bellarabi, Kampl; Javier Hernández.
Barcelona XI vs. Leverkusen: Ter Stegen; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Mathieu; Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic; Sandro, Neymar, Suarez.
Roma XI vs. BATE: Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, De Rossi, Digne; Vainqueur, Nainggolan, Pjanic; Iturbe, Gervinho, Salah.
FT: Porto shock Chelsea 2-1, Arsenal lose 2-3 at home which is a bad night for English teams.
BATE Borisov 3 – 2 Roma
Barcelona 2 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen
Arsenal 2 – 3 Olympiakos
Bayern Munich 5 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
FC Porto 2 – 1 Chelsea
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 2 Dynamo Kyiv
Lyon 0 – 1 Valencia
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 1 Gent
90+ Chelsea are pleading for a penalty after Diego Costa strikes a defenders hand with the ball, referee is having none of it.
84′ Two goals in 2 mins! What a comeback by Barcelona! Youngster Sergi Roberto taps in, then Suarez lashes into the top-right corner.
83′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! BATE 3-2 Roma: Torosidis pulls another one back for Roma. Can Roma still gain a point from this game???
82′ GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! Barcelona 2-1 Leverkusen: Suárez turns the game around for Barcelona
80′ GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!!! Barcelona 1-1 Leverkusen: Sergi Roberto equalizes for Barcelona
71′ Chelsea are really struggling. Scrapping everything, everywhere.
70′ SUB: Pedro off for Kennedy
67′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!! BATE 3-1 Roma. Gervinho pulls one back for the Romans
67′ Ohh dear, Olympiakos hit back through Finnbogason. Arsenal 2 – 3 Olympiakos
65′ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!! Alexis Sanchez equalizes for Arsenal. Arsenal 2 – 0 Oympiakos. GAME ON
63′ SUB: Rafinha on. Jerome Boateng on (Bayern 5 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb)
61′ SUB: Mikel Obi off, Eden Hazard on for Chelsea
55′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Robbert Lewandowski is the in-form player with Europe now. The Polish striker scores his hat-trick and makes it Bayern 5 – 0 Dinamo. He now has 10 goals in his last three games.
53′ Beautiful attempt by Diego Costa. The Spanish striker picks up
the ball on the left and curls a Del Piero esque kind of shot which hits
the cross bar
51′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!! Maicon makes it Porto 2 – 1 Chelsea. Chelsea in all kinds of trouble now
50′ GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! Maccabi 0-2 Dynamo (Júnior Moraes). Derlis González cuts into the penalty area before finding Júnior Moraes, who curls into the corner of the net
46′ Second half kicks off in all centers
HT: Its half time in all centers and its been an entertaining first half in all centers
BATE Borisov 2 – 0 Roma
Barcelona 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen
Arsenal 1 – 2 Olympiakos
Bayern Munich 4 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
FC Porto 1 – 1 Chelsea
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv
Lyon 0 – 1 Valencia
Zenit St. Petersburg 1 – 0 Gent
45′ GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Willian scores on the stroke of half-time. Ramires is fouled outside the bos and Willian steps up to score a beautiful free-kick which keeps Casillas rooted to the spot
42′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! Lyon 0-1 Valencia. Algeria’s Feghouli puts the Spanish side ahead
41′ GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!!!!!!! Arsenal 1-2 Olympiacos. Fortounis compounds more woes on Arsenal.
39′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Andre Andre shocks Chelsea. Brahimi dribbles Ivanovic easily and shoots but Begovic does well to block his shot which falls for Andre to volley in
36′ GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL! Zenit 1-0 Gent (Dzyuba 35). Danny finds Hulk who holds off the defender and crosses for Dzyuba to head in to make it 1-0
35′ EQUALIZER!!!!!!! Theo Walcott pulls Arsenal level. Arsenal 1 – 1 Olympiakos, GAME ON!!!
31′ GOOOOAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! Arsenal in all kinds of trouble now as Olympiakos’s Pardo scores against the Gunners. Arsenal 0 – 1 Olympiakos
28′ ANOTHER GOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Bayern Munich sending the right message to all of Europe. Lewandowski scores his second of the night to make it Bayern 4 – 0 Zagreb
26′ GOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Bayern demolishing Dinamo Zagreb . Mario Goetze makes it three against a team who are yet to lose their last 49 matches
23′ GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Kyriakos Papadopoulos shocks Barcelona with a fine goal. Barcelona 1 – 0 Bayern Leverkusen
22′ GOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Robert Lewandowski continues his fine form as he double Bayern’s lead against Dinamo. Bayern 2 – Dinamo
13′ GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! Roma in all kinds of trouble. Filip Mladenovic doubles BATE’s lead against Roma. 2 – 0
12′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Douglas Costa scores for Bayern against Dinamo. Bayern 1 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
10′ WHAT A MISSED CHANCE FOR PEDRO!!! The former Barcelona attacker
was fed one on one against Casillas, he does well to stand on his feet
and shoot but Casillas does well to block the shot
8′ Porto still looking dominant against Chelsea. Jose Mourinho looks worried on the bench
7′ Igor Stasevich scores for BATE against AS Roma. The Romans are missing Francesco Totti in that match due to injury.
6′ Almost For Chelsea. Diego Costa robs Maicon of possession close to the half-way line, he takes on two defenders and feeds Fabregas who shoots buut Iker Casillas does well to push round the post
4′ GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!! Andriy Yarmolenko scores for Dynamo Kiev against Maccabi Tel Aviv
2′ In the Porto Vs Chelsea match, Porto are the better attacking side with two chances created already
The biggest talking points sees Jose Mourinho trying to turn around Chelsea’s abysmal start to the season when he returns to the club he won his first Champions League and made his name, FC Porto.
Elsewhere Arsenal will hope their loss to Dinamo Zagrab in match day one is only a blip when they welcome Olympiakos. They have won their last six home fixtures against the Greek champions.
Robert Lewandowki will hope to continue his fine run of form against Dinamo while Barcelona will face Bayer Leverkusen without the best player of 2015 so far, Lionel Messi who has been ruled out for two months with a knee injury.
Jose Mourinho drops Matic, Hazard who are replaced by Ramires and Mikel.
FACTS:
Dinamo Zagreb are currently on a 45-match unbeaten run, with their last defeat coming to Astra in November 2014.
Eden Hazard has failed to score in each of his last 12 competitive games for Chelsea (last goal vs. Crystal Palace on May 3rd).
Arsenal have lost five of their last 11 Champions League home games, this after losing just one of the previous 39
Chelsea have won 80% of their CL games against Portuguese sides, their highest ratio vs any nation faced more than 10 times.
Olympiakos have lost all 12 of their away games against English teams in European competition.
Neymar has been directly involved in 17 Champions League goals in 23 games since he joined Barcelona.
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The line-ups for the matches tonight:
Porto XI vs. Chelsea: Casillas; Maxi Pereira, Maicon, Marcano, Martins Indi; Danilo, Rúben Neves, Imbula; Brahimi, Aboubakar, André André.
Chelsea XI vs. Porto: Begovic; Ivanovic, Zouma, Cahill, Azpilicueta; Mikel, Fabregas; Ramires, Willian, Pedro; Diego Costa.
Arsenal XI vs. Olympiakos: Ospina; Bellerin, Koscielny, Gabriel, Gibbs; Cazorla, Coquelin; Ozlade-Chamberlain, Ozil, Sanchez; Walcott.
Olympiakos XI vs. Arsenal: Roberto; Elabdellaoui, Botia, Siovas, Salino; Cambiasso, Kasami; Pardo, Fortounis, Seba; Brown Ideye.
Lyon XI vs. Valencia: Lopes; Jallet, Bisevac, Umtiti, Morel; Gonalons, Darder, Tolisso; Valbuena, Kalulu, Lacazette.
Valencia XI vs. Lyon: Domenech; João Cancelo, Mustafi, Abdennour, Orban; Javi Fuego, Enzo Pérez, Dani Parejo; Piatti, Feghouli; Negredo.
Leverkusen XI vs. Barcelona: Leno; Tah, Papadopoulos, Wendell, Donati; Bender, Çalhanoglu, Kramer; Bellarabi, Kampl; Javier Hernández.
Barcelona XI vs. Leverkusen: Ter Stegen; Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Mathieu; Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitic; Sandro, Neymar, Suarez.
Roma XI vs. BATE: Szczesny; Florenzi, Manolas, De Rossi, Digne; Vainqueur, Nainggolan, Pjanic; Iturbe, Gervinho, Salah.
FT: Porto shock Chelsea 2-1, Arsenal lose 2-3 at home which is a bad night for English teams.
Barcelona 2 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen
Arsenal 2 – 3 Olympiakos
Bayern Munich 5 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
FC Porto 2 – 1 Chelsea
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 2 Dynamo Kyiv
Lyon 0 – 1 Valencia
Zenit St. Petersburg 2 – 1 Gent
90+ Chelsea are pleading for a penalty after Diego Costa strikes a defenders hand with the ball, referee is having none of it.
84′ Two goals in 2 mins! What a comeback by Barcelona! Youngster Sergi Roberto taps in, then Suarez lashes into the top-right corner.
83′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! BATE 3-2 Roma: Torosidis pulls another one back for Roma. Can Roma still gain a point from this game???
82′ GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! Barcelona 2-1 Leverkusen: Suárez turns the game around for Barcelona
Suarez celebrates his goal
71′ Chelsea are really struggling. Scrapping everything, everywhere.
Papadopoulos celebrating his goal against Barcelona
67′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL!!!!! BATE 3-1 Roma. Gervinho pulls one back for the Romans
67′ Ohh dear, Olympiakos hit back through Finnbogason. Arsenal 2 – 3 Olympiakos
65′ GOOOOOOOAAAAALLLL!!!!! Alexis Sanchez equalizes for Arsenal. Arsenal 2 – 0 Oympiakos. GAME ON
63′ SUB: Rafinha on. Jerome Boateng on (Bayern 5 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb)
61′ SUB: Mikel Obi off, Eden Hazard on for Chelsea
55′ GOOOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!!! Robbert Lewandowski is the in-form player with Europe now. The Polish striker scores his hat-trick and makes it Bayern 5 – 0 Dinamo. He now has 10 goals in his last three games.
51′ GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!! Maicon makes it Porto 2 – 1 Chelsea. Chelsea in all kinds of trouble now
50′ GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!!!! Maccabi 0-2 Dynamo (Júnior Moraes). Derlis González cuts into the penalty area before finding Júnior Moraes, who curls into the corner of the net
46′ Second half kicks off in all centers
HT: Its half time in all centers and its been an entertaining first half in all centers
BATE Borisov 2 – 0 Roma
Barcelona 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen
Arsenal 1 – 2 Olympiakos
Bayern Munich 4 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
FC Porto 1 – 1 Chelsea
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0 – 1 Dynamo Kyiv
Lyon 0 – 1 Valencia
Zenit St. Petersburg 1 – 0 Gent
45′ GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Willian scores on the stroke of half-time. Ramires is fouled outside the bos and Willian steps up to score a beautiful free-kick which keeps Casillas rooted to the spot
Chelsea’s
Spanish midfielder Pedro (C) vies with Porto’s Dutch defender Bruno
Martins Indi (L) during the UEFA Champions League Group G football match
at the Dragao stadium in Porto on September 29, 2015. AFP PHOTO /
MIGUEL RIOPA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP/Getty Images)
41′ GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL!!!!!!!!! Arsenal 1-2 Olympiacos. Fortounis compounds more woes on Arsenal.
39′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!! Andre Andre shocks Chelsea. Brahimi dribbles Ivanovic easily and shoots but Begovic does well to block his shot which falls for Andre to volley in
36′ GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAL! Zenit 1-0 Gent (Dzyuba 35). Danny finds Hulk who holds off the defender and crosses for Dzyuba to head in to make it 1-0
35′ EQUALIZER!!!!!!! Theo Walcott pulls Arsenal level. Arsenal 1 – 1 Olympiakos, GAME ON!!!
31′ GOOOOAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! Arsenal in all kinds of trouble now as Olympiakos’s Pardo scores against the Gunners. Arsenal 0 – 1 Olympiakos
28′ ANOTHER GOOOOAAAALLLL!!!! Bayern Munich sending the right message to all of Europe. Lewandowski scores his second of the night to make it Bayern 4 – 0 Zagreb
26′ GOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!! Bayern demolishing Dinamo Zagreb . Mario Goetze makes it three against a team who are yet to lose their last 49 matches
23′ GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Kyriakos Papadopoulos shocks Barcelona with a fine goal. Barcelona 1 – 0 Bayern Leverkusen
Barcelona’s
Argentinian defender Javier Mascherano (R) vies with Bayer Leverkusen’s
Mexican forward Javier Hernandez (L) during the UEFA Champions League
Group E football match between FC Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen. AFP
PHOTO / LLUIS GENE (Photo credit should read LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty
Images)
13′ GOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!! Roma in all kinds of trouble. Filip Mladenovic doubles BATE’s lead against Roma. 2 – 0
12′ GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!! Douglas Costa scores for Bayern against Dinamo. Bayern 1 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb
8′ Porto still looking dominant against Chelsea. Jose Mourinho looks worried on the bench
7′ Igor Stasevich scores for BATE against AS Roma. The Romans are missing Francesco Totti in that match due to injury.
6′ Almost For Chelsea. Diego Costa robs Maicon of possession close to the half-way line, he takes on two defenders and feeds Fabregas who shoots buut Iker Casillas does well to push round the post
4′ GOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!! Andriy Yarmolenko scores for Dynamo Kiev against Maccabi Tel Aviv
2′ In the Porto Vs Chelsea match, Porto are the better attacking side with two chances created already
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