UEFA Champions League 17-18 October 2006

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

I thought it would be good to make a thread to discuss the Champions League this week. Feel free to post any info, team news, picks, or discussion.

Here are odds from Gamebookers for Tuesday 17th October:

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</td> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">1X2</td><td class="m" align="right" nowrap="nowrap">17 Oct 06 18:30 CET </td> <td bgcolor="#666666" width="13">

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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Home</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Draw</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Away</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">CSKA Moscow v Arsenal</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">2.25</td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="lt"><td style="padding-left: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10">

</td> <td class="m" nowrap="nowrap">1X2</td><td class="m" align="right" nowrap="nowrap">17 Oct 06 20:45 CET </td> <td bgcolor="#666666" width="13">

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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Home</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Draw</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Away</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Anderlecht v AC Milan</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">5.50</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.50</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">1.60</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Celtic v Benfica</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2.20</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">3.20</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Dynamo Kyiv v Olympic Lyon</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">5.00</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.40</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">1.67</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">FC Porto v Hamburger SV</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">1.85</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">3.30</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.00</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Lille OSC v AEK Athens</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">1.57</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.50</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">6.00</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Manchester Utd v FC Kopenhagen</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">1.15</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">7.00</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">15.00</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Steaua B. v Real Madrid</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">4.25</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.25</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">1.83</td></tr></tbody></table>

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Here are odds from Gamebookers for Wednesday 18th:

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</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Home</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Draw</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap" width="50">Away</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Bordeaux v Liverpool</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.00</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">2.30</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Chelsea v FC Barcelona</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2.45</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2.80</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Galatasaray v PSV Eindhoven</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">2.20</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.20</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Inter Milan v Spartak Moscow</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">1.27</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.80</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">11.00</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Olympiacos CFP v AS Roma</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">2.60</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">2.60</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Sporting Lisabon v Bayern München</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">3.10</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">3.00</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">2.30</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Valencia v Shakhtar Donetsk</td><td width="13">

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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">1.25</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">5.00</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">11.00</td></tr><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Werder Bremen v Levski Sofia</td><td width="13">

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rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

From Reuters:
GROUP A
CHELSEA v BARCELONA
Head-to-head record
Played: 9 Wins: Barcelona 5 Chelsea 3
Draws: 1

Previous meetings
ICFC: SF 27.04.66 Barcelona 2 Chelsea 0
11.05.66 Chelsea 2 Barcelona 0
25.05.66 Barcelona 5 Chelsea 0
CL: QF 5.04.00 Chelsea 3 Barcelona 1
18.04.00 Barcelona 5 Chelsea 1 (aet)
CL: KO 23.02.05 Barcelona 2 Chelsea 1
08.03.05 Chelsea 4 Barcelona 2
CL: KO 22.02.06 Chelsea 1 Barcelona 2
3.03.06 Barcelona 1 Chelsea 1

* Chelsea have lost only three of 57 European home games, the last against Barcelona in last season's knockout round.

* Before last season's defeat by Barcelona, Chelsea had won six and drawn one of their seven home games against Spanish opponents.

* European champions Barcelona have not been beaten in the Champions League since losing to Chelsea in the knockout round two seasons ago, a run of 15 matches in which they have conceded just six goals. They have let in just two goals in their last seven away.

* Barcelona will be playing their 53rd match against English opponents. They have won on three of their last four visits to England.
REFEREE: to be named

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Werder Bremen vs. Levski Sofia

WERDER BREMEN v LEVSKI SOFIA

Head-to-head record:
Played: 2; Wins: Werder 1, Draws: 1
Previous meetings
EC: R2 20.10.93 Levski Sofia 2 Werder Bremen 2
3/11/93 Werder Bremen 1 Levski Sofia 0

* Werder have scored four goals or more in 10 of their last 25 European home games.

* Werder have lost seven of their last 12 Champions League games and have not won any of the last three.

* Levski lost their Champions League debut match 0-5 away to Barcelona but that was their only defeat in their last six European away fixtures.
*Levski have a good record in Germany where they have lost just once on their last five visits.
REFEREE: to be named

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group B - Inter Milan vs. Spartak Moscow

INTER MILAN v SPARTAK MOSCOW Head-to-head record:
Played: 4, Inter 3 Draws: 1

Previous meetings
UEFA: SF 31.03.98 Inter Milan 2 Spartak Moscow 1
14.04.98 Spartak Moscow 1 Inter Milan 2
CL: GP 21.10.98 Inter Milan 2 Spartak Moscow 1
4.11.98 Spartak Moscow 1 Inter Milan 1

* Inter have lost their last three Champions League matches without scoring a goal.

* Inter have lost only one of eight previous games against Russian opponents.

* Spartak have gone 19 matches without a win in the Champions League, which would be a record but for AEK Athens's current run of 20. Fifteen of the 19 have been defeats.

* Spartak have lost 16 of their last 21 European away games and have scored just six times in the last 16.
REFEREE: to be named

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group B - Sporting Lisbon vs. Bayern Munich

SPORTING LISBON v BAYERN MUNICH
Head-to-head record -- none

* Sporting have lost three of their last four European home games.

* Sporting have never beaten a German team in eight attempts.

* Bayern have not lost on seven previous trips to play Portuguese teams and have not lost any of their last eight games against clubs from Portugal.

* Bayern have scored at least once in each of their last 12 Champions League games.
REFEREE: to be named

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group C - Bordeaux vs. Liverpool

GIRONDINS BORDEAUX v LIVERPOOL
Head-to-head record -- none
* Bordeaux have not won any of their last 10 Champions League games and have failed to score in seven of them.

* Bordeaux have never beaten an English club, losing three of four games against sides from England.Liverpool have been beaten only once in their last 12 European away games.

* Liverpool have lost six of their seven away games against French clubs.
REFEREE: to be named

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group C - Galatasaray vs. PSV Eindhoven

GALATASARAY v PSV EINDHOVEN
Head-to-head record:
Played: 4

Previous Meetings
Wins: Galatasaray 2 PSV Eindhoven 2
EC: R1 16.09.87 PSV Eindhoven 3 Galatasaray 0
30.09.87 Galatasaray 2 PSV Eindhoven 0
CL: GP 19.09.01 PSV Eindhoven 3 Galatasaray 1
30.10.01 Galatasaray 2 PSV Eindhoven 0

* Galatasaray have won only three of their last 20 Champions League matches.

* Galatasaray have won their two previous home games against Dutch opponents, both against PSV.

* PSV have failed to score in five of their last six Champions League away games.

* PSV have not won on five previous visits to Turkey in which they have lost four times. REFEREE: to be named

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group E - Dynamo Kiev vs. Lyon

DYNAMO KIEV v OLYMPIQUE LYON
Head-to-head record -- none

* Dynamo have lost their last three Champions League games by at least a three-goal margin. They have conceded 12 goals in those games.

* Dynamo have not won any of three previous matches in Kiev against French clubs. Their only home win over a French side was in the European Cup quarter-finals in 1976 when they beat St Etienne 2-0 in Simferopol.

* Lyon have kept clean sheets in five of their last six Champions League games.

* Lyon have never played against a team from Ukraine before.
REFEREE: Domenico Messina (Italy)

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group E - Steaua Bucharest vs. Real Madrid

STEAUA BUCHAREST v REAL MADRID
Head-to-head record -- none

* Steaua have won only two of their last 13 Champions League games.

* Steaua have kept clean sheets in their last three home games against Spanish sides but the last two ended in goalless draws.

* Real have failed to score in four of their last six Champions League away matches.

* Real have not won on their last four visits to Romania. Their only victory in Romania was more than 40 years ago when they beat Dinamo Bucharest 3-1 in the 1963-64 European Cup.
REFEREE: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group F - Celtic vs. Benfica

CELTIC v BENFICA
Head-to-head record
Played: 2
Wins: Benfica 1 Celtic 1

Previous Meetings
EC: R2 12.11.69 Celtic 3 Benfica 0
26.11.69 Benfica 3 Celtic 0

* Celtic have lost only one of their last 24 European home games and have won 18 of them.

* Celtic have won seven of their eight previous home games against Portuguese teams and drawn the other one.

* Benfica have failed to score in their last four Champions League matches.

* Benfica have won three of their four previous matches with Scottish sides but lost 0-3 to Celtic on their last visit to Scotland in the 1969-70 European Cup.

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group F - Manchester United vs. FC Copenhagen

MANCHESTER UNITED v FC COPENHAGEN
Head-to-head record - none

* United have lost only one of their last 28 European home games.

* United's only previous home game against a Danish club ended in a 5-0 hammering of Brondby in the 1998-99 Champions League. It followed a 6-2 away win in Denmark.

* Copenhagen have lost only one of their last 10 European away matches.

* Copenhagen are looking for their first goal and first victory in their debut Champions League season.
REFEREE: Jan W. Wegereef (Netherlands)

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group G - CSKA Moscow vs. Arsenal

CSKA MOSCOW v ARSENAL
Head-to-head record - none

* CSKA have won eight of their last nine European home games.

* CSKA, who have kept clean sheets in each of their last four European matches, lost their only previous home game with an English club, going down 0-1 to Chelsea in the Champions League two seasons ago.

* Arsenal are unbeaten in their last eight European away games, winning six and drawing two.

* Arsenal have failed to win on three previous visits to play Russian teams in Moscow.
REFEREE: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group G - Porto vs. Hamburg SV

PORTO v HAMBURG SV
Head-to-head record
Played: 4, Wins: Hamburg 2 Porto 2

Previous meetings
UEFA: R3 26.11.75 Hamburg SV 2 Porto 0
10.12.75 Porto 2 Hamburg SV 1
UEFA: R3 22.11.89 Hamburg SV 1 Porto 0
6.12.89 Porto 2 Hamburg SV 1

* Porto have won only two of their last nine Champions League home games. They have not won any of the last five games, home or away, and failed to score in the last three.

* Porto have lost only two of their last nine matches against German clubs.

* Hamburg have won only one of eight matches in the Champions League.

* Hamburg lost 1-2 on both of their two previous visits to Portugal, both against Porto. REFEREE: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group H - Lille vs. AEK Athens

LILLE v AEK ATHENS
Head-to-head record
Played: 1 Wins: Lille 1

Previous meeting
UEFA: GP 25.11.04 AEK Athens 1 Lille 2

* Lille have kept a clean sheet in six of their last seven European home games.

* Lille have won only one of their last 12 Champions League matches.

* AEK could extend an unenviable record of 20 successive games without a win in the Champions League. Despite 11 draws, they are still seeking their first victory in the competition.

* AEK have never beaten a French club in any of their 13 meetings and have failed to score on their last five visits to France. REFEREE: Florian Meyer (Germany)

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group H - Anderlecht vs. AC Milan

ANDERLECHT v AC MILAN
Head-to-head record
Played: 2
Draws: 2

Previous meetings
CL: GP 24.11.03 Anderlecht 0 AC Milan 0
30.03.94 AC Milan 0 Anderlecht 0

* Anderlecht have lost six of their last seven Champions League home games and drawn the other one.

* A defeat for Anderlecht would be their 100th in European competition in their 301st match.

* Milan are unbeaten in their last six European away games and have lost only two of their last 11 Champions League away matches.

* Milan have kept seven clean sheets in their last eight games against Belgian clubs and are unbeaten in their last five matches away to teams from Belgium.
REFEREE: Luis Cantalejo (Spain)

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group D - Valencia vs. Shakhtar Donetsk

VALENCIA v SHAKHTAR DONETSK
Head-to-head record -- none

* Valencia have won 11 of their last 14 European home games.

* Valencia have never played a Ukrainian opponent before.

* Shakhtar have lost all seven previous Champions League away games and have failed to score in the last four.

* Shakhtar have lost on all three previous trips to Spain without scoring a single goal.
REFEREE: to be named

rhinooooo · Oct 16, 2006

Group D - Olympiakos vs. Roma

OLYMPIAKOS PIRAEUS v AS ROMA
Head-to-head record: none

* Olympiakos have lost four of their last five European home games.

* Olympiakos have lost three and drawn one of their last four home games against Italian opponents.

* Roma have won only five of their last 28 Champions League matches.

* Roma have never lost to Greek opposition and have drawn 0-0 on all three previous visits to Greece.
REFEREE: to be named

MarkieMark+ · Oct 16, 2006

Great information, rhinooooo.

Thanks!

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