Last week, four of the eight Round of 16 games were played in the UEFA Champions League. And three of them finished with the away teams picking up maximum points.
The fight for who gets the first-leg advantage continues this week as the other set of eight teams fight it out.
From England to Spain, Italy, and Germany, teams will slug it out for points and, most especially, away goals.
The two English teams involved this week, Chelsea and Manchester City, will be playing away from home. Knowing how the away teams fared last week, they will be hoping the trend continues this week as they chase maximum points and away goals.
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For Thomas Tuchel’s Blues, theirs is the daunting task of facing Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid. Both sides have a bit of UCL history together. The last both sides clashed, it was in the Champions League… And it ended in a draw.
After they lost their opening game of the year, Atletico Madrid managed an unbeaten run that came to an end in their last game. It was the second time they failed to score this year.
Will both sides score in this clash?
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For Manchester City, it will be all about maintaining their momentum.
Pep Guardiola’s side is yet to taste defeat this year. No team has even been bold enough to hold them to a draw this year. That’s how exceptional they’ve been this calendar year.
Up next for them in the Champions League is a game against Borrusia Moenchengladbach. The Germans, who qualified out of a group that had Real Madrid and Inter Milan in it, have their work cut out for them.
But they can take comfort in the last time they faced the English men. Apart from holding them to a draw, they had one of the Citizens sent off.
How many goals will be scored in this clash?
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When Lazio face Bayern Munich, it will be a first-time meeting between the two sides. When the Italians take on the Bavarians, they will be facing a side that just conquered the world of club football in Qatar.
But the World Champs have not won in their last two games. However, they are still one of the most dangerous sides on the planet, scoring the first goal in eight of their last 10 games.
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In the fourth game, Atalanta have to make sure that they get the better of Real Madrid. Los Blancos have not conceded in their last three games.
In the four games to be played, two games are a first edition while the two others are between familiar foes. Which teams will come out on top in these games?
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