Football Liverpool120Uefa Champions League Groups E to H conclude on Tuesday night and we take a look at selected matches including Salzburg v Liverpool, Chelsea v Lille and Lyon v RB Leipzig

 

 

 

Let's start with a look what teams need to do to go through, visit Uefa.com

 

Group E

 

Liverpool top Group E with 10 points, 1 ahead of Napoli whilst Salzburg are still in contention with 7 and Genk, with 1 point will finish bottom of this quartet.

Liverpool need a point away to Salzburg to guarantee a place in the Round of 16 and should the current champions avoid defeat Napoli will also go through regardless of how they get on at home to Genk. Liverpool edged a 7 goal thriller when the teams met at Anfield and the stats suggest another cracking contest with 2 other Salzburg home games seeing the Austrian side thrash Genk 6-2 and lose 3-2 to Napoli.

Liverpool missed the opportunity to seal their Ro16 place when they were held 1-1 at home to Napoli last time out. Away from home they lost 2-0 to the Italian side on Matchday 1 and they won 4-1 at Genk on Matchday 3.

 

Bets: Liverpool win and over 2.5 total goals at 11/10

 

Group F

 

Barcelona have already secured top spot in this group and Slavia Prague will finish bottom which leaves Inter and Dortmund, who both have 7 points, as the teams looking to secure the runners up spot. Inter have a better record than Dortmund in the head to heads so the German club need a better match result at home to Slavia than Inter achive at home to Barca.

Barca beat Inter 2-1 at Camp Nou whilst Dortmund were 2-0 winners away to Slavia. The fact Barca have nothing riding on their visit to Milan and Slavia's trip to Dortmund means little to the Prague side is reflected in the betting and that dampens my enthusiasm to get involved.

 

 

Group G

 

Leipzig are already assured of a top 2 finish and if they take a point from their trip to Lyon they will finish top. It's quite an intriguing game as Lyon may need a win to prolong their stay in the tournament and when the teams met in Germany Lyon were surprise 2-0 winners. That result aside Leipzig are unbeaten, they look a handy side to me and I'm going to take a chance on them with some draw no bet insurance.

Benfica cannot qualify for the Round of 16 but can finish in the Europa League so although they will need a wide margin victory over Zenit in Lisbon. The Russian side were 3-1 winners when the teams met on Matchday 2 and given all of Benfica's group matches have gone over 2.5 goals I'll go with that trend to continue.

 

Bets: Benfica v Zenit over 2.5 goals at 9/10

Leipzig draw no bet at 19/20

 

Group H

 

Ajax top this group with 10 points whilst Valencia and Chelsea have 8 and Lille are the also rans with just 1 point against their name. I can see Chelsea getting the win they need at home to Lille with something in hand and Lampard's team are taken to find the net at least 3 times. Chelsea were 2-1 winners when the teams met on Matchday 2 and Lille conceded 3 times against Ajax in Amsterdam and 4 times in a subsequent visit to Valencia

If Chelsea do win then Ajax need to avoid defeat at home to Valencia to clinch their Ro16 place whilst the Spanish side would need maximum points. One would expect goals in the circumstances and so do the bookmakers and my interest will be restricted to the Chelsea goals bet.

 

Bets: Chelsea team goals, over 2.5 at 9/10