Here’s how the mega-table looks going into the final matchday of the league phase. There are 36 clubs playing 18 fixtures to determine which eight qualify automatically for the Round of 16 and which 16 go into the play-off round. Enjoy, enjoy.
Pos
Team
P
GD
Pts
1
Lazio
7
13
19
2
Eintracht Frankfurt
7
6
16
3
Athletic Bilbao
7
6
16
4
Man Utd
7
5
15
5
Lyon
7
8
14
6
Tottenham Hotspur
7
5
14
7
Anderlecht
7
3
14
8
FCSB
7
3
14
9
Galatasaray
7
4
13
10
Bodo/Glimt
7
3
13
11
Plzen
7
3
12
12
Olympiacos
7
3
12
13
Rangers
7
5
11
14
AZ
7
1
11
15
Union Saint Gilloise
7
1
11
16
Ajax
7
7
10
17
PAOK
7
4
10
18
Real Sociedad
7
2
10
19
Midtjylland
7
0
10
20
IF Elfsborg
7
-2
10
21
Roma
7
2
9
22
Ferencvaros
7
-1
9
23
Fenerbahce
7
-2
9
24
Besiktas
7
-4
9
25
FC Porto
7
1
8
26
Twente
7
-2
7
27
Braga
7
-4
7
28
Hoffenheim
7
-4
6
29
Maccabi Tel-Aviv
7
-8
6
30
Rigas FS
7
-6
5
31
Slavia Prague
7
-4
4
32
Malmo FF
7
-7
4
33
Ludogorets
7
-7
3
34
Qarabag FK
7
-11
3
35
Nice
7
-9
2
36
Dynamo Kiev
7
-14
1
FCSB (or Steaua Bucharest in the old money): Tarnovanu, Mihai Popescu, Ngezana, Dawa, Cretu, Edjouma, Sut, Radunovic, Tanase, Birligea, Miculescu. Subs: Udrea, Stefanescu, Daniel Popa, Chiriches, Toma, Baluta, Pantea, Musi, Alhassan.
There’s a proper pukka MBM for this one: let Michael Butler be your guide. We recommend a two-window / two-tab system so you don’t have to choose! Toggle away between us like billy-o.
Tottenham have made three changes to their starting XI in the wake of the 2-1 home loss to Leicester. Brandon Austin replaces Antonín Kinský – who along with Djed Spence, Sergio Reguilon and Yang Min-Hyeok, is ineligible – while 17-year-old Mikey Moore gets a runout up front and Micky van de Ven returns from injury. Radu Drăgușin and Dejan Kulusevski drop to the bench.
Union Saint Gilloise: Moris, Khalaili, Mac Allister, Sykes, Leysen, Sadiki, Van De Perre, Vanhoutte, Fuseini, Ivanovic, Niang. Subs: Berradi, Asri, Rodriguez, Ait El Hadj, Rasmussen, Chambaere, Imbrechts.
Rangers make two changes to their starting XI after the 3-1 Scottish Premiership victory at Dundee United. Václav Černý and Leon King step up; Ianis Hagi and Clinton Nsiala miss out altogether.
We ride again. Just in case last night’s Champions League chaos wasn’t enough to whet your appetite for widespread disorder, here’s what’s happening in the Europa League this evening …
Ajax v Galatasaray
Anderlecht v Hoffenheim
Athletic Bilbao v Plzen
Braga v Lazio
Dynamo Kiev v Rigas FS
FCSB v Man Utd
Ferencvaros v AZ
Lyon v Ludogorets
Maccabi Tel-Aviv v FC Porto
Midtjylland v Fenerbahce
Nice v Bodo/Glimt
Olympiacos v Qarabag FK
Rangers v Union Saint Gilloise
Real Sociedad v PAOK
Roma v Eintracht Frankfurt
Slavia Prague v Malmo FF
Tottenham Hotspur v IF Elfsborg
Twente v Besiktas
It all gets going at 8pm GMT. Loss of thread, narrative, news, concentration, perspective, balance, will to live, etc., begins at 8.01pm, but hey, we’ll do our best to power on through. It’s on!