Group G of this year’s Champions League is completely polarized after three rounds, so already tonight it can be decided who will advance to the round of 16. Borussia Dortmund came close to the sovereign Manchester City, and thanks to the great victory in Seville six days ago (4-1), they hold the second position with six points. They are three steps behind Citizens, and on the other hand, it has a solid five points ahead of its Spanish rival and Danish Copenhagen.So far, Borussia have only lost on English soil, where they also performed well and ended up without a point (1-2). Before that, they easily defeated against an outsider from Denmark and after that trashed the Andalusian club. If they beat Sevilla on Tuesday, they will most likely be a safe participant in the next stage of the elite competition.In the last two matches, the Millionaires performed great. Edin Terzić’s team came back from a two-goal deficit in Der Klassiker against champions Bayern, and thanks to Antonio Modeste’s goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time, BVB drew 2-2 with the Bavarians. Currently, the Millionaires are in fourth place in the Bundesliga table with 16 points, four less than the leader Union Berlin.Last week’s trashing was fine, but Chelsea ought to repeat the same in tonight’s head-to-head UCL clashThe visitors have big problems in all competitions. The management of the club recently reacted to the disastrous results by changing the coach, when only 24 minutes after the duel with Dortmund, they removed Julen Lopetegui and replaced him on the bench with the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli, who already led Sevilla in the 2016/2017 season. The league premiere did not start positively for him, as his team did not maintain the lead against Bilbao and drew with them 1-1 at the weekend.After eight rounds of the Primera, Sevilla have one victory on their account and with only six points they are currently in 18th place.”Since I left Sevilla five years ago, I have been following their results. The team lacks confidence and we have to get it back. My goal is for all the players to play relaxed and be satisfied with their performances,” said Sampaoli.Sampaoli has to do without Corona, Rekik, Fernando and Oliver Torres. His colleague Edin Terzic can already count on the recovered trio of Giovanni Reyna, Mats Hummels and Marius Wolff, but Bynoe-Gittens, Reus, Dahoud and Morey remain on the sidelines.”Sevilla will start under a new coach and their game will certainly change. They played well against Bilbao and you can see the huge potential,” warns Terzic.Messi-less PSG face Benfica amid the goalscoring droughtManchester City travel to Copenhagen knowing that a win will secure them a place in the top 16 in Europe only after the fourth round. The Citizens are currently top of Group G with nine points from their first three games, while the team from the Danish capital are bottom with just one point in the group so far.Copenhagen suffered a high-profile debacle at the Etihad last week as the home side scored three goals in the first half before adding two more after the break to win 5-0. The Danish side have yet to score in the Champions League this year, as they first lost 3-0 to Borussia Dortmund and later drew 0-0 at the Parken with Sevilla.After the defeat by five goals, the lads of Jakob Neestrup – the young specialist who succeeded Jess Thorup at the end of last month – found themselves at the bottom of Group G with one point. However, the third-placed Sevilla is ahead of them only because of the goal difference, so the breakthrough to the spring part of the Europa League is certainly within reach. At the weekend, the home team drew 1-1 with the leader Nordsjælland, compared to which they are eight points behind after 12 rounds and are only in 7th place.##EDITORS_CHOICE##Manchester City have had a great start to the season, and are currently destroying everyone who stands in front of them. They won their sixth straight in all competitions on Saturday afternoon as they thrashed Southampton 4-0 in the Premier League. The Citizens have scored an incredible 15 goals in their last three games, which speaks volumes for their immense attacking prowess. The magnificent form of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, who has already scored 20 goals in 13 matches in the campaign, is particularly frightening.Pep Guardiola’s men beat Sevilla 4-0 in their opening group game, before recording a 2-1 win over Dortmund on 14 September, with a subsequent triumph over Copenhagen to retain their top performance and top spot. City have nine points, three ahead of second-placed Dortmund and eight more than third-placed Sevilla, and a victory at the Parken would guarantee them a place in the knockout phase, which is now almost certain.Copenhagen will again be without the diminutive Nigerian Akinkunmi Amoo, who is out of the competition due to a serious knee injury, and Zeca is also suffering from a similar problem. there will be no strikers Khouma Babacar and Andreas Cornelius, nor midfielder Rasmus Falk. Guardiola will be without defenders Kyle Walker and John Stones, with Calvin Phillips also injured.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – GROUP STAGERound 4Tuesday 19.45: (4.50) Maccabi Haifa (3.70) Juventus (1.91)19.45: (18.0) Copenhagen (10.0) Man.City (1.17)22.00: (7.25) Shakhtar (4.40) Real Madrid (1.48)22.00: (1.56) Dortmund (4.40) Sevilla (6.75)22.00: (3.15) Milan (3.20) Chelsea (2.55)22.00: (1.50) PSG (4.60) Benfica (7.14)22.00: (3.30) Celtic (3.60) RB Leipzig (2.30)22.00: (2.95) Dinamo Zagreb (3.20) Salzburg (2.70)Wednesday 19.45: (1.65) Napoli (4.20) Ajax (5.90)19.45: (1.49) Atl.Madrid (4.30) Club Brugge (7.75)22.00: (2.55) Sporting (3.40) Olympique Marseille (3.00)22.00: (8.00) Rangers (5.30) Liverpool (1.43)22.00: (1.58) Tottenham (4.30) Eintr.Frankfurt (6.75)22.00: (2.35) Leverkusen (3.50) Porto (3.25)22.00: (1.48) Barcelona (4.70) Inter (8.00)22.00: (15.0) Plzen (8.50) Bayern (1.18)***odds are subject to change
