Having lost both away games, SSC Napoli will be banking on their impressive UEFA Champions League home form to get them back into contention in Group F – easier said than done against leaders Manchester City FC.• The 2-1 success in Manchester on matchday three means City have won all three games so far, and hold a three-point lead over FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the standings. Napoli are three points further back in third place. • City will qualify for the round of 16 for the fifth season in succession if they avoid defeat in Naples.Previous meetings• The teams' only past fixtures
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Manchester City score seven, Juventus lose at home
Premier League leaders Manchester City score seven; champions Chelsea beaten Juventus suffer first home defeat in Serie A in 42 games; Napoli win to pull clear at summit Bayern defeat Freiburg 5-0 in Heynckes' first game back at the helm Luis Suárez salvages a point for Liga leaders Barcelona with late goal at Atlético Ronaldo opens Liga account to give Real Madrid victory in Zidane's 100th game in charge MAKE YOUR FANTASY CHANGES Group ALiverpool 0-0 Manchester U... UEFA.com - News
Zero to hero: Nakagami wins pole shootout on home soil
Takaaki Nakagami (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) will start from pole for his home Grand Prix after an incredible final shootout in qualifying at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, snatching the honour from Alex Marquez (EG 0,0 Marc VDS) on his final push as conditions went from marginal to slicks within the session. The Japanese rider had been well outside the top twenty in the initial stages but bounced back in style. Marquez starts from P2 after recovering from an early throttle problem, ahead of Xavi Vierge (Tech 3 Racing), who was another to time his attack to perfection - taking his first front row start. Source link
The UEFA Champions League unbeatables
Juventus face Olympiacos on Wednesday hoping to stretch their unbeaten home run in the UEFA Champions League to 20 matches – but they are still a little way short of the record and allowed one of the longer streaks to continue on matchday one.Longest home unbeaten runs in UEFA Champions League29 Bayern München 04/03/1998–02/04/200224 Arsenal 14/09/2004–15/04/200923 Manchester United 27/09/2005–03/11/200922 Barcelona 18/09/2013–12/09/2017*21 Chelsea 12/09/2006 –08/12/2009, Barcelona 24/11/2009–10/04/2013, Real M... UEFA.com - News
Omens favour Manchester City for Shakhtar visit
Manchester City FC and FC Shakhtar Donetsk both opened Group F with fine wins, although the portents point to a home victory at the City of Manchester Stadium on matchday two.• While these teams have never met before, Shakhtar have lost all but one of their matches in England and may have their work cut out against a City side who equalled their biggest win in the UEFA Champions League – group stage to final – in their first game. That said, Shakhtar's recent away form in Europe has been imperious. Match backgroundManchester City• City are unbeaten in their last ten home matches
Babel seals new record goals tally for matchday one
If the opening games are anything to go by then 2017/18 could be a season to savour after the 16 matches produced a record 54 goals.There were 28 on Tuesday, a figure inflated by Paris's five at Celtic and six for Chelsea at home to Qarabağ. While Wednesday couldn't quite match that, Damjan Bohar's late equaliser for Maribor at home to Spartak Moskva took the tally across the two nights to 53, equalling the matchday one best set in 2013/14. A few moments later, Ryan Babel's clincher for Beşiktaş at Porto set a new record.
Can Fenati fight back on home turf?
The British GP saw something else significant, however, with Enea Bastianini (Estrella Galicia 0,0) taking second and his first podium of the season after a tough year. And the Italian is the rider with the best record at Misano, taking his first win there in 2015 and then coming home a close-fought second in 2016. The ‘Beast’ may well be back. His compatriots – including Mugello winner Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46) and teammate Nicolo Bulega – will also be pushing hard at home. At Misano, there is more at stake than points. Source link