Champions League: How every team can qualify for the knockout rounds

Champions League: How every team can qualify for the knockout rounds

We’re at the halfway stage of the Champions League group stage, and that means the best-performing sides can start booking their places in the round of 16.

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Here we take a look at the state of play across all eight groups.

TIEBREAKERS:
– Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
– Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
– Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams
– Overall goal difference
– Overall goals scored
– Overall away goals scored
– Overall wins
– Overall away wins
– Disciplinary points
– UEFA club coefficient

GROUP A

Next fixtures, Oct. 12: Napoli vs. Ajax, Rangers vs. Liverpool

Napoli: Will qualify with a win/draw at home to Ajax.

Liverpool: Cannot qualify on Matchday 4, but a win over Rangers and defeat for Ajax would leave Jurgen Klopp’s men needing at most one point from their final two matches.

Ajax Amsterdam: Victory against Napoli would put them in a much stronger position to qualify. But defeat in Italy, coupled with a win for Liverpool, would leave the Eredivisie side needing to win both their remaining games to have any chance of qualifying.

Rangers: Still without a point in the competition, Rangers will be eliminated from the Champions League if they draw/lose at home to Liverpool.