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My Champions League Matchday 2 Previews & Predictions! 13th October 2026 — Transcript

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  1. 0:00And we are back, ladies and gentlemen.
  2. 0:02Welcome to my preview and predictions
  3. 0:04for day one of match day two in the
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  8. 0:17again. Today we are doing all of the
  9. 0:18matches taking place tomorrow in the
  10. 0:20Champions League. Tomorrow we're doing
  11. 0:22all the matches taking place on
  12. 0:24Wednesday in the Champions League. On
  13. 0:26Wednesday, we have got all 18 Europa
  14. 0:29League previews and predictions. And on
  15. 0:31Thursday morning, we have got all 18
  16. 0:33Conference League previews and
  17. 0:35predictions before we then go back to
  18. 0:37the Premier League and La Liga on Friday
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  33. 1:04other matches we are going to be
  34. 1:06covering this week, including the
  35. 1:07Champions League for tomorrow. The
  36. 1:08Europa League fixtures have just been
  37. 1:10put up and conference league fixtures
  38. 1:12will be posted over the course of the
  39. 1:14next 24 hours. So, plenty for you to be
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  42. 1:19and in the pinned comment of this video.
  43. 1:22As for today though, we have got nine
  44. 1:25Champions League matches for you to kick
  45. 1:27off the return of European football and
  46. 1:30they are on your screen right now. So
  47. 1:31without any further ado, let's get
  48. 1:34straight into it. We have two early
  49. 1:35kickoffs for you on Tuesday and the
  50. 1:38first of those comes from France where
  51. 1:40lawns are going to be taking on Sporting
  52. 1:42of Portugal. Both of these sides were
  53. 1:45winners on match day one. But it was
  54. 1:47Lons who certainly did it the harder
  55. 1:49way. They were away to Slavia Prague on
  56. 1:51match day one where against 10 men they
  57. 1:54fell behind in the 88th minute of the
  58. 1:57match. But then in pure drama they
  59. 1:59scored two stoppage time goals. To Kovan
  60. 2:02and then Aguilar to steal the most
  61. 2:04unlikely of victories in the end, albeit
  62. 2:07one that they probably should have got
  63. 2:09considering their opponents were down to
  64. 2:1110 men for basically the entirety of the
  65. 2:13second half. As for Sporting, they also
  66. 2:15needed a comeback victory in their match
  67. 2:17day one game after Ignasio put through
  68. 2:20his own net 5 minutes into their game at
  69. 2:22home to Galatasaray. But comeback is
  70. 2:24exactly what they did as Catamo a Lewis
  71. 2:27Suarez penalty and Zalazar secured them
  72. 2:29a pretty strong 3-1 match day one
  73. 2:32victory and probably does just about
  74. 2:34make them slight favorites coming into
  75. 2:36this away trip to France. Since then,
  76. 2:38Lon drew and then lost before the
  77. 2:41international break, but did bounce back
  78. 2:43with a pretty convincing 2-1 win at home
  79. 2:45to Lyon this weekend. Aside they were
  80. 2:47unbeaten prior to this weekend. As for
  81. 2:50Sporting, they remain unbeaten all
  82. 2:52season long so far, but they drew their
  83. 2:54two matches following and from match
  84. 2:56they won before the international break,
  85. 2:58but got back to winning ways this
  86. 2:59weekend with a strong 3-1 away win
  87. 3:02against Braa. In terms of the team news
  88. 3:04for this match, Padbo was already
  89. 3:06injured and now Grand has picked up an
  90. 3:08injury at center back for Lens. So
  91. 3:10considering they play a three at the
  92. 3:11back system, they could be a little bit
  93. 3:13short in that area of the pitch. Zalazar
  94. 3:16came off the bench and scored for
  95. 3:17Sporting this weekend, but then was
  96. 3:19reubstituted with a fresh injury. So he
  97. 3:22could be a doubt for this one as well.
  98. 3:24Unfortunately, there is no recent
  99. 3:25head-to-head record between these two
  100. 3:27sides. So overall, I think we're in for
  101. 3:29a really close encounter to kick off
  102. 3:31this Champions League weekend, but I'm
  103. 3:33sticking with my gut instinct that I
  104. 3:35thought throughout the entirety of this
  105. 3:36preview, and that is that I think
  106. 3:38Sporting will just about edge it. They
  107. 3:40obviously have a lot more Champions
  108. 3:41League pedigree behind them as well.
  109. 3:43They know how to win these sort of
  110. 3:44games, obviously beating PSG of France
  111. 3:47last season as well. So, I'm just about
  112. 3:49going to go for them, but it could go
  113. 3:51either way. I'm going for a 21 win to
  114. 3:54Sporting. The other early kickoff sees
  115. 3:57our first official trip to Azabaijan for
  116. 4:00this season's Champions League as Sabah
  117. 4:02host Slavia. Obviously, Sabah did play
  118. 4:04four Champions League qualifiers here.
  119. 4:06And I'll remind you right now, they
  120. 4:08actually won all four of their home
  121. 4:10games in the Champions League
  122. 4:11qualification phase. However, they come
  123. 4:13into their first official Champions
  124. 4:15League game at home, 34th out of the 36
  125. 4:18sides of the match they won, where they
  126. 4:20lost 4-nil away to Manchester United. To
  127. 4:23be fair to them, they had a few chances
  128. 4:24in the match, but ultimately their first
  129. 4:26outing at the big boys table did kind of
  130. 4:29prove a little bit too much for a side
  131. 4:31that did show decent promise over the
  132. 4:33course of the qualification campaign. As
  133. 4:35for Slavia Prague, well, they fared
  134. 4:38somewhat better in match day one, but
  135. 4:40they were still on the receiving end of
  136. 4:41a defeat as well as they were the other
  137. 4:43half of that Lawns match that we just
  138. 4:46spoke about. After Konetski was shown a
  139. 4:48red card for a lastman challenge, Slavia
  140. 4:51actually took the lead twice in the
  141. 4:53match. And when Stern scored his second
  142. 4:55goal of the game, they thought they'd
  143. 4:57won it. But then two late stoppage time
  144. 4:59goals from the French side meant they
  145. 5:01ended up losing the game 3-2. But now
  146. 5:03against on paper arguably the weakest
  147. 5:06side in the entirety of this Champions
  148. 5:08League, they'll fancy their chances of
  149. 5:10getting more from this one. obviously
  150. 5:11now having 11 men in theory for the
  151. 5:14entirety of this match. Since match day
  152. 5:16one, Sabah won twice before then drawing
  153. 5:19nil nil this weekend against the league
  154. 5:21leaders of Azabaijan right now in Nefi.
  155. 5:23However, Saba do have a game in hand on
  156. 5:25them to go back to the top of their
  157. 5:27table. Slavia have won four out of four,
  158. 5:30scoring 10 and conceding just twice in
  159. 5:33the matches that they've played since
  160. 5:34match day one. So, they have an awful
  161. 5:36lot of momentum on their side coming
  162. 5:38into this game as well. In terms of the
  163. 5:40team news, there are no fresh injury
  164. 5:42concerns for either side coming out of
  165. 5:44their respective weekend matches. But
  166. 5:45obviously following his red card on
  167. 5:47match day one, Kyki is going to be
  168. 5:49suspended for Slavia. With no
  169. 5:51head-to-head record between these two
  170. 5:52sides and not even any history of Sabah
  171. 5:55playing against Czech teams or Slavia
  172. 5:57playing against Azabaijani teams, it is
  173. 5:59really hard to sort of place where we
  174. 6:01can put this one. To be honest with you,
  175. 6:02I don't actually think there is a clear
  176. 6:04favorite for this match. I think most
  177. 6:06people, well, I know most people cuz
  178. 6:07I've seen the community polls, are
  179. 6:08thinking that Slavia Prague are going to
  180. 6:10get the victory in this one. However,
  181. 6:12given their defensive record so far this
  182. 6:14season and also given the caliber of
  183. 6:16teams they beat in qualifying at home, I
  184. 6:20think right now I'm personally going to
  185. 6:21go for the Sabba victory. For me, this
  186. 6:23is the sort of proper test of what
  187. 6:25credentials they're bringing to the
  188. 6:27Champions League in this competition. If
  189. 6:28they lose this one to Slavia Prague,
  190. 6:30stands to reason they're probably going
  191. 6:31to lose all eight out of eight. But for
  192. 6:34now, I'm giving them the benefit of the
  193. 6:35doubt and I'm going to go for 1 nil to
  194. 6:36Sabah. Let's see what happens come the
  195. 6:38fulltime whistle. In to the 8:00
  196. 6:42kickoffs we go then. And the first of
  197. 6:43those comes from London England as
  198. 6:45Arsenal are going to be taking on Liil
  199. 6:47on match day one. The only real surprise
  200. 6:50for the Gunners was that they didn't win
  201. 6:51their game by more than the 1-0il
  202. 6:53victory they got away to Napoli. They
  203. 6:55absolutely dominated the match from
  204. 6:58start to finish. 60% possession. They
  205. 7:00had 26 attempts to Napoli's five, but it
  206. 7:03took them until the 75th minute of the
  207. 7:06match for captain Martin Odigard to
  208. 7:08score the goal and secure their first
  209. 7:10three points of the campaign. And given
  210. 7:11that they won all eight games in the
  211. 7:14league phase of the Champions League
  212. 7:15last season, it's a perfect start to
  213. 7:17their campaign this time around. As for
  214. 7:20LIIL, they were involved in an epic back
  215. 7:22and forth game against Real Bettis on
  216. 7:24match day one where they led twice in
  217. 7:26the match. However, their lack of
  218. 7:27ability to deal with set plays allowed
  219. 7:30Real Bettis to equalize twice in the
  220. 7:32match before then Betis went on and got
  221. 7:34a third in France after some sloppy
  222. 7:36defending allowed the Bettis forward to
  223. 7:38basically run through half their team
  224. 7:40and put the ball in the back of the net.
  225. 7:41And then to make matters worse, when
  226. 7:43Liil were pushing for an equalizer,
  227. 7:45Mbappe made the really clever decision
  228. 7:47to deliberately elbow the Bettis player
  229. 7:49in the face, get himself sent off and 10
  230. 7:52against 11, they were unable to come
  231. 7:54back from that onegoal deficit. and now
  232. 7:56they travel away to a very tough Arsenal
  233. 7:58side here. That being said, since match
  234. 8:00day one, Arsenal have hardly been at
  235. 8:02their best, but they've still been able
  236. 8:04to secure three wins with just one
  237. 8:06defeat. And despite not playing well
  238. 8:07this weekend either, were still able to
  239. 8:10secure a 2-1 home win against Leeds.
  240. 8:12That is why they are the current Premier
  241. 8:14League champions. It's a pretty similar
  242. 8:16story for LIIL as well. They've not been
  243. 8:17at their best since match day one, but
  244. 8:19they've won both of their home matches
  245. 8:21and they lost their one away game to
  246. 8:22Nice. So, I'm not expecting too much
  247. 8:25drama from this game, but certainly
  248. 8:26Arsenal will come into this as
  249. 8:28favorites. In terms of the team news, no
  250. 8:30fresh concerns for Arsenal, but it is
  251. 8:32expected that they do rotate roughly
  252. 8:34half of their team from the weekend.
  253. 8:36Mbappe is both injured and suspended for
  254. 8:39this one. And also, Thiago Santos went
  255. 8:41off with an injury for Liil this weekend
  256. 8:43and could be a doubt, but Olivier Giru
  257. 8:46could be making his return to the
  258. 8:47Emirates for the away side. No recent
  259. 8:49head-to-head between these two sides,
  260. 8:51but as I've already said, Arsenal for me
  261. 8:52are the clear favorites to take this
  262. 8:54one. Their defense has not looked its
  263. 8:56absolute strongest in recent games,
  264. 8:58though, and I think with Liil's
  265. 8:59attacking prowess, they could be capable
  266. 9:01of nicking a goal here. Still expecting
  267. 9:03Arsenal to come away with a victory,
  268. 9:04though, so I'm going for a 31 win for
  269. 9:08them. Keeping things with the English
  270. 9:10sides, we now have Manchester United
  271. 9:12traveling to Madrid to take on Atletico
  272. 9:15in a game that I could not be dreading
  273. 9:17more as a Manchester United fan right
  274. 9:19now considering the opposing form of
  275. 9:22these two teams right now. For Atletico
  276. 9:24Madrid, they actually lost on match day
  277. 9:26one and it was against English
  278. 9:27opposition as they lost 2-1 away to
  279. 9:29Liverpool. However, they did initially
  280. 9:31lead in the game where Marcus scored
  281. 9:33once again in the ground that he's named
  282. 9:35his dog after. However, a Liverpool
  283. 9:37onslaught either side of Halime meant
  284. 9:40that they ended up scoring two goals and
  285. 9:41despite Atletico's best efforts in the
  286. 9:43final 40 minutes, they were unable to
  287. 9:45find an equalizer and succumb to a 2-1
  288. 9:47defeat. Since then though, they have won
  289. 9:50all four of their matches, including
  290. 9:52winning the Madrid derby and then
  291. 9:54picking up a 2-1 away win to Alves this
  292. 9:56weekend. Whereas for Manchester United,
  293. 9:58they won very comfortably on match day
  294. 10:00one, winning 4-nil at home to Sabah
  295. 10:03thanks to goals from Kuna, Bruno
  296. 10:04Fernandez, Shesho, and Martinez, but
  297. 10:07since then have failed to win a single
  298. 10:10game, losing their derby to Manchester
  299. 10:12City and then drawing their last two
  300. 10:14matches in the Premier League, both
  301. 10:16against the at then bottom side in the
  302. 10:19Premier League. So, best believe
  303. 10:21Atletico Madrid come into this as
  304. 10:23absolutely massive favorites. In terms
  305. 10:25of the team news, as far as I can tell,
  306. 10:27no issues in the entire Atletico Madrid
  307. 10:30squad coming into this one, but I would
  308. 10:32expect some rotation from that Alves
  309. 10:34game. No fresh issues for Manchester
  310. 10:35United coming out of the game at the
  311. 10:37weekend, but surely changes are needed
  312. 10:39to that starting lineup given how poor
  313. 10:41United have been over the last couple of
  314. 10:43months. The last time these two sides
  315. 10:45met, it was in 2022 when Atletico Madrid
  316. 10:48knocked Manchester United out of the
  317. 10:49Champions League in the round of 16,
  318. 10:52winning at Old Trafford, but drawing 1-1
  319. 10:54here. Honestly, on current form, even as
  320. 10:56a Manchester United fan, I can't see
  321. 10:59this being anything other than a
  322. 11:01thrashing. I'm going for 3-0 to Atletico
  323. 11:05Madrid. Now, we are off to Turkey where
  324. 11:08Galatasaray are going to be hosting
  325. 11:10arguably the most inform side in world
  326. 11:12football right now. and that is of
  327. 11:14course Barcelona. We'll start off with
  328. 11:16the home side though who actually
  329. 11:17started pretty well on match day one
  330. 11:19when they went 1 nil up against Sporting
  331. 11:21in the first five minutes of the match.
  332. 11:23However, that kind of just sparked
  333. 11:24Sporting into life and they ended up
  334. 11:26being on the receiving end on a 3-1
  335. 11:28defeat. However, if you actually look at
  336. 11:30the stats from the match, you look at
  337. 11:32the balance of the play, arguably
  338. 11:34Galatas should have got a lot more from
  339. 11:36that match. They had double the
  340. 11:37possession that Sporting did and even
  341. 11:39ended the game with more attempts on
  342. 11:40goal. But it was actually an own goal
  343. 11:42that got them ahead in the match. They
  344. 11:44weren't really able to do anything in
  345. 11:46front of goal off their own merit and
  346. 11:48they allowed Sporting too many chances
  347. 11:50at the other end of the pitch and they
  348. 11:51were a lot more clinical than what the
  349. 11:53Turks were in that match. As for
  350. 11:55Barcelona, well, their 5-1 win over Ford
  351. 11:59was just another day at the office for
  352. 12:01them this season where they have won
  353. 12:02every single game so far this season in
  354. 12:05all competitions and they're averaging
  355. 12:06over four goals a game as well,
  356. 12:09including a 3-0 win this weekend over
  357. 12:11Hafe with near enough a full reserve
  358. 12:14starting lineup as well. That is just
  359. 12:15simply how good Barcelona's players and
  360. 12:18squad are doing at this moment of time.
  361. 12:20To their credit, Galatastaster are still
  362. 12:22top of the Super League with a 3-1 win
  363. 12:24this weekend, but even then, they needed
  364. 12:26two stoppage time goals to secure the
  365. 12:29victory after going down to 10 men. So,
  366. 12:31Barcelona will be the big favorites for
  367. 12:33this match. In terms of the team news,
  368. 12:35no fresh concerns for the home side.
  369. 12:36There is a big boost for them as Victor
  370. 12:38Osmen is back from injury. As for
  371. 12:41Barcelona, no fresh concerns for them
  372. 12:43either. However, Rafinia is set to miss
  373. 12:45this game after also missing their match
  374. 12:47at the weekend. Incredibly, the last
  375. 12:49time these two sides met, it was in the
  376. 12:52Europa League in 2022 with Barcelona
  377. 12:56taking the 2-1 victory here to progress
  378. 12:58in the round of 16. Now back in Europe's
  379. 13:01top competition, it's hard to go for any
  380. 13:03other result than another dominant
  381. 13:05Barcelona display and another Barcelona
  382. 13:07victory. I do think the Galatasay are
  383. 13:09going to put up a fight. I think their
  384. 13:11attacking options will allow them to
  385. 13:12score a couple of goals here. But with
  386. 13:14what Barcelona have got at the other end
  387. 13:15of the pitch, I still think they're
  388. 13:17going to go on and get the comfortable
  389. 13:18victory. I'm going for a 42 win to
  390. 13:22Barcelona. Next up, we are off to the
  391. 13:25San in Italy as Inter Milan are going to
  392. 13:28be hosting club Bruge of Belgium with
  393. 13:30both sides on the receiving end of
  394. 13:32defeat on match day one. For in it was a
  395. 13:35somewhat unsurprising result to lose
  396. 13:37away to Real Madrid, but it certainly
  397. 13:39wasn't for lack of trying. And with the
  398. 13:41combination of the chances they missed
  399. 13:43and the sloppy playing out from the
  400. 13:45back, which allowed Real Madrid to score
  401. 13:46their two goals in the game, I think
  402. 13:48Inter are going to be fuming that
  403. 13:50they've not come away with anything from
  404. 13:51the match cuz if you're being honest,
  405. 13:53they were probably the better team in
  406. 13:54that match. The goals were big mistakes
  407. 13:57and the some of the chances they missed,
  408. 13:58they really should have put away. As for
  409. 14:01Bruge, much like Inter, they had the
  410. 14:03majority of the possession in their
  411. 14:05opening game against Aston Villa, but
  412. 14:06that was basically the only statistic
  413. 14:08that they had in their favor come the
  414. 14:10full-time whistle. They went 1-0 down
  415. 14:12and 3-1 down to Aston Villa in the match
  416. 14:14with Veltson getting an initial
  417. 14:16equalizer before Drosi's penalty gave
  418. 14:18them hope. However, there was no
  419. 14:19follow-up to them making it 3-2 in the
  420. 14:22game. And that is how it finished. And
  421. 14:24if we're being honest, that probably was
  422. 14:25the right outcome to that match. Since
  423. 14:28then, Inter Milan have got themselves
  424. 14:29back to the top of Syria, which is of
  425. 14:31course the league that they won last
  426. 14:33season. But Club Bruge have been even
  427. 14:35better since match day one, winning all
  428. 14:37three of their matches since and scoring
  429. 14:40at least three in all of those games as
  430. 14:42well. So, they're going to be coming
  431. 14:43into this with a bit of confidence
  432. 14:45behind them as well. In terms of the
  433. 14:47team news, no fresh concerns for Inter
  434. 14:49Milan, who are even able to rest key
  435. 14:51players this weekend after going into
  436. 14:53commanding position so early on. As for
  437. 14:55Bruge, their only injury concern in
  438. 14:57their entire squad is to Odonz, who
  439. 15:00could be a potential doubt for this
  440. 15:02match. Once again, unfortunately, there
  441. 15:04is no recent head-to-head record between
  442. 15:05these two sides, but in my opinion,
  443. 15:07Inter Milan are the side to beat in this
  444. 15:10game, even though it's irrefutable that
  445. 15:12both sides are on good form coming into
  446. 15:14this fixture. For me, it's a real toss
  447. 15:16up between whether or not Bruge are
  448. 15:17going to score in the match. But in my
  449. 15:19opinion, based on Inter Milan's recent
  450. 15:20defensive record and the amount of goals
  451. 15:22that Bruge have been scoring, I'm going
  452. 15:24to say yes, they are going to score in
  453. 15:26the game. But ultimately, it's not going
  454. 15:28to affect the outcome of the match,
  455. 15:29which is going to be another Inter Milan
  456. 15:32victory. So, I'm going for a 3-1 win to
  457. 15:34the Italian side. Now to Germany where
  458. 15:38we have one of the more intriguing ties
  459. 15:40of the night which we have Larby Leipig
  460. 15:42taking on PSV of Netherlands where once
  461. 15:45again I think both of these sides are
  462. 15:46going to be very disappointed with the
  463. 15:48outcomes of their match day one matches.
  464. 15:50For Leipig they were on the receiving
  465. 15:52end of an absolute thrashing in Italy as
  466. 15:55they lost 4-1 away to Ko. Although
  467. 15:57statistically it was still a pretty even
  468. 15:59game with 50/50 possession and literally
  469. 16:02equal attempts on goal. The Germans were
  470. 16:05absolutely wasteful in their
  471. 16:06opportunities whereas the Italians were
  472. 16:08absolutely ruthless. Unfortunately for
  473. 16:10Leipig, they then followed that up with
  474. 16:12another away defeat. But their last two
  475. 16:14home games will give them big confidence
  476. 16:16going into this tie as they won 5-nil
  477. 16:19against Hamburg before the international
  478. 16:20break and then won 6-nil at home to win
  479. 16:24Frankfurt this weekend. So back in front
  480. 16:25of their home fans once more, they'll be
  481. 16:27very confident they can get the result
  482. 16:29in this fixture. As for PSV, it seems I
  483. 16:32massively overestimated their abilities
  484. 16:35going into match day one. As I
  485. 16:36predicted, they would beat Shakar Donesk
  486. 16:39very comfortably and in the end they
  487. 16:41could only muster up 0.4xG
  488. 16:44in the match at home to the Ukrainian
  489. 16:46side. And they ended up going behind in
  490. 16:47the match and needing Sergio Des's goal
  491. 16:50in the second half to cancel out
  492. 16:51Shaktar's opener. But to be honest, they
  493. 16:53need to be a lot lot better if they
  494. 16:55stand any chance of getting something
  495. 16:57from this fixture. And since then they
  496. 16:59went on to lose their most recent away
  497. 17:01game before then beating Heravine at
  498. 17:03home this weekend. In terms of the team
  499. 17:05news, following a goal and an assist on
  500. 17:07Saturday, Benzuni went off injured Harbi
  501. 17:10Leipig at the weekend and is expected to
  502. 17:12be a doubt for this match. PSV are still
  503. 17:15without multiple first team options for
  504. 17:17this match, but have no new fresh
  505. 17:19concerns from the weekend. So maybe a
  506. 17:20little bit of rotation from that Herave
  507. 17:23game, but no players are expected to
  508. 17:24return from their long list of injuries.
  509. 17:27Unfortunately, yet again, we have no
  510. 17:29recent head-to-head record between these
  511. 17:30two sides, but I think if you look at
  512. 17:32the recent home form from Leipig and the
  513. 17:34recent away form from PSV and the big
  514. 17:37injury list for PSV as well, for me, it
  515. 17:39has to be a Leipig victory in this one.
  516. 17:42I'm not convinced it will be anywhere
  517. 17:43near the 5-nil or 6-nil they got in
  518. 17:45their last home games. However, the
  519. 17:47caliber of sides they beat, who knows,
  520. 17:49maybe they could do it once again. I'm
  521. 17:51instead though going for a two-nil win
  522. 17:53for RB Leipig, getting them back on
  523. 17:56track. Sticking with the German sides,
  524. 17:59then we now have the defending German
  525. 18:00champions in Bayern Munich traveling to
  526. 18:02Norway to take on the Norwegian
  527. 18:04champions in Viking in the penultimate
  528. 18:06game on Tuesday night. For the home
  529. 18:08side, it was German opposition that they
  530. 18:11faced again on match day one as they
  531. 18:13traveled to Stoutgart. And they gave it
  532. 18:15a good go and they even drew level 2
  533. 18:17minutes after Stuttgart took the lead in
  534. 18:19the match. But in a crazy 15-minute
  535. 18:21spell, all four goals in this game were
  536. 18:24scored. And unfortunately for Viking,
  537. 18:26three of them were scored by Stogart and
  538. 18:28just the one was scored by then. And 3-1
  539. 18:31is how it finished. And yeah, with half
  540. 18:33the possession in the match, half the
  541. 18:34attempts on goal, it's fair to say that
  542. 18:36losing was the correct result for them.
  543. 18:39As for Bayern, they absolutely blew Bodo
  544. 18:41Glimpth away with goals from Muziala,
  545. 18:44Harry Kane, Alfonso Davies, and a double
  546. 18:46for Michael Elise securing a 5nil
  547. 18:49victory for them to start their
  548. 18:51Champions League campaign. Since match
  549. 18:53day one, four games, four wins, and
  550. 18:55three clean sheets for Vikings. So,
  551. 18:58they're going to be pretty confident
  552. 18:59coming into this one, especially when
  553. 19:00you consider that Bayern have only won
  554. 19:02two of their four since match day one
  555. 19:05and have drawn both of their away games,
  556. 19:07including away to Augsburg this weekend.
  557. 19:10So, who knows, maybe there is a slim
  558. 19:12chance that Viking could produce a big
  559. 19:14upset in this one. In terms of the team
  560. 19:16news, no fresh concerns from the weekend
  561. 19:18and unsurprisingly, no recent
  562. 19:20head-to-head record between these two
  563. 19:22sides. But there is one stat that we can
  564. 19:24pull upon and that is of course that
  565. 19:25Viking did lose 3-1 to Stutgart on match
  566. 19:28day one. And earlier on this season,
  567. 19:31Bayern Munich beat Stoutgart 5-1 in the
  568. 19:34Bundesliga. So stands to reason Bayern
  569. 19:36Munich are going to be humongous
  570. 19:38favorites coming into this one. And with
  571. 19:39the goalc scoring prowess they've got in
  572. 19:41their team, I think it's going to be
  573. 19:43another thrashing on the cards here. I'm
  574. 19:45going for 5-1 to Bayern Munich, but
  575. 19:48watch this space. Those recent away
  576. 19:50performances should be a concern for the
  577. 19:52German side. And then last and certainly
  578. 19:55not least, the final game on Tuesday
  579. 19:57night is the curious cases of Villa
  580. 19:59Royale and Napoli so far this season,
  581. 20:01who both made poor domestic starts to
  582. 20:04the season and then went on to lose
  583. 20:06their match day one openers. Now to be
  584. 20:08fair to Villa Royale, they still put on
  585. 20:10a half decent performance away to
  586. 20:11Brussia Dortmund and ended up losing the
  587. 20:13game 3-2 in Germany, but they never
  588. 20:15really had a foothold in the match going
  589. 20:171 nil down, 2-1 down, and then scoring
  590. 20:20an own goal and conceding a penalty. So,
  591. 20:22it's no real surprise they ended up
  592. 20:24losing the game and they then got a late
  593. 20:27consolation, literally a stoppage time
  594. 20:28consolation following an own goal. So,
  595. 20:31still not the best of looks for them.
  596. 20:33Maybe I'm doing them somewhat a
  597. 20:34disservice though because Dortmund have
  598. 20:35had a very good start to the season. But
  599. 20:37since then, they've only been able to
  600. 20:38back that up with two wins and two
  601. 20:40defeats. So, in my opinion, they're
  602. 20:42still not having a great time of things
  603. 20:44at the moment. They lost 1-0 away to
  604. 20:46Real Madrid this weekend though. So,
  605. 20:47again, it's not quite the worst result.
  606. 20:50As for Napoli, 1-0il is what they lost
  607. 20:52on match day one in a game where they
  608. 20:54were at home to Arsenal and were
  609. 20:55absolutely dominated in the match. I
  610. 20:57think the only real credit you can give
  611. 20:59to Napoli is that their defense kept the
  612. 21:01score line down to one as Arsenal had
  613. 21:03over 4xG in the match and were only able
  614. 21:06to score one. But Napoli really
  615. 21:08struggled to create any sort of chances
  616. 21:10in the match. But they do come into this
  617. 21:12after picking up back-to-back home wins
  618. 21:14over Bologna and Frosten, but they did
  619. 21:16draw their last away game. In terms of
  620. 21:19the team news, after missing the Real
  621. 21:20Madrid game, Pepe remains a doubt for
  622. 21:23the home side. No fresh concerns for
  623. 21:25Napoli, but the big boost for them is
  624. 21:26that Scott McTominay has returned from
  625. 21:28his heart problems and made an
  626. 21:30appearance off the bench this weekend.
  627. 21:32Now, we actually do have a head-to-head
  628. 21:34record between these two sides, but
  629. 21:35unfortunately, it dates all the way back
  630. 21:37to the Europa League in 2016, so I don't
  631. 21:41think we can read too much into that one
  632. 21:43either. For me, this is an absolute coin
  633. 21:46flip. Both sides started the season
  634. 21:47pretty poorly, but both sides have been
  635. 21:49showing signs of improvement over the
  636. 21:51course of the last few weeks.
  637. 21:53Ultimately, both of these sides
  638. 21:55underperformed in the Champions League
  639. 21:57phase last season as well with both of
  640. 21:59them finishing from 30th down to 36th.
  641. 22:02So, I can't really give either of these
  642. 22:05sides my confidence that they're going
  643. 22:06to go on and get the victory. So, as I
  644. 22:08always do when I don't know what to do,
  645. 22:10I'm just going to go down the middle
  646. 22:11with a 1-1 draw between Villa Royale and
  647. 22:14Napoli to round off Tuesday's fixtures.
  648. 22:17That is going to be it then for all of
  649. 22:19my previews and predictions for all of
  650. 22:20the matches taking place tomorrow in the
  651. 22:22Champions League. Before I leave you, as
  652. 22:24always, you guys have been voting over
  653. 22:26on the community page regarding these
  654. 22:28nine fixtures. So, let's see what you've
  655. 22:29gone for right here and now. The
  656. 22:33majority think that Sporting are going
  657. 22:34to win away at Lens, but I am surprised
  658. 22:36only 6% of you think the French side are
  659. 22:39going to get the home win. The majority
  660. 22:41think that Slavia are going to win away
  661. 22:42at Sabah. I've obviously given my
  662. 22:44thoughts on that one. Basically,
  663. 22:45everyone thinks Arsenal are going to
  664. 22:46beat Liil. The majority think that
  665. 22:48Atletico are going to win at Manchester
  666. 22:50United. To be honest, I thought that
  667. 22:51would be even higher. The majority think
  668. 22:53that Barcelona are going to win away.
  669. 22:55Basically, everyone thinks Inter Milan
  670. 22:57are going to beat Bruge. The closest
  671. 22:59community poll of the day is between
  672. 23:01Leipzig and PSV, but the majority have
  673. 23:03still gone for the German side.
  674. 23:04Basically, everyone thinks Bayern Munich
  675. 23:06are going to win away at Viking. And
  676. 23:08it's close again between Villa Royale
  677. 23:09and Napoli, but the majority have gone
  678. 23:11for the Italian side to take the
  679. 23:13victory. As always, let me know your
  680. 23:15thoughts down in the comments section
  681. 23:16below. Don't forget to head over to the
  682. 23:18community page right now to have your
  683. 23:19say on the nine fixtures we'll be
  684. 23:21covering in tomorrow's video. European
  685. 23:23football is back once again. So, if
  686. 23:24that's not worth a like on the video, I
  687. 23:26don't know what is. Daily uploads for
  688. 23:28you over the course of this week.
  689. 23:30Champions League tomorrow, Europa League
  690. 23:32on Wednesday, Conference League on
  691. 23:33Thursday, Premier League and La Liga for
  692. 23:36you on Friday. A massive thank you very
  693. 23:38much for watching once again. I'll see
  694. 23:40you very very

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