Group G analysis: BeÅŸiktaÅŸ, Leipzig, Monaco, Porto

Who’s in Group G?

Monaco (FRA)
• UEFA coefficient ranking: 29
• How they qualified: first in Ligue 1
• Previous group stage campaigns: 7 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League semi-finals
• Best European Cup performance: runners-up (2003/04)

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2004 final : Porto 3-0 Monaco

Porto (POR)
• UEFA coefficient ranking: 13
• How they qualified: second in Portugese Liga
• Previous group stage campaigns: 21 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League round of 16
• Best European Cup performance: winners x 2 (1986/87, 2003/04)

BeÅŸiktaÅŸ (TUR)
• UEFA coefficient ranking: 42
• How they qualified: first in Turkish Super League
• Previous group stage campaigns: 6 (last appearance: 2016/17)
• Last season: UEFA Champions League group stage/UEFA Europa League quarter-finals
• Best European Cup performance: quarter-finals (1986/87)

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RB Leipzig (GER)
• UEFA coefficient ranking: 122= (projected)
• How they qualified: second in German Bundesliga
• Previous group stage campaigns: debut
• Last season: not in UEFA competition
• Best European Cup performance: group stage (2017/18)

Matchday one fixtures (Wednesday 13 September)
Leipzig v Monaco
Porto v BeÅŸiktaÅŸ

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Key facts

• Porto beat Monaco in the 2004 UEFA Champions League final, running out 3-0 victors in Gelsenkirchen to take their second European title.

• Monaco and Beşiktaş have never played.

• Porto have won three of their four games against Beşiktaş. The Portuguese side won 1-0 away and 2-0 at home in the 2007/08 group stage, and also triumphed 3-1 in Istanbul in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage, before a 1-1 home draw.

• This is Leipzig’s first European campaign.