What story tells us about your team’s knockout chances
Benfica, Anderlecht, Atlético Madrid, Qarabağ, Olympiacos, Maribor, Feyenoord, Monaco, APOEL and Borussia Dortmund would all have wanted a win by a median symbol of this UEFA Champions League organisation stage – even so, do not write off their last-16 chances usually yet.
No organisation with 9 points from 3 matches have been separated underneath a stream format introduced in 2003/04. And in all 37 teams have had 0 points during a median mark: nothing advanced. But (and there is always a but) a deteriorate before that, Newcastle United went by after 3 initial losses.
How many have left by or out on any points total given 2003/04?
Points: Through-Out (% through)
0: 0-37 (0%)
1: 7-55 (11%)
2: 4-18 (18%)
3: 17-54 (24%)
4: 31-39 (44%)
5: 16-6 (73%)
6: 58-11 (84%)
7: 49-4 (92%)
9: 42-0 (100%)
Winless after three: did we know?
- Manchester City, on dual points, also suffered better on matchday 4 in 2014/15 though still modernized by violence Bayern München and Roma.
- Roma did win on matchday 4 in 2015/16 though afterwards mislaid 6-1 to Barcelona and scraped by with 6 points.
- No side winless after 3 games have picked adult some-more than a 10 points mustered by Bayer Leverkusen (2016/17), Gent (2015/16), Galatasaray (2012/13) and Liverpool (2007/08).
- Liverpool reached a semi-finals in 2007/08, a farthest any organisation though a win mid by a organisation theatre has gone.
Teams who have done it by after not winning their initial 3 games
Panathinaikos: 2008/09
Following defeats by Internazionale Milano and during Anorthosis Famagusta, a 2-2 home pull with Werder Bremen – caused by a late equaliser – did not bode good for Panathinaikos.
However, they afterwards went to Germany and won 3-0 to pierce into third, before Josu Sarriegi’s idea clinched a 1-0 feat during Inter. That meant Panathinaikos were second and usually indispensable a indicate contra Anorthosis, something Giorgos Karagounis cumulative in a 1-0 success that took them above Inter. Villarreal eventually finished Panathinaikos’s run in a final 16.
Arsenal: 2003/04
Arsenal began with a detriment to Inter, 3-0 during home, and were afterwards hold 0-0 during Lokomotiv Moskva and beaten 2-1 during Dynamo Kyiv.
The Gunners were stone bottom, with Inter and Dynamo a tip two, though a list would be incited upside down as a Londoners won all 3 remaining fixtures – including a 5-1 delight in Milan – to validate with Lokomotiv. Arsenal afterwards overcame Celta Vigo (another side to have recovered from a winless initial 3 outings) 5-2 on total before a quarter-final exit to Chelsea.
The other teams who have done it by after not winning their initial 3 games …
Bayer Leverkusen: 2016/17 – 3 points (all draws) after 3 games, 10 points after 6, reached turn of 16
Roma: 2015/16 – 2 points after 3 games, 6 points after 6, reached turn of 16
Gent: 2015/16 – 1 points after 3 games, 10 points after 6, reached turn of 16
Manchester City: 2014/15 –2 points after 3 games, 8 points after 6, reached turn of 16
Galatasaray: 2012/13 – 1 indicate after 3 games, 10 points after 6, reached quarter-finals
Stuttgart: 2009/10 – 2 points after 3 games, 9 points after 6, reached turn of 16
Liverpool: 2007/08 – 1 indicate after 3 games, 10 points after 6, reached semi-finals
Werder Bremen: 2005/06 – 1 indicate after 3 games, 7 points after 6, reached turn of 16
Porto: 2004/05 as holders –1 indicate after 3 games, 8 points after 6, reached turn of 16
Celta Vigo: 2003/04 – 2 points after 3 games, 9 points after 6, reached turn of 16
The 4 teams knocked out notwithstanding handling 7 points from their initial 3 games …
Porto: 2015/16 – had 10 points after 4 games, though finished third after back-to-back 2-0 waste to Dynamo Kyiv and Chelsea
Rangers: 2007/08 – started with wins opposite Stuttgart and Lyon, who kick them in final dual games
Marseille: 2007/08 – same organisation as Liverpool
CSKA Moskva: 2006/07 – did not concur a idea until matchday five
The 3 teams who finished fourth in their organisation after dual wins in initial 3 games …
Shakhtar Donetsk: 2007/08
Dynamo Kyiv: 2003/04 – same organisation as Arsenal
Ajax: 2003/04 – same organisation as Celta