Low-down on a Champions League play-off initial legs

The UEFA Champions League organisation theatre is within touching stretch for a 10 survivors from a subordinate rounds and Young Boys and PSV Eindhoven, who enter a foe during this stage.

UEFA.com looks during a critical statistics forward of a opening legs of their play-off ties.

• Group theatre contenders: a 26 teams already in a 30 Aug draw
• Full play-off tie guide

Benfica v PAOK (Tuesday, 21:00CET)

The Eagles will be penetrating to make justification for final season’s organisation campaign – they mislaid all 6 matches – while PAOK are still watchful to exam themselves opposite Europe’s chosen during that stage.

• Benfica are aiming to strech a organisation theatre for a ninth unbroken season
• The Portuguese side have, however, usually gifted a play-offs once, overcoming Twente in 2011/12
• All 4 of PAOK’s prior UEFA Champions League forays have finished in a subordinate rounds
• The Greek outfit have taken dual important scalps to strech this juncture, violence Basel 5-1 on total and Spartak Moskva 3-2 over dual matches

PSV, entering a foe during this stage, kick Manchester United in 2015/16©Getty Images

BATE Borisov v PSV Eindhoven (Tuesday, 21:00CET)

Both these sides have gifted passing highs in a organisation theatre in new seasons with BATE violence Roma and PSV assisting hit out Manchester United in 2015/16.

• BATE have won 12 uninterrupted Belarusian titles and already come by ties opposite HJK Helsinki and QarabaÄŸ this season
• They are also specialists in a play-offs, carrying won all 4 prior UEFA Champions League ones and 3 of their 4 in a UEFA Europa League.
• PSV are though a win in their final 10 European games (D4 L6), dating behind to a 2-1 win opposite CSKA Moskva in Dec 2015
• The Dutch side’s usually play-off coming was in 2013/14 when they succumbed 4-1 on total to AC Milan

Crvena zvezda v Salzburg (Tuesday, 21:00CET)

Despite both sides reaching a European final in a 1990s, this pairing has a slightest organisation theatre knowledge between them – Salzburg’s 1994/95 debate is a usually showing.

Crvena Zvezda were European champions in 1991©Getty Images

• Crvena zvezda mislaid in a third subordinate turn in all of their 6 prior UEFA Champions League quests
• The Belgrade outfit have mislaid usually once in their final 12 European home matches (W7 D4), surrender usually 5 goals in a process
• Salzburg’s new record is arguably even some-more impressive – they have usually been beaten twice in their final 25 European games (W15 D8)
• Since that solitary organisation theatre journey, a Austrian side have done 12 catastrophic attempts to return

Ajax v Dynamo Kyiv (Wednesday, 21:00CET)

In contrariety to a final tie, this pairing has a many knowledge in a foe with Ajax veterans of 19 prior campaigns and Dynamo Kyiv no reduction than 23.

• These clubs have usually met once in Europe and it was during this theatre in 2010/11, Ajax advancing 3-2 on aggregate
• The Dutch side final done it out of their organisation in 2005/06 and have unsuccessful to finish in a tip dual 5 times since
• The Ukrainian organisation are behest to play in a organisation theatre for a 17th time
• Dynamo won on their final dual visits to a Netherlands, during Feyenoord in 2012/13 and AZ Alkmaar in 2010/11

Vidi v AEK Athens (Wednesday, 21:00CET)

Only dual Hungarian clubs have ever done it to a UEFA Champions League organisation stage. Greece has had some-more visit illustration though AEK have not been among them given a 2006/07 season.

Young Boys were knocked out by Gareth Bale’s Tottenham in 2010/11©Getty Images

• Vidi, before famous as Videoton, were separated in a second and third subordinate rounds in their usually prior attempts to strech a organisation stage
• The Hungarian bar have mislaid usually one of their final 9 European games (W3 D5)
• AEK won their 12th Greek pretension final deteriorate though their initial given 1994
• The Greek side’s 2-1 win opposite Celtic in a final turn finished a run of 8 unbroken draws in European competition

Young Boys v Dinamo Zagreb (Wednesday, 21:00CET)

These sides have gifted drastically resisting fortunes in prior play-offs and a Swiss side will be anticipating to overcome a weight of story to strech a lass organisation stage.

• Young Boys won their 12th Swiss pretension final season, finale a drought dating behind to 1986
• This is YB’s sixth UEFA Champions League debate – they have succumbed on all 4 occasions they have reached a play-offs
• Dinamo’s record during this theatre is W4 L1 and they have also won 3 of their 4 UEFA Europa League play-offs.
• Dinamo are now dominant in 8 European matches (W4 D4), carrying mislaid their prior six

Article source: https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2567196.html?rss=2567196+Low-down+on+the+Champions+League+play-off+first+legs