UEFA Champions League play-offs tie by tie
League route
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir (TUR) v Sevilla (ESP)
• This will be Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir’s initial assembly with a Spanish bar in UEFA competition.
• One organisation or other has scored 3 goals in any of Sevilla’s 3 meetings with Turkish clubs in UEFA bar competition. The Spanish side were 3-0 home winners opposite BeÅŸiktaÅŸ during a Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán in a organisation theatre of their winning UEFA Cup debate in 2005/06.
• Less happily for Sevilla, their UEFA Champions League debate was finished by Fenerbahçe in 2007/08. Beaten 3-2 in Istanbul in a initial leg of their turn of 16 tie, Sevilla won by a same scoreline in Spain usually to remove a indirect chastisement shoot-out – also 3-2.
Young Boys (SUI) v CSKA Moskva (RUS)
• Young Boys have won both prior home games opposite Russian clubs – and mislaid both away. The Swiss bar kick Zenit 2-1 in a initial leg of their 2010/11 UEFA League turn of 32 tie, though were separated after losing 3-1 in St Petersburg; in a organisation theatre of a same foe in 2012/13 they were beaten 2-0 during Anji though won 3-1 during home.
• CSKA have won both their prior games opposite Swiss clubs. They available a 3-0 feat during Lausanne-Sport in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League and were afterwards 5-1 winners during home.
Napoli (ITA) v Nice (FRA)
• Napoli won both their final dual meetings with French teams, violence Marseille divided (2-1) and home (3-2) in a 2013/14 organisation stage.
• The Italian side’s knockout record in UEFA foe opposite Ligue 1 clubs is W1 L2, all 3 ties entrance in a UEFA Cup; they kick Bordeaux 1-0 on total in a 1988/89 third turn though mislaid on penalties to Toulouse in a initial turn in 1986/87 and were beaten by Paris 2-0 over dual legs in a 1992/93 second round.
• Nice have never played a Serie A side in UEFA competition.
• Mario Balotelli was sent off in AC Milan’s 2-1 home improved by Napoli on 22 Sep 2013. The Italy striker’s record opposite a Partonopei for Internazionale and Milan was W0 D1 L4 – he unsuccessful to measure in that time.
Hoffenheim (GER) v Liverpool (ENG)
• This is Hoffenheim’s initial European tie.
• Liverpool are dominant in their final 6 meetings with German clubs. Their altogether record is P36 W17 D13 L6 F58 A31 (W11 D3 L0 during home; W2 D8 L4 away).
• Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp faced Hoffenheim 16 times as a manager during his time in Germany. His record was D1 L1 with Mainz; W5 D5 L4 while during Borussia Dortmund.
• Liverpool brazen Roberto Firmino was during Hoffenheim between 2011 and 2015, scoring 38 goals in 140 joining games.
Sporting CP (POR) v FCSB (ROU)
• Sporting have played 6 prior matches opposite Romanian clubs – and a home organisation has won each one, with a divided organisation unwell to measure on each occasion.
• The Lisbon bar got a improved of FC Timişoara in a 1990/91 UEFA Cup second turn (7-0 home, 0-2 away) though mislaid to Dinamo Bucureşti in a initial turn of a same foe in 1991/92 (1-0 home, 0-2 away).
• In a 2011/12 UEFA Europa League organisation stage, Sporting were 2-0 home winners opposite Vaslui, losing 1-0 in Romania.
• FCSB have won usually one of their prior 6 games opposite clubs from Portugal, violence Rio Ave 2-1 in Bucharest in a 2014/15 UEFA Europa League organisation stage; they drew 2-2 away.
• FCSB’s prior 4 ties with Portuguese clubs all came opposite Benfica, to whom they mislaid in a 1987/88 European Champion Clubs’ Cup semi-finals (0-0 home, 0-2 away). In a 1994/95 UEFA Champions League organisation stage, a 2-1 improved in Lisbon was followed by a 1-1 pull in Romania.
Champions route
Qarabağ (AZE) v København (DEN)
• The teams met in a 1998/99 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup subordinate round, with FCK easing to a 10-0 total feat (6-0 home, 4-0 away).
• That tie was also a usually time possibly side has played a bar from their opponents’ country.
APOEL (CYP) v Slavia Praha (CZE)
• APOEL have played dual prior knockout ties opposite Czech clubs. They mislaid to Slavia’s city rivals Sparta Praha in a 2004/05 second subordinate turn (2-2 home, 1-2 away) though got a improved of Jabolec in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League third subordinate turn (1-0 home, 3-1 away).
• The Cypriot bar also played Sparta in a 2015/16 UEFA Europa League organisation stage, losing 2-0 divided and 3-1 during home.
• Slavia have never played a bar from Cyprus in UEFA competition.
Olympiacos (GRE) v Rijeka (CRO)
• Olympiacos have played 6 prior matches opposite Croatian opposition. They kick Dinamo Zagreb 3-1 during home in a 1977/78 UEFA Cup initial turn initial leg usually to remove a lapse 5-1, though they have enjoyed improved happening in UEFA Champions League organisation games opposite a same opponents.
• The Greek bar kick Dinamo 2-0 during home in a 1998/99 organisation stage, sketch 1-1 away, and available divided (1-0) and home (2-1) wins opposite a Zagreb outfit in 2015/16.
• Rijeka have never played a Greek team.
Celtic (SCO) v Astana (KAZ)
• Celtic came out on tip when a teams met in final season’s third subordinate round. A 1-1 pull in Kazakhstan was followed by a 2-1 success for a Scottish bar in Glasgow; Leigh Griffiths scored in both ties, with Moussa Dembélé’s 90th-minute chastisement in a second leg proof decisive. Yuri Logvinenko scored Astana’s first-leg goal.
• Celtic also came out on tip in their usually other tie opposite antithesis from Kazakhstan, branch turn a 2-0 first-leg detriment during Shakhter Karagandy in a 2013/14 play-offs with a 3-0 second-leg win during Celtic Park.
• The 2016/17 assembly was Astana’s solitary tie opposite a bar from Scotland.
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) v Maribor (SVN)
• Hapoel have never played a organisation from Slovenia before.
• Maribor’s record in knockout ties opposite Israeli clubs is W1 L1. They mislaid 3-2 on total to Maccabi Haifa in a 2011/12 third subordinate turn (1-2 away, 1-1 home) though kick Maccabi Tel-Aviv by a same total score, during a same stage, 3 years after (1-0 home, 2-2 away).
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