AS Monaco have been handed a tough looking Champions League group that also contains CSKA Moscow, Tottenham Hotspur and Bayer Leverkusen. All four sides will feel that they’re in with a chance to win the group and we should see some very keenly contested games.
Monaco qualified for the Champions League via the playoffs, pipping Spanish side Villarreal to a spot in the group stages Continue reading
Olympique Lyonnais have been handed a tricky draw in the Champions League, with the Rhone Valley outfit grouped along with Juventus, Sevilla and Dinamo Zagreb. Juve will be the favs to take this group, but Europa League champions Sevilla also have the potential to do so- although they’ve under performed in the Champions League in recent years.
Lyon qualified automatically for the Champions League by virtue of their second place finish in the 2015/16 Ligue 1 season behind Paris Saint-Germain. Continue reading
French champions Paris Saint-Germain have been drawn alongside Arsenal, Basel and Ludogorets in their Champions League group. It appears to be pretty straight forward for Paris, who should be expected to top the group. Arsenal have the potential to the top of the group, but they also face a potential banana skin in the form of FC Basel, a fixture that will see the Xhaka brothers square off against each other Continue reading
Three French clubs will be competing in the group stages of the 2016/17 Champions League- Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyonnais and AS Monaco.
PSG will be in Pot 1 for the group stage draws, with Lyon in Pot 2 and Monaco, who beat Villarreal in their playoff tie, in Group 4.
At the end of the 2015/16, these were their UEFA club coefficents
PSG- 112.549
Lyon- 63.049
Monaco- 36.549
Fabinho’s late penalty sealed a 1-0 win for AS Monaco at the Stade Louis II in the second leg of their Champions League playoff clash against Villarreal (3-1 on aggregate). Check out the video highlights from ASM v Villarreal below Continue reading