Champions League Match Day 5: Teams Lists, Predictions And Players To Watch

Champions League is the deal of the moment and the eyes of football lovers not only in Europe but across the world are focused on their favourite teams and players.

It’s Match Day 5 and with 16 games Tuesday and Wednesday, teams like FC Barcelona and Arsenal for example appear to sit well, for the knockout stages as against the likes of Man-U and AC Milan who are on jerky positions.

Man City vs. RB Leipzig – is this the big deal?

Many eyes on Manchester City and Pep Guardiola on this game, with the reasons remaining obvious. He has got the right players to tinker with, Erling Haaland being top of this consideration. With 50 Premier League goals haul at the weekend, he is the one who is up to it when the expectations are high. But then, it is the game of football and anything is capable of happening. .

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The Eagle may not take a bet on this, but let’s say the day belongs to City: 1-0

PSG vs. Newcastle

Paris Saint Gerrman (PSG) is Kylian Mbappe’s Club firstly, and again playing at home, and these two factors can be deciders in the matchup between PSG and Newcastle.

The presence of global superstar is usually a tonic in this type of a game. The scores may not come from him directly, but his presence could buoy up the others to do the unimaginable. The Tuesday game is crunchy because every one is ready to be counted.

“The Parc des Princes will carry us, I expect a great atmosphere. We really need the fans, we need a warmer and more passionate stadium than normal,” Luis Enrique told a press conference ahead of Tuesday.

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Newcastle has not forgotten last meeting which ended 1:4 against them in a gritty game at James Park and may be out to prove some points. But with Ousmane Dembele paiging up Mbappe upfront, our optimism remains with PSG.

Predictions: PSG 2: Newcastle 1

 Luis Enrique, coach of Paris Saint-Germain’s squad against Newcastle United in tonight’s UEFA Champions League tie at the Parc de Prince in Paris.

2 – Achraf Hakimi

4 – Manuel Ugarte

7 – Kylian Mbappé

8 – Fabiàn Ruiz

9 – Gonçalo Ramos

10 – Ousmane Dembélé

11 – Marco Asensio

15 – Danilo

17 – Vitinha

19 – Lee Kang-In

21 – Lucas Hernandez

23 – Randal Kolo Muani

26 – Nordi Mukiele

28 – Carlos Soler

29 – Bradley Barcola

30 – Alexandre Letellier

37 – Milan Skriniar

80 – Arnau Tenas

99 – Gianluigi Donnarumma