Brace yourself for another exciting Champions League night football as teams in Europe battles for glory.
It’s match day five of the UEFA champions league. Today some teams could seal their qualification into the next round of the competition, So it’s now or never for some.
Let run down some mind catching fixtures for tonight.
First, the European Champions Chelsea will be up against Juventus who won the first leg of this tie.
Chelsea comes into tonight game with a convincing 3:0 win over Leicester City in the premier league during weekend with Rudiger, Kante and Christian Pulisic all on target.
Juventus on the other hand had secured a spot in the next round having gotten 12 maximum points in four games.
Meanwhile, Chelsea are 9points sitting second on the table standings a win for them will see them into the next round.
In group E Xavi’s Barcelona will face a major test when they lock horns with Benfica at the Camp Nou.
Barcelona started with a back-to-back lost in the opening stages of this competition before winning 1:0 each over two legs against Dynamo Kyiv to register 6 points. Benfica are third with four points and could move up to seven and sit in the second spot should they see a win against Barcelona tonight.
They did scored the Catalans giant three unreplied goals on match day two, so would there be a repeat tonight? surely, it will be interesting to see how things turn out.
However, Barcelona could be fired up to get the best results Considering the factor of their new manager Xavi who will be in the dougout for his first champions league game.
Another exciting match to watch out for tonight is Manchester United who will be hoping to buy back some confidence when they face Villarreal at 9pm.
Manchester United come into tonight clash with a caretaker manager after the board sacked Ole Gunner Solskjaer on Sunday following a 4:1 humilating loss to Watford.
Can the red devils spring up surprises and shut the mouth of their mockers tonight against a Villarreal side who have become a torn on United flesh of lately.
United face a must win match as both teams are on Seven points respectively while Atlanta are on five and Young Boys on three points meaning the qualifications to the next round is still open to any of the side mathematically speaking.
