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14th September, 2021
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Sevilla 1-1 RB Salzburg FT
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Lille 0-0 Wolfsburg FT
Villarreal 2-2 Atalanta FT
Chelsea 1-0 Zenit FT
Malmo 0-3 Juventus FT
Barcelona 0-3 Bayern Munich FT
Dynamo Kyiv 0-0 Benfica FT

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The UEFA Champions League kicks off this week with 16 matches over the next two days. In today’s games there are some stunning clashes between Europe’s greatest clubs starting at 5:00am AEST.

Reigning champions Chelsea along with powerhouses Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Juventus are all on display today. Join The Roar for live scores and an around the grounds blog starting from 4:50am (AEST).

The Champions League isn’t won in the first round of the Group stages but the big contenders can certainly start to make their lives easier by getting three points in the bag.

In Group F, most eyes will be on Manchester United. The Red Devils have a line up full of talent including returning hero Cristiano Ronaldo. But can Ole Gunnar Solskjær turn this team of champions into a champion team?

Group G is one of the most competitive in the competition. There are none of the really big teams and each of Sevilla, Salzburg and Lille will be thinking that they can get a number one spot to carry them through to an easier draw in the next round. With all teams playing tonight it’ll be interesting to see who can make the first move.

In Group H, reigning champions Chelsea will be confident of a home win over Zenit – the pair haven’t met so far in this competition’s history but the Blues are unbeaten in six games against Russian sides. No reigning champion has ever lost the first game of their defence at home, ever and it won’t happen today.

In the other Group H match up, many eyes will be on Juventus to see how they perform after an average Serie A season and without Ronaldo.

The final set of games today come from Group E and presents the mouth watering tie of Barcelona v Bayern Munich. Bayern are likely to romp home at the top of this group and with some question marks on a post Messi Barca, it’ll be exciting to see if the Spanish giants can put up a strong performance first game up against the Group favourites.

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Predictions
Sevilla v RB Salzburg – Sevilla to win 2 – 1
Young Boys v Man Utd – Man Utd to win 0 – 2
Lille v Wolfsburg – Lille to win 2 – 1
Villarreal v Atalanta – draw 1 – 1
Chelsea v Zenit – Chelsea to win 2 – 0
Malmo v Juventus – Juventus to win 1 – 2
Barcelona v Bayern Munich Bayern to win 1 – 3
Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica – draw 1 – 1

Round information

Kick-offs:
Sevilla v RB Salzburg 2:45am (AEST)
Young Boys v Man Utd 2:45am (AEST)
Lille v Wolfsburg 5:00am (AEST)
Villarreal v Atalanta 5:00am (AEST)
Chelsea v Zenit 5:00am (AEST)
Malmo v Juventus 5:00am (AEST)
Barcelona v Bayern Munich 5:00am (AEST)
Dynamo Kyiv v Benfica 5:00am (AEST)
Live stream: Stan Sport
Betting: – odds via PlayUp
Sevilla $1.60, RB Salzburg $4.80
Young Boys $7.40, Man Utd $1.32
Lille $2.72, Wolfsburg $2.48
Villarreal $2.32, Atalanta $2.74
Chelsea $1.14, Zenit $18.00
Malmo $6.60, Juventus $1.43
Barcelona $3.30, Bayern Munich $1.92
Dynamo Kyiv $3.15, Benfica $2.24

Teams

Sevilla
Yassine Bounou, Javier Díaz, Marko Dmitrović, Alfonso Pastor, Jesús Navas, Marcos Acuña, Ludwig Augustinsson, Carmona, Joris Gnagnon, Jules Koundé, Gonzalo Montiel, Pablo Pérez, Karim Rekik, Diego Carlos, Ibrahim Amadou, Thomas Delaney, Fernando, Nemanja Gudelj, Jordán, Pedro Ortiz, Ivan Rakitić, Óliver Torres, Erik Lamela, Alejandro Gómez, Óscar, Munir El Haddadi, Lucas Ocampos, Suso, Oussama Idrissi, Iván Romero, Youssef En-Nesyri, Rafael Mir

RB Salzburg
Philipp Köhn, Nico Mantl, Alexander Walke, Rasmus Kristensen, Kamil Piątkowski, Albert Vallci, Bernardo, Andreas Ulmer, Daouda Guindo, Kilian Ludewig, Bryan Okoh, Jérôme Onguéné, Oumar Solet, Maximilian Wöber, Samson Tijani, Antoine Bernede, Mohamed Camara, Nicolás Capaldo, Mamady Diambou, Zlatko Junuzović, Maurits Kjærgaard, Daniel Owusu, Nicolas Seiwald, Luka Sučić, Noah Okafor, Brenden Aaronson, Karim Adeyemi, Chikwubuike Adamu, Sékou Koïta, Benjamin Šeško

Wolfsburg
Koen Casteels, Niklas Klinger, Pavao Pervan, Philipp Schulze, Kevin Mbabu, Paulo Otávio, Sebastiaan Bornauw, John Brooks, William, Maxence Lacroix, Jérôme Roussillon, Mickey van de Ven, Maximilian Arnold, Josuha Guilavogui, Xaver Schlager, Aster Vranckx, Yannick Gerhardt, Lisanne Gräwe, Felix Kalu Nmecha, Dodi Lukebakio, Renato Steffen, Ridle Baku, Admir Mehmedi, Maximilian Philipp, Marvin Stefaniak, Daniel Ginczek, Gil-Linnart Walther, Bartosz Bialek, Lukas Nmecha, Gian-Luca Waldschmidt, Wout Weghorst

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Lille
Ivo Grbić, Adam Jakubech, Leonardo, Orestis Karnezis, Jules Raux, Zeki Çelik, Jérémy Pied, Domagoj Bradarić, Reinildo, Saad Agouzoul, Sven Botman, José Fonte, Yves Dabila, Tiago Djaló, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Amadou Onana, Eugenio Pizzuto, Jonathan Ikoné, Benjamin André, Jonathan Bamba, Xeka, Renato Sanches, Cheikh Niasse, Isaac Lihadji, Yusuf Yazıcı, Capita, Angel Gomes, Rocco Ascone, Fadiga Ouattara, Tim Weah, Jonathan David, Burak Yılmaz

Young Boys
Guillaume Faivre, Leandro José Zbinden, Abdullah Laidani, David von Ballmoos, Valerio Zbinden, Silvan Hefti, Quentin Maceiras, Ulisses Garcia, Jordan Lefort, Nicolas Bürgy, Mohamed Aly Camara, Fabian Lustenberger, Cédric Zesiger, Christian Fassnacht, Nicolas Ngamaleu, Miralem Sulejmani, Michel Aebischer, Alexandre Jankewitz, Sandro Lauper, Christopher Martins, Fabian Rieder, Vincent Sierro, Nico Maier, Marvin Spielmann, Mechack Elia, Felix Mambimbi, Joël Monteiro, Jean-Pierre Nsamé, Jordan Pefok, Yannick Toure, Wilfride Kanga

Man Utd
David De Gea, Lee Grant, Tom Heaton, Dean Henderson, Diogo Dalot, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Luke Shaw, Alex Telles, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire, Raphaël Varane, Fred, Nemanja Matić, Scott McTominay, Paul Pogba, Donny van de Beek, Amad Diallo, Mason Greenwood, Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, Edinson Cavani, Cristiano Ronaldo, Jordan Pefok, Yannick Toure, Wilfride Kanga

Villarreal
Sergio Asenjo, Filip Jörgensen, Géronimo Rulli, Juan Foyth, Rubén Peña, Mario Gaspar, Pervis Estupiñán, Alberto Moreno, Alfonso Pedraza, Raul Albiol, Aïssa Mandi, Pau Torres, Vicente Iborra, Yeremi Pino, Étienne Capoue, Francis Coquelin, Dani Parejo, Manu Trigueros, Nikita Iosifov, Samuel Chukwueze, Arnaut Danjuma, Dani Raba, Moi Gómez, Gerard Moreno, Paco Alcácer, Boulaye Dia, Tim Weah, Jonathan David, Burak Yılmaz

Atalanta
Juan Musso, Francesco Rossi, Marco Sportiello, Bruno Šutalo, Rafael Tolói, Berat Djimsiti, Merih Demiral, Matteo Lovato, José Luis Palomino, Giuseppe Pezzella, Giorgio Scalvini, Davide Zappacosta, Marten de Roon, Remo Freuler, Robin Gosens, Hans Hateboer, Joakim Mæhle, Mario Pašalić, Federico Mattiello, Teun Koopmeiners, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Aleksei Miranchuk, Matteo Pessina, Josip Iličić, Luis Muriel, Roberto Piccoli, Duván Zapata

Chelsea
Kepa Arrizabalaga, Marcus Bettinelli, Edouard Mendy, Antonio Rüdiger, Malang Sarr, Marcos Alonso, Cesar Azpilicueta, Ben Chilwell, Andreas Christensen, Thiago Silva, Reece James, Lewis Baker, Trevoh Chalobah, Jorginho, N’Golo Kanté, Mateo Kovačić, Ross Barkley, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Saul Niguez, Kai Havertz, Mason Mount, Hakim Ziyech, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Christian Pulisic, Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner

Zenit
David Byazrov, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Georgiy Korolev, Stanislav Kritsyuk, Daniil Odoevski, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Aleksei Sutormin, Douglas Santos, Dmitrii Chistyakov, Danila Khotulev, Danil Krugovoi, Dejan Lovren, Yaroslav Rakitskii, Wílmar Barrios, Aleksandr Erokhin, Kirill Kravtsov, Daler Kuzyaev, Magomed Ozdoev, Claudinho, Malcom, Wendel, Andrei Mostovoi, Daniil Kuznetsov, Sardar Azmoun, Artem Dzyuba

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Malmo
Johan Dahlin, Ismael Diawara, Melker Ellborg, Mattias Nilsson, Felix Beijmo, Eric Larsson, Martin Olsson, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Franz Brorsson, Noah Eile, Jonas Knudsen, Lasse Nielsen, Niklas Moisander, Markus Björkvist, Anders Christiansen, Bonke Innocent, Oscar Lewicki, Erdal Rakip, Peter Gwargis, Veljko Birmančević, Jo Inge Berget, Søren Rieks, Adi Nalić, Sergio Peña, Patriot Sejdiu, Ola Toivonen, Malik Abubakari, Antonio-Mirko Čolak, Sebastian Nanasi

Juventus
Mattia Perin, Carlo Pinsoglio, Wojciech Szczęsny, Danilo, Mattia De Sciglio, Alex Sandro, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Juan Cuadrado, Matthijs de Ligt, Koni De Winter, Luca Pellegrini, Daniele Rugani, Manuel Locatelli, Federico Chiesa, Rodrigo Bentancur, Weston McKennie, Fabio Miretti, Adrien Rabiot, Arthur, Aaron Ramsey, Federico Bernardeschi, Paulo Dybala, Dejan Kulusevski, Matìas Soulé, Moise Kean, Álvaro Morata, Kaio Jorge

Barcelona
Neto, Iñaki Peña, Arnau Tenas, Marc-André ter Stegen, Sergiño Dest, Sergi Roberto, Jordi Alba, Ronald Araújo, Alejandro Balde, Eric Garcia, Clément Lenglet, Óscar Mingueza, Gerard, Pique, Samuel Umtiti, Moussa Wagué, Sergio Busquets, Álex Collado, Frenkie de Jong, Nicolás González, Pedri, Gavi Paez, Riqui Puig, Aranda, Philippe Coutinho, Yusuf Demir, Ousmane Dembélé, Ansu Fati, Sergio Agüero, Martin Braithwaite, Luuk de Jong, Memphis Depay

Bayern Munich
Christian Früchtl, Manuel Neuer, Sven Ulreich, Benjamin Pavard, Josip Stanišić, Lucas Hernández, Omar Richards, Alphonso Davies, Nianzou Kouassi, Bouna Sarr, Niklas Süle, Dayot Upamecano, Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Marc Roca, Marcel Sabitzer, Corentin Tolisso, Mickaël Cuisance, Malik Tillman, Taylor Booth, Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sané, Kingsley Coman, Jamal Musiala, Thomas Müller, Maxim Choupo-Moting, Robert Lewandowski, Memphis Depay

Dynamo Kyiv
Denys Boiko, Heorhii Bushchan, Ruslan Neshcheret, Tomasz Kędziora, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Vladyslav Dubinchak, Oleksandr Karavaiev, Vitalii Mykolenko, Mykyta Burda, Valentyn Morhun, Denys Popov, Artem Shabanov, Oleksandr Syrota, Illia Zabarnyi, Oleksandr Andriievskyi, Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Shepeliev, Serhii Sydorchuk, Benjamin Verbič, Denys Antiukh, Vitalii Buyalskyi, Carlos De Pena, Denys Harmash, Bohdan Liedniev, Vitinho, Viktor Tsyhankov, Ilya Shkurin, Artem Biesiedin, Ibrahim Kargbo, Vladyslav Kulach, Eric Ramírez, Vladyslav Supriaha

Benfica
Helton Leite, Mile Svilar, Odisseas Vlachodimos, André Almeida, Gilberto, Gil Dias, Morato, Alejandro Grimaldo, Nicolás Otamendi, Ferro, Lucas Veríssimo, Jan Vertonghen, Soualiho Meïté, João Mário, Rafa Silva, Gabriel, Gedson, Pizzi, Paulo Bernardo, Coleby Shepherd, Éverton, Adel Taarabt, Julian Weigl, Nemanja Radonjić, Diogo Gonçalves, Valentino Lazaro, Jhonder Cádiz, Darwin Núñez, Rodrigo Pinho, Gonçalo Ramos, Haris Seferović, Roman Yaremchuk

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