Champions League Matchday 5 preview: Stats, team news, key games

November 25, 2019 By Ali M.

Topics: TV Schedules, PSG, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona, Chelsea, Valencia, Napoli, Liverpool, UEFA Champions League

Barcelona take on Dortmund in one of the most anticipated games, while Real Madrid will host PSG with the sole aim of getting revenge.

2019/20 UEFA Champions League Matchday 5 fixtures - time and date

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Galatasaray vs Club Brugge at 12:55 ET/17:55 GMT
Lokomotiv Moskva vs Bayer Leverkusen at 12:55 ET/17:55 GMT
Atalanta vs Dinamo Zagreb at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Crvena Zvezda vs Bayern Munich at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Juventus vs Atletico Madrid at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Man City vs Shakhtar Donetsk at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Real Madrid vs PSG at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Tottenham vs Olympiakos at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Valencia vs Chelsea at 12:55 ET/17:55 GMT
Zenit vs Lyon at 12:55 ET/17:55 GMT
Barcelona vs Dortmund at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Genk vs Salzburg at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Lille vs Ajax at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Liverpool vs Napoli at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
RB Leipzig vs Benfica at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT
Slavia Praha vs Inter Milan at 15:00 ET/20:00 GMT

Team news/injuries

Juventus vs Atletico Madrid

Out: Costa (Juventus); Savić, Costa, Vrsaljko, Giménez (Atletico)

Doubts: De Ligt, Bernardeschi, Alex Sandro, Rabiot (Juventus)

Man City vs Shakhtar

Out: Bravo, Sané, Laporte, Zinchenko (Man City); Marlos (Shakhtar)

Doubts: Agüero, David Silva, Rodrigo

Real Madrid vs PSG

Out: Rodríguez, Vázquez, Asensio (Real Madrid); Choupo-Moting, Herrera, Kehrer, Kurzawa (PSG)

Doubts: Verratti (PSG)

Valencia vs Chelsea

Out: Kondogbia, Guedes, Cheryshev, Diakhaby, Piccini (Valencia); Hudson-Odoi, Rüdiger, Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea)

Doubts: Garay (Valencia); Barkley (Chelsea)

Barcelona vs Dortmund

Out: Piqué, Alba, Piqué, Semedo (Barcelona); Delaney (Dortmund)

Doubts: Paco Alcacer (Dortmund)

Liverpool vs Napoli

Out: Clyne, Matip, Shaqiri (Liverpool); Costanzo, Insigne, Malcuit, Milik (Napoli)

Key stats

Juventus have lost only four of their 40 European home games in their current stadium (W24, D12).
Furthermore, the Italian giants have lost only once at home against a Spanish club (P12, W7, D4) and that was against Real Madrid.
Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 34 home games in the Champions League and have won their last three Camp Nou games against German clubs.
Real Madrid boast the superior head-to-head record against PSG with four wins to their three but the French giants have outscored the Spanish heavyweights by 12 goals to their 11.
PSG have won only two of their last 10 games vs La Liga sides (D1, L7) and are on a five-game losing streak in Spain.
Napoli will travel to Anfield for their clash with Liverpool. Sadly for the Italians, they have never won in England, losing six and drawing twice.

Key talking point: Will under-performing Barca loss their home unbeaten run?

Barcelona are top in both La Liga and their Champions League group, but their performances this season tell an entirely different story. The Spanish giants have been dreadful for the most part, with Lionel Messi’s usual antics paper over the cracks that is a leaky defense and a manager out of ideas.

Against Dortmund, the Blaugrana will face a young and energetic squad. The pace of the likes of Sanco and Reus will definitely test Pique and Co. and should the Catalan giants stumble, they could be in for a tricky trip to San Siro. Victory would secure progression – a draw would also suffice if Inter Milan manage only a draw – but should they fail, then they will be traveling to the Nerazzurri with the threat of crashing out in the group stage.