Champions League report card at halfway stage of group campaign

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Champions League report card at halfway stage of group campaign

Napoli have been impressive in the Champions League. Club Brugge have surprised many with their impressive start. Celtic and Rangers are still winless in Europe's elite tournament. Sportsmail runs through each group. The teams with work to do are: Napoli, Clubbrugg, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham.

Napoli are top of their group with a 100% record. Liverpool beat both Ajax and Rangers. Rangers have lost three of four games and have conceded nine goals. They have no goals scored. Napoli could qualify for the last-16 with victory over Ajax on Wednesday. If Ajax lose to Napololi, Liverpool could also qualify. The team with the best performance was Giacomo Raspadori (6-1 against Ajax). The worst performance for Napolo was their 4-0 defeat by Liverpool.

Club Brugge have won all three of their Champions League group games. They beat Bayer Leverkusen, 4-0 at Porto and 2-1 at home against Atletico Madrid. The Belgian side has never made it to the knockout phase of the competition. Bayer have a tough group with Portoa, Atleti Madrid and Bayer. The report card for Group B is: Club Brograve A, PortO D, Bayer Lekusen D and Attero Madrid D-.

Barcelona's chances of making the last 16 of the Champions League have been dented by defeats to Robert Lewandowski's former club Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. The decisive game of Group C could take place at the Nou Camp on Wednesday. Leroy Sane has been the standout player for Bayern. Barcelona's biggest shock was being outside the qualifying positions. They play Bayern at home.

Sporting Lisbon are top of their Champions League group after back-to-back victories over Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham. Marseille's defeat at the hands of Sporting Lisbon has left the door open for them to be surpassed by the end of the group stage. Tottenham have struggled in their games so far and are in a tough group.

Chelsea made a bad start to the Champions League campaign, losing to Dinamo Zagreb and drawing with RB Salzburg. They bounced back with a 3-0 win over AC Milan. RBSalzberg are unbeaten in the group and are still to play Chelsea and ACMilan. They are also to host Chelsea at the Stadion Salburg and travel to San Siro.

Real Madrid have maximum points after their opening three games in Group F. They beat Celtic 3-0, beat RB Leipzig 2-1 and held on to a 2,1 lead against Shakhtar Donetsk. Celtic have no win in their three matches and are struggling to find form.

Erling Haaland has scored five goals in three matches for Manchester City in the Champions League. Jude Bellingham has been excellent for Borussia Dortmund. Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica are in control of Group H with three games left to play. Juventus are four points off the lead and need to beat Ben fica and beat Maccabi Haifa to make it into the knockout stages. Sevilla and Copenhagen are fighting for their Europa League places. The team that won the Europa league in last nine years is Sevila. They have won four Europa Leagues in a row.


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