A new season of Europe’s finest football awaits, and following on from our weekly Premier League preview is our 2019-20 Champions League Predictions Matchday 2.
Each Champions League matchday we’ll bring you our selections and thoughts on the games ahead.
This season we unveil our SC3000 method for Champions League Predictions Matchday 2 selections based on various football data.
Fixtures – Champions League Matchday 2
| Tuesday, Oct 1 2019 | |||
| 17:55 | Real Madrid | vs | Club Bruges |
| 17:55 | Atalanta | vs | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 20:00 | Galatasaray | vs | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 20:00 | Tottenham | vs | Bayern Munich |
| 20:00 | FK Crvena Zvezda | vs | Olympiacos |
| 20:00 | Manchester City | vs | Dinamo Zagreb |
| 20:00 | Juventus | vs | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 20:00 | Lokomotiv Moscow | vs | Atletico Madrid |
| Wed, Oct 2 2019 | |||
| 17:55 | Genk | vs | Napoli |
| 17:55 | Slavia Prague | vs | Borussia Dortmund |
| 20:00 | Liverpool | vs | Salzburg |
| 20:00 | Barcelona | vs | Inter |
| 20:00 | Zenit St. Petersburg | vs | Benfica |
| 20:00 | RasenBallsport Leipzig | vs | Lyon |
| 20:00 | Lille | vs | Chelsea |
| 20:00 | Valencia | vs | Ajax |
Must Watch Games
You can’t watch everything, so we have hand picked the 4 best games in our opinion.
TUESDAY – TOTTENHAM v BAYERN MUNICH
The big game on the Tuesday, and Spurs probably need a point after letting a lead slip in Athens. Bayern are top of a very tight Bundesliga where Spurs are in the tight battle for 4th.
TUESDAY – ATALANTA v SHAKHTAR DONETSK
New Champiosn League team Atalanta get their first ever home game, at Milan’s San Siro. Both of these teams are topping their respective league for goals scored, Atalanta averaging 2.5 in Serie A, and the Ukrainians over 3 a game. Hopefully that means goals a plenty. Atalanta need a win after losing 3-0 in the first leg. Shakhtar were beaten by the same margin at home to Man City.
WEDNESDAY – BARCELONA v INTER
The big game on the Wednesday sees new Serie A leaders Inter visit Barcelona, who are currently fourth in the Spanish league. Barcelona have scored more goals than Inter, but have conceded five times more goals than the paltry two Inter have let in from seven games. Only Olympiakos have conceded less in European League football.
WEDNESDAY – LIVERPOOL v RB SALZBURG
After a surprising loss away v Napoli on the first matchday, Liverpool probably can’t afford to lose a second. Home wins got them through last year, and it may do this season. RB Salzburg won’t be easy as they put six goals on Genk in Matchday 1.
Champions League Predictions Matchday 2
After considering shots on target, table positions, goals scored, goal difference, league position (adjusted to co-efficient, difference in market value, goal difference, win % from this season in the league and more.
We then compare each side against each other to find the winner. The higher than higher the better for the team. Unless….
We also applied tolerance between 47.5% – 52.5% where we have declared a draw.
Here now, with no further delay are our Champions League Matchday 2.
| Winner | Team1 | % | Team2 | % |
| Real Madrid | Real Madrid | 57% | Club Bruges | 43% |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 57% | Atalanta | 43% |
| PSG | PSG | 63% | Galatasaray | 37% |
| Bayern Munich | Bayern Munich | 58% | Tottenham | 42% |
| FK Crvena Zvezda | FK Crvena Zvezda | 53% | Olympiacos | 47% |
| Manchester City | Manchester City | 68% | Dinamo Zagreb | 32% |
| Juventus | Juventus | 61% | Bayer Leverkusen | 39% |
| Draw | Atletico Madrid | 51% | Lokomotiv Moscow | 49% |
| Napoli | Napoli | 63% | Genk | 37% |
| Borussia Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | 58% | Slavia Prague | 42% |
| Liverpool | Liverpool | 55% | Salzburg | 45% |
| Draw | Barcelona | 51% | Inter | 49% |
| Benfica | Benfica | 54% | Zenit St. Petersburg | 46% |
| RB Leipzig | RB Leipzig | 61% | Lyon | 39% |
| Chelsea | Chelsea | 58% | Lille | 42% |
| Ajax | Ajax | 61% | Valencia | 39% |
Matchday 1 record: 9/16.
H2H Record – Champions League Matchday 2
| Real Madrid | 0 | Draw | 1 | Club Bruges | 1 | 76 – Brugge 2 Real 0 |
| Atalanta | Draw | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||||
| Galatasaray | 1 | Draw | 2 | PSG | 1 | 01 – PSG 2 Gala 0 |
| Tottenham | 1 | Draw | 1 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 83 – Tot 2 Bayern 0 |
| FK Crvena Zvezda | Draw | Olympiacos | ||||
| Manchester City | Draw | Dinamo Zagreb | ||||
| Juventus | 1 | Draw | 0 | Bayer Leverkusen | 1 | 02 – Bayer 3 Juve 1 |
| Lok Moscow | 0 | Draw | 1 | Atletico Madrid | 2 | 18 – LokMos 1 Atletico 5 |
| Genk | Draw | Napoli | ||||
| Slavia Prague | Draw | B Dortmund | ||||
| Liverpool | Draw | Salzburg | ||||
| Barcelona | 6 | Draw | 4 | Inter | 2 | 18 – Inter 1 Barca 1 |
| Zenit | 3 | Draw | 0 | Benfica | 3 | 16 – Zenit 2 Benfica 2 |
| RB Leipzig | Draw | Lyon | ||||
| Lille | Draw | Chelsea | ||||
| Valencia | 0 | Draw | 2 | Ajax | 0 | 03 – Valencia 1 Ajax 1 |
Blank means teams haven’t met.
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