The Champions League resumes this week with six British sides seeking to make their mark in the competition.
Manchester City and Chelsea make respective trips to Borussia Dortmund and Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday, while Celtic host Shakhtar Donetsk on the same night. Liverpool, Rangers and Tottenham are in action on Wednesday.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the form of the British teams’ opponents.
Borussia Dortmund
G⚽️⚽️d day. pic.twitter.com/a4ZSaFlu5E
— Jude Bellingham (@BellinghamJude) October 22, 2022
Erling Haaland is set to return to Borussia Dortmund for the first time since joining Manchester City in a £51.1million deal last summer. Dortmund have had a mixed campaign without the Norway striker, lying second behind City in their Champions League group and fifth in the Bundesliga. Edin Terzic’s side have lost four of their 11 Bundesliga games, but claimed a first win in four on Saturday. England midfielder Jude Bellingham scored twice in a 5-0 thrashing of lowly Stuttgart.
Red Bull Salzburg
Shakhtar Donetsk
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? Shakhtar’s challenging 9-hour journey to Scotland for the match vs Celtic in the @ChampionsLeague ⭐️#Shakhtar #UCL #CelticShakhtar pic.twitter.com/Img6vUZHTB
— FC SHAKHTAR ENGLISH (@FCShakhtar_eng) October 23, 2022
Shakhtar head to Glasgow unbeaten in domestic competition since Ukrainian football resumed amid the country’s conflict with Russia. After drawing their opening game against Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, Shakhtar have won six on the bounce. Dynamo Kyiv (3-1) and Kolos Kovalivka (3-0) have been victims since their last European outing. Shakhtar’s solitary defeat this term was a 2-1 loss at Real Madrid, although they drew the return game 1-1 with the European champions in Poland two weeks ago.
Ajax
Napoli
Sporting Lisbon
? About yesterday ? #SportingCP pic.twitter.com/bMHTLhjSg1
— Sporting CP English (@SportingCP_en) October 23, 2022
Tottenham suffered a 2-0 Champions League defeat at Sporting last month, but the Portuguese team’s form has since been a mixed bag. Sporting lost 2-1 at Boavista and suffered an embarrassing Portuguese Cup defeat to 3 Liga club Varzim. But they have won their last three games in Portugal’s Primeira Liga, and Saturday’s 3-1 home defeat of Casa Pia moved them up to fourth. Sporting have won two and lost two of their four Champions League games.
