26 November 2019, by: CARL LEWIS

Champions League Stat Pack – Gameweek 5 (Wednesday)

Gameweek 5 continues on Wednesday, with the headline clash being Barcelona v Borussia Dortmund. Liverpool host Napoli in another exciting matchup, whilst Chelsea face a tricky trip to Valencia.

As usual, we have previews, predictions and suggested bets in our Champions League Stat Pack.

Valencia won the first encounter between these two teams earlier in the competition. The 1-0 away win was the first time they’d beaten Chelsea out of seven previous meetings.

Chelsea have a favourable record away at Valencia, having lost just once in three trips (W2 D1). Their record in Spain is equally impressive; their only loss in 11 away fixtures there coming in their most recent travels against Barcelona.

With Group H closely contested, both teams will have it all to play for in the early Wednesday kickoff.

Suggested BET:

Zenit St Petersburg have never lost to Lyon in the Champions League, with two wins and a draw to date. Their match earlier this tournament ended in a cagey 1-1 draw.

Zenit’s home loss in their last UCL game against Leipzig ended a 16-game unbeaten run at home in all competitions (W13, D3). 11 of their 13 home victories in this period were by at least a -1 handicap.

Lyon travel to Zenit having won just one of their previous six Ligue 1 away games.

Suggested BET:

Barcelona’s 0-0 draw in their last UCL fixtures against Slavia Prague was only the 11th time in 124 home UCL games that they’ve failed to score.

Dortmund are coming off a 4-0 thumping against arch rivals Bayern Munich in Bundesliga. They will however be motivated by their goalless draw at home against Barcelona earlier in the competition. Marco Reus missed a penalty which would’ve given them the win.

Barcelona have failed to keep a clean sheet at home in 8 of their last 10 in all competitions.

Suggested BET:

Salzburg’s dominated the maiden fixture between these two sides, with a 6-2 thumping at home. Both have yet to win since with both picking up a solitary draw along the way.

As a result, Genk have the worst defence in the group whilst Salzburg have outscored the other 3 teams.

Salzburg have only won once in their last five trips to Belgium, that coming against Brugge in last year’s Champions League.

Suggested BET:

Ajax will look to repeat the 3-0 drubbing of Lille from matchday 1, which was the first time these teams had met before.

Ajax have scored 20 goals in their last 5 games in all competitions; exactly 4 in each.

Whilst Ajax are winless in their last 6 Champions League visits to France, Lille are winless in their last 10 home Champions League matches (D4 L6).

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Napoli have never won a competitive European game in England. Of their previous 9 visits, they’ve rattled up just 1 draw and 8 losses.

Despite losing 2-0 to Napoli on matchday 1, Liverpool have won each of their following 3 Champions League games. Napoli remain unbeaten, with 2 wins and 2 draws total.

Liverpool have not won 4 consecutive Champions League fixtures since March 2009.

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Leipzig picked up a 2-1 away win against Benfica earlier in the competition. This was the inaugural meeting between the teams.

Leipzig sit top of Group G, whilst Benfica have just one win and are sitting bottom.

Benfica have lost their last 5 away games in all European competitions, last winning in February 2013 against Bayer Leverkusen.

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Matchday 1 saw these two teams meet for the first time. The match ended in a 1-1 draw after Inter equalised in the 91st minute. Since then only Inter have picked up a win in Group F.

Slavia Prague have struggled in front of goal, netting just twice in their 4 group games thus far.

Inter have won 8 of their last 10 away games in all competition. Both these losses came in their last 2 Champions League games, albeit away to Barcelona and Dortmund.

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