In the first match of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League, Ajax didnt look like a sample of last year, which was reflected in the statistics, according to which the Ajaxids could not once hit the target of today’s rival, but without this success the battle for the next round to the Netherland team can not see. In the national championship, the Jews are still the first, but in the last round they received a second defeat in the last four matches and let AZ go by three points. What distinguishes a leader is the result of the attack – 65 goals scored in 23 matches, of which 11 are on the account of Promes, with whom the problems and the striker will most likely not be able to enter the field. Besides him, Neres and Veltman will not be able to take part in the match.
Manchester City also did not encounter any difficulties at the group stage – Donetsk Shakhtar, Dynamo Zagreb and Atalanta practically did not show any resistance to the Pep Guardiola team. As a result, the Citizens advanced to the playoffs ahead of schedule and won the group with 14 points, ahead of the second Atalanta by seven points, without losing any of the six matches. In the Premier League, the fight for the championship by the Citizens has been lost for a long time – at the moment they take second place in the table, but Liverpool are inferior to 19 points, while also having more opponents for the match. In the last round, Manchester City put Leicester in place, which also had second-place views – thanks to Gabriel Jesus’s only goal, the match was won.
