What Man City need to qualify for Uefa Champions League knockout stages

Man City host Shakhtar Donetsk at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night
Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff
Richard Parry25 November 2019

Champions League action returns on Tuesday evening with two rounds of fixtures remaining in the group-stage phase.

Man City are course to reach the knockout stages and host Ukraine side Shakhtar Donetsk at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday night.

But, as ever, Pep Guardiola is not getting carried away.

"The position we have is good but we have not qualified yet. Tomorrow is a chance."

Here are the current standings in Group C

Pos Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Man City 4 3 1 0 9 10
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 4 1 2 1 -2 5
3 Dinamo Zagreb 4 1 2 1 2 5
4 Atalanta 4 0 1 3 -9 1

Group C results so far

18/09/2019

  • Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 Atalanta
  • Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 Man City

01/10/2019

  • Atalanta 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
  • Man City 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb

22/10/2019

  • Shakhtar 2-2 Dinamo
  • Man City 5-1 Atalanta

06/11/2019

  • Atalanta 1-1 Man City
  • Dinamo 3-3 Shakhtar

What Man City need to qualify

Manchester City will seal their spot in the last 16 if they avoid defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk and will be group winners with victory at the Etihad Stadium.

Shakhtar will progress if they win in Manchester and Dinamo Zagreb lose at Atalanta by virtue of away goals scored in their head-to-head games.

Atalanta will not qualify if they fail to beat Dinamo or Shakhtar beat City.

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