Updated Champions League table, matchday six fixtures & Newcastle’s route to last 16

Newcastle are back in Champions League action this week, taking on Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night. Heading to Germany, ...

Newcastle are back in Champions League action this week, taking on Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night.

Heading to Germany, we currently sit 11th out of 36 in the league phase, meaning we’re currently in position to face a play-off tie to reach the knockout stages, with the top eight guaranteed through and sides placed 9th to 24th then given a two-legged game to progress.

With all of that in mind, here are the current standings heading into a busy 24 hours of Champions League football, along with all of the matchday five fixtures and our run in:

Current standings

Nine points on the board, nine more points up for grabs and interesting to note that 16 points was enough for Aston Villa to finish 8th and qualify automatically last season, with 11 points the benchmark to secure a place in the top 24 and ensure a two-legged play-off decider.

This week’s fixtures

Tonight, a number of contenders will be looking to go above Newcastle ahead of our game tomorrow, with Liverpool, Spurs, Atletico Madrid, PSV and Galatasaray all able to leapfrog us with a win.

Tuesday December 9th

• Kairat Almaty vs Olympiacos (15:30)
  
• Bayern Munich vs Sporting CP (17:45)
• Inter Milan vs Liverpool (20:00)
• Barcelona vs Frankfurt (20:00)
• Atalanta vs Chelsea (20:00)
• Tottenham vs Slavia Praha (20:00)
• PSV vs Atletico Madrid (20:00)
• Monaco vs Galatasaray (20:00)
• Union SG vs Marseille (20:00)

Wednesday December 10th

• Villarreal vs Copenhagen (17:45)
• Qarabağ vs Ajax (17:45)
• Dortmund vs Bodø/Glimt (20:00)
• Leverkusen vs Newcastle (20:00)
• Benfica vs Napoli (20:00)
• Juventus vs Pafos (20:00)
• Club Brugge vs Arsenal (20:00)
• Athletic Club vs PSG (20:00)
• Real Madrid vs Man City (20:00)

Newcastle’s run in

We currently sit 11th on nine points, having beaten Union SG, Benfica and Athletic Bilbao either side of defeats to Barcelona on matchday one and Marseille in matchday five.

After a trip to Leverkusen tomorrow, we welcome PSV to St James’ Park in on 21st January, before travelling to PSG on 28th January for our final match of the league phase.

• 10th December – Bayer Leverkusen (A)
• 21st January – PSV Eindhoven (H)
• 28th January – Paris Saint-Germain (A)

Howay the lads!