Champions League Draw & TV Pairings

supercity88 said:
It would be good to get sides we haven't faced before, I think I'd rather a tough team than a trip to Israel/Ukraine/Russia or Kazakhstan though. The travel involved and cold weather will impact on league form more than a tough game somewhere closer to home. Looking at flights, Tel Aviv is about £200 from Luton and Astana is £350 from Heathrow... and a ridiculously long flight. Cyprus or Greece in September wouldn't be too bad though!
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They won't be that price 10 minutes after the draw is made if we get them
 
We will get the hardest tie from each group of teams that it is possible to have the rags will get the easiest. Simples.
 
Matty said:
Do we know which English side we've been paired with for TV purposes?
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No idea. The mediah AND UEFA never advertise the TV pairings even though they are critical to the draws outcome:

TV pairing principle:
  • Once one team in a TV pairing is drawn to a red group (A to D) or blue group (E to H) then the second team in the TV pairing can only be drawn to a group on the other side of the draw. Examples [1] if Barcelona are drawn to Group C (a red group) then their pair (normally Real Madrid) can only be placed in a blue group (E-H). [2] If Barcelona are drawn to Group F (a blue group) then their pair (normally Real Madrid) can only be placed in a red group (A-D).
Best Guess at TV pairings:

  • England [1]#: Arsenal [Pot 2] & Manchester United [Pot 2].
  • England [2]#: Chelsea [Pot 1] & Manchester City [Pot 2].
  • France (FRA): Paris Saint-Germain [Pot 1] & Olympique Lyonnais [Pot 3].
  • Germany [1]%: Bayern Munich [Pot 1] & VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach [Pot 4].
  • Germany [2]%] Bayer 04 Leverkusen [Pot 2] & VfL Wolfsburg [Pot 4].
  • Italy (ITA): Juventus [Pot 1] & Roma (Pot 3].
  • Portugal (POR): SL Benfica [Pot 1] & FC Porto [Pot 2].
  • Russia (RUS): FC Zenit [Pot 1] & PFC CSKA Moskva [Pot 3].
  • Spain (ESP) [1]*: FC Barcelona [Pot 1] & Real Madrid [Pot 2].
  • Spain (ESP) [2]%: Atlético de Madrid [pot 2] & Valencia CF [Pot 2]
  • Ukraine (UKR): FC Dynamo Kyiv [Pot 2] & FC Shakhtar Donetsk [3].
Notes:
[1] * = This TV pairing is in a country with more than 2 teams in the draw. It is a pair that id NORMALLY set up by the countries broadcaster(s). That said there is no absolute guarantee that this pairing will be in place for this draw!
[2] # = This English TV pairing is predicted as it will guarantee an Arsenal or Man Utd game on any Champions League night. THEY MAY STILL APPLY SKY'S LOGIC OF Arsenal/City & Chelsea/Utd but as there is now only one broadcaster they will want a big game every night.
[3] % = These TV pairings mean the teams with the highest average attendances play on separate evenings in the champions League.
 
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Group A
Paris Saint-Germain
Valencia
Galatasaray
VfL Wolfsburg

Group B
Chelsea
Real Madrid
AS Roma
AA Gent

Group C
PSV Eindhoven
Manchester City
Shakhtar Donetsk
FK Astana

Group D
Benfica
Bayer Leverkusen
CSKA Moscow
Dinamo Zagreb

Group E
Bayern München
Arsenal
Sevilla
Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Group F
Juventus
Atlético Madrid
Dinamo Kiev
BATE Borisov

Group G
FC Barcelona
Manchester United
Olympiakos Piraeus
Borussia Mönchengladbach

Group H
Zenit St. Petersburg
FC Porto
Olympique Lyon
Malmö FF

My predicted draw using http://inker.github.io/cl-draw/

Us paired with Chelsea for TV... I'd take that group any day of the week
 
Group A
PSV Eindhoven
Real Madrid
Galatasaray
Malmö FF
Group B
Paris Saint-Germain
Manchester United
AS Roma
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Group C
Bayern München
Atlético Madrid
CSKA Moscow
FK Astana
Group D
Benfica
Arsenal
Shakhtar Donetsk
Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Group E
Chelsea
FC Porto
Sevilla
AA Gent
Group F
FC Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen
Dinamo Kiev
Dinamo Zagreb
Group G
Juventus
Manchester City
Olympiakos Piraeus
VfL Wolfsburg
Group H
Zenit St. Petersburg
Valencia
Olympique Lyon
BATE Borisov

My champions league draw using http://inker.github.io/cl-draw/ 100% would love this especially if we get De Bruyne plus puts the rags in a tough group
 
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