Analysis of Group G Champions League: The Most Equivalent Competition

The preliminary round of Group G is the most appropriate competition for the 2019-2020 season in the Champions League. The four teams that competed in this group, namely Zenit St. Petersburg, Benfica, Olympique Lyon and RB Leipzig on paper, are just as strong.

Judging from the history of the four teams, only Benfica has become European Champion before the Champions League era. Exactly when they won the 1960-61 and 1961-62 seasons.

Meanwhile, Olympique Lyon's best achievements have ended in the 2009-10 Champions League. Zenit only qualified for the last 16 matches, while this season is the second round of RB Leipzig in the Champions League phase.

In terms of experience, Benfica and Lyon are superior to Zenit and Leipzig. Benfica is a team that has played 38 times in the Champions League, Lyon (17 times) and Zenit (8 times).

Benfica is the team that won the Portuguese League last season, like Zenit in the Russian league phase. Meanwhile, Lyon and Leipzig finished in third place at the end of the 2018-19 season.

The last step

Benfica are the team that failed in the Champions League group stage in the 2018-19 season. They cannot compete with their classmates, Bayern Munich and Ajax.

Lyon became one of the shocking teams last season by beating Manchester City in the group stage. However, five other draws make them qualify as second place.

Their move was finally stopped in the last 16 days when they met Barcelona. Despite the possible 0-0 draw between Lionel Messi and others in the first leg, Lyon finally left with a final defeat of 1-5.

The last time Zenit appeared in the Champions League was during the 2015-16 season. However, this impressive act of Russian representation ended in the last 16.

Leipzig is the most inexperienced team on this stage. Their impressive performance in the Bundesliga also cannot be transmitted to the biggest European competition.

Previously, this German representative had the feeling for the first time that the atmosphere won in the Champions League during the 2017-18 season. A series of extraordinary stories in the Bundesliga allowed Leipzig to finish second at Bayern Munich in the 2016-17 season. However, due to lack of experience, they can only qualify for the group stages in the best caste competition in Europe.

On the basis of the above factors, it can be said that competition in Group G of the Champions League is the most equal. However, some of the details above can be predicted which team is more likely to pass the group stages.

Predict the final position of group G

Benfica
Lyon Olympics
BPR Leipzig
Zenit St Peterburg

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