The new format of the UEFA Champions League means the top eight teams in the league phase will receive a bye into the round of 16. With four games left to play,

The stakes are higher as we hit the halfway stage with some giants in trouble, as PSG head to Bayern, Liverpool host Real

Real Madrid playing Liverpool in the Champions League has twice in recent years been a final between arguably the two best teams in the competition. Their next meeting, however, finds two storied powers in starkly different positions at the midway point of the 36-team single league standings format.