UEFA Champions League

Champions League Table After Week 4 (UCL 2024-25 League Phase Standings)

Here is a look at the UCL League Phase table for 24/25 after Round 4. Liverpool are now the only team with a 100% record- the Reds beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 at Anfield.

The top 4 teams after Match Day 4 has some interesting names after Liverpool in the form of Sporting Lisbon, AS Monaco and Brest. Sporting beat Manchester City 4-1 in a massive upset in Lisbon. Inter are the highest ranked Serie A team (5th) after beating Arsenal while Barca are sixth (they beat Red Star 5-2).

Aston Villa’s loss in Belgium to Brugge has seen them drop to 8th.

UCL League Phase table after MD4

(see UCL table after MD3 2024-25 for comparison)

Inter Milan vs Arsenal Standings Champions League

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are perhaps the most shocking ones if you look at the table. If the league phase were to end today, both these two European giants wouldn’t qualify automatically- they’d have to go through a playoff and they’d be unseeded in it. The likes of Man City, Arsenal and Celtic would potentially be seeded as it stood today.

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xG Inter Milan vs Arsenal 2024 | Expected Goals Match Stats Internazionale 1-0 AFC Standings UCL

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Inter vs Arsenal in the Champions League on November 6 2024 (official crowd attendance of 75,222 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium)

xG Inter 1.12-1.79 Arsenal shots map (actual score INT 1-0 ARS)

1-0 Calhanoglu goal vs Arsenal xG 0.80

Most of Inter’s xG came from the Calahanoglu penalty goal. Arsenal had some decent header chances, with the likes of Merino, Saliba and Saka all coming close, but no real high xG chance.

xG Inter Milan vs Arsenal Champions League 2024

Inter vs Arsenal 1-0 Match Stats for comparison

While first half possession was more even (53 to 47% in Arsenal’s favour), the Gunners had over 70% second half possession.

6 of Inter’s 7 shots came in the first half- the only second half Internazionale shot was in the 72nd minute to Dumfries.

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xG Sporting Lisbon vs Manchester City Champions League | Expected Goals SCP 4-1 MCFC Match Stats

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Sporting vs Man City in the Champions League (Attendance 47,453) on 5 November, 2024. A stunning 4-1 win for SCP despite having less than 30% of possession.

xG Sporting 2.39-1.91 Man City shots map (Actual score SCP 4-1 MCI)

0-1 Foden goal vs Sporting xG 0.07
1-0 Gyokeres goal vs Man City xG 0.08
2-1 Araujo goal vs Man City xG 0.31
3-1 Gyokeres penalty goal vs Man City xG 0.80
4-1 Gyokeres penalty goal vs v Man City xG 0.80

xG Sporting Lisbon vs Man City Champions League 2024

Man City also had a missed penalty through Haaland in this game.

Sporting vs Manchester City 4-1 Match Stats UCL

(Sporting stats on left; Man City on right)

Sporting finished with 9 shots in total (only 3 in the first half). Man City had a whopping 73% of possession and had 20 shots to Sporting’s 9. 11 corners for MCFC to SCP’s 1.

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