Matchday 3 Standings

What a Matchday 3, so far the best round of matches so far, some interesting results but the clear cut favourite to win it by far has to be Bayern Munich, they just man handled City in that matchday 2. Here are the standings so far

1. Curt - 34

2. Jeremy - 24

3. Mat - 17

4. Travis- 13

5. Adam - 13 

6. Sid and Knox - 12

7. Mike - 11

8. Robbie - 9

9. Ryan - 8 

Well it looks like Curt is the front runner in this, looks like the only way to really stop/slow him down is hope some of his teams gets draws and loses

Matchday 3 Predictions

Well matchday 3 is upon us and most teams will try to get 9 points so they can have some kinda of cushion heading into the final 3 games of round robin play. Look for Arsenal, PSG, Bayern Munich, Atletico, and Real Madrid to get wins so they can look good to qualify for the next round. Schalke does have 6 points but there main striker Huntelaar is reported to be injured and wont be playing aganist Chelsea, and it is Murinho they are playing so a draw would be acceptable for them (Schalke) Usually 10 points will advance you to the next stage but Chelsea had 10 points last year and didnt advance, but the key number is 10, or 11 points will advance you to the next round. Several good games to watch on Tuesday we have  AC Milan vs Barca, and Arsenal v Dortmund. The following day Real Madrid v Juventus, another interesting match could be Man City v CSKA in Moscow, both teams are sitting at 3 points and both teams would like the 3 points considering they both still play Munich again. Looking at the machups, I cant really see any upsets, on 
www. Intertops.com, they have Man City at 1.75 aganist CSKA, playing in Russia during fall/winter seasons is never easy, this is the only matchup I could see an upset. I am not sure why Intertops has Shaktar as the underdog aganist Leverkusen, no reports of injuries on Shaktar from what I found but I consider them to be beat Leverkusen,  Barca and Milan could draw, but I dont think that will happend.

Here are the predictions though, 

Celtic vs Ajax - 2-1 for Celtic

AC Milan vs Barca - 2-0 for Barca

Porto vs Zenit - 2-1 for Porto

Austria Vienna vs Atletico - 3-1 for Atletico

Marseille vs Napoli - 1-0 for Napoli

Arsenal vs Dortmund - 2-1 for Arsenal

Schalke vs Chelsea - 2-1 for Chelsea

Steaua vs Basel - 1-0 for Basel

CSKA vs Man City - 1-1

Bayern Munich vs Plzen - 4-0 for Bayern

Benfica vs Olympiakos - 2-0 for Benfica

Anderlecht vs PSG - 3-0 for PSG

Real Madrid vs Juventus - 2-1 for Real Madrid

Galatasaray vs Cophenhagen - 2-0 for Galatasaray

Leverkusen vs Shaktar - 2-1 for Shaktar

Man United vs Real Sociedad - 3-0 for Man United

Projected Points

Adam - 3

Curt - 12

Jeremy - 6

Mat - 3

Mike - 1

Robbie - 3

Ryan - 3

Travis - 6

Sid and Knox - 9

Standings after Matchday 2

Well some of my Predictions were correct, I was a little dissapointed with the Bayern v Man City game but it did add a twist at the end when Boatang got a red card after taking out Yaya Toure, I thought the Juventus game was one the best game or the Celtic vs Barca was interesting watching since Messi wasnt playing, but here are the standings so far. Predictions so far correct, 21/32,(wins,draws only) 65%, not bad I say.

1. Curt - 20

2 . Jeremy - 18

3. Mat - 10

4. Travis - 10

5. Adam - 10

6. Sid and Knox - 9

7. Mike - 7

8. Robbie - 6

9. Ryan - 6