UEFA Champions League

Bild L’Equipe Marca Player Ratings Bayern vs Lazio 3-0 Second Leg Champions League- Harry Kane stars

Here is a look at how the big European newspapers gave their player ratings for Bayern Munich vs Lazio after Harry Kane inspired FCB to a 3-0 second leg win and took them into the quarterfinals.

Bayern had previously lost every knockout UCL tie where they had lost in the first leg, so this was a bit of defying history moment for the Bavarians, thanks to Kane.

Bild player ratings Bayern Lazio 3-0

Kane gets the highest possible player rating of 1 under the German system (1 very good, 6 very bad)

Bayern 3-0 Lazio 2024 Player Ratings UCL

L’Equipe player ratings Bayern 3-0 Lazio

A 8/10 player rating for Kane from French paper L’Equipe

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xG Napoli vs Barcelona 2024 Champions League First Leg Expected Goals Attendance 49,529

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Napoli vs Barca (Official attendance of 49,529 in Naples for this UCL Round of 16 First Leg clash).

Napoli did not have a single shot in the first half- they had a xG of 0.00 for that period.

xG Napoli 0.90-0.67 Barcelona shots map (Actual score NAP 1-1 BAR)

0-1 Lewandowski goal vs Napoli xG 0.11
1-1 Osimhen goal vs Napoli xG 0.55

xG Napoli vs Barcelona Champions League 2024

Napoli vs FCB 1-1 Match Stats for comparison

(Napoli stats on left; Barca on right)

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xG Porto vs Arsenal Attendance 49,111 Champions League 2024 | Expected Goals Stats FCP 1-0 AFC

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats for Porto v Arsenal (official crowd attendance of 49,111 at the Dragao in this UCL round of 16 clash on 21 February 2024)

Atleti yesterday didn’t have a single shot on target against Inter, and Arsenal here did the same- 0 shots on target v FCP.

Arsenal’s best chances were a pair of headers to Saliba and Havertz respectively. Apart from the goal, Porto’s biggest chance went to Galeno (21st minute- he hit the post and then shot wide)

xG Porto 0.87-0.55 Arsenal shots map (Actual score FCP 1-0 AFC)

1-0 Galeno goal vs Arsenal xG 0.03

xG Porto vs Arsenal 2024 UCL

Porto vs Arsenal 1-0 Match Stats for comparison

(FCP stats on left; AFC stats on right)

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