Match Day 36 Preview

Limited for time for this MD 36 preview so going to be looking at what could be decided for certain this Thursday, other than Ballotelli being injured or kidnapped by Lizard people.

Barca will be crowned Champions if beat Bayern in their head to head fixture.

Real will confirm the Champions Cup place if they win and Dortmund fail to. Barca and Bayern already assured their places.

Dortmund and Liverpool are assured a place in the Shield next season along with T100 Shield winners Porto, PSG will join them with a win at Valencia whilst Arsenal, Lazio and Napoli could all join them if PSG win and Chelsea lose or draw against Real.

At the bottom Leverkusen joined Fiorentina as confirmed casualties and these two meet this Thursday in a battle to avoid the wooden spoon.

Nobody can will be confirmed as joining them after Thursdays fixtures.

Key fixture at the top is Barca v Bayern whilst at the bottom Schalke v Man Utd will go a long way to putting flesh on the relegation bones.

Chelsea           v          Real Madrid

Juventus         v          Fenerbahce

Napoli             v          Liverpool

Arsenal           v          Dortmund

Schalke           v          Man Utd

Leverkusen    v          Fiorentina

Porto               v          Man City

Barcelona       v          Bayern

Valencia          v          PSG

Lazio               v          Atletico

Milan need a single point at home to Roma to confirm their promotion, whilst a win for Spurs will guarantee Div 1 football regardless of the result in Milan.

Along with Milan and Spurs, Monchengladbach are guaranteed at least a play-off place and Roma could book that ticket too if they chalk up a point and either Shakhtar or Sevilla fail to do likewise.

At the bottom Basel will be confirmed as relegated if they fail to win or both CSKA and Lyon win, a draw for these two would realistically do the trick due to Basels vastly inferior goal difference.

Wins for both CSKA and Lyon would also relegate Sporting regardless of their result, it would effectively also send down Loko even if they won due to goal difference, Boca would live to fight another day if they won.

Key fixtures at the top are Milan v Roma, Spurs v Zenit and Sevilla v Monchengladbach whilst at the basement Boca v Lyon and Cska v Benfica will be the ones to watch.

Boca                v          Lyon

Spartak           v          Shakhtar

Ajax                 v          Sporting

CSKA               v          Benfica

Basel               v          Everton

Inter               v          Loko

Newcastle       v          Wolfsburg

Sevilla             v          Monchengladbach

Spurs              v          Zenit

Milan              v          Roma

Victory on Thursday would see Villa promoted whilst even a draw would be good enough if any 2 of Leicester, Internacional or PSV fail to win.

The title would be Villas if they win and Genoa fail to take all 3pts in their fixture.

Genoa and Leicester are assured at least a play-off place and a point for Internacional will make sure they join them, victory for PSV will assure their place too.

At the foot of the table nobody can be confirmed as joining Bordeaux and St Etienne in Div 4 this Thursday.

Pick of the fixtures will have to be Monaco v Villa for its effect at both ends of the table, otherwise at the top Leicester v Udinese and Besiktas v Genoa will be critical. At the bottom Hoffenheims trip to Marseille is crucial.

Swansea         v          Galatasaray

Cruzeiro         v          Internacional

Leicester         v          Udinese

Besiktas          v          Genoa

Palace             v          Bordeaux

Monaco           v          Villa

Sunderland    v          PSV

Stoke               v          Southampton

Athletic Club  v          St Etienne

Hoffenheim    v          Marseille

At the top Villarreal could be promoted if they win and two from Hamburg, Feyenoord and West Ham fail to.

They could claim the title with a win and defeat for Sao Paulo and if Hamburg, Feyenoord and West Ham all fail to win.

The Yellow Submarine are assured at least a play–off spot and Sao Paulo are the only others that could guarantee that if they win and two from Stuttgart, Chievo and Lille lose.

At the foot Malagas relegation is confirmed, Dynamo Moscow could join them if they lose on Thursday, defeats for Torino and AZ would also see them on the brink of the drop.

Pick of the fixtures see Villareals trip to Torino having implications at both ends whilst Sao Paulo v Sampdoria and Stuttgart v West Ham will have a big impact on the promotion and play-off shake up. At the bottom Koln v Dynamo Moscow will be critical as will AZ v River Plate.

Stuttgart         v          West Ham

Hamburg        v          Malaga

Torino             v          Villarreal

Montpellier    v          Feyenoord

AZ                    v          River Plate

Sao Paulo       v          Sampdoria

Lille                 v          Atalanta

Hellas             v          Dnipro

Chievo                        v          Sassuolo

Koln                v          Dynamo Moscow

Both Olympiacos and Kyiv confirmed their promotion to Div 4 on Sunday, Liege could do the same on Thursday if they win and Flamengo, Celtic and Brugge all fail to do similarly.

Liege are all but assured a play-off place but it is unlikely anyone else will have the same comfort after Thursdays games.

At the base a win for West Brom and defeat for Augsburg will confirm the Germans as the wooden spoon winners again this season.

Games to watch have to be Kyiv v Augsburg, West Brom v Flamengo and Santos v Celtic.

Santos                         v          Celtic

Independiente          v          Brugge

Anderlecht                 v          Zagreb

Kyiv                            v          Augsburg

Bremen                      v          Olympiacos

Rubin Kazan              v          Levante

Espanyol                    v          Hertha

Celta Vigo                   v          Partizan

West Brom                 v          Flamengo

Twente                       v          Liege