The Champions League has a new lone league leader: Aston Villa. While waiting for Wednesday’s matches, Unai Emery’s team, which beat Bologna at home, is the only team with full points. Wasted opportunity for Juventus, beaten by Stuttgart at the Allianz Stadium, with the Bianconeri stuck at 6, in eleventh place, counting the goal difference. Second place for Monaco, Sporting and Arsenal, three teams with 7 points.
The updated Champions League standings
1. Aston Villa 9 (goal difference +6)*
2.Monaco 7 (dr +5)*
3. Sporting 7 (dr +4)*
4. Arsenal 7 (dr +3)*
5. Borussia Dortmund 6 (dr +6)*
6. Brest 6 (dr +5)
7. Benfica 6 (dr +5)
8. Bayer Leverkusen 6 (dr +5)
9. Real Madrid 6 (dr +4)*
10. Liverpool 6 (dr +4)
11. Juventus 6 (dr +3)*
12. Manchester City 4 (dr +4)
13. Inter 4 (dr +4)
14. Sparta Prague 4 (dr +3)
15. Atalanta 4 (dr +3)
16. Stuttgart 4 (dr -1)*
17. PSG 4 (dr -1)*
18. Bayern Munich 3 (dr +6)
19. Barcelona 3 (dr +4)
20. Girona 3 (dr 0)*
21. Milan 3 (dr -1)*
22. Lille 3 (dr -1)
23. Celtic 3 (dr -2)
24. Feyenoord 3 (dr -3)
25. Atletico Madrid 3 (dr -3)
26. Brugge 3 (dr -4)*
27. PSV 2 (dr -2)*
28. Bologna 1 (dr -4)*
29. Shakhtar 1 (dr -4)*
30. Dinamo Zagreb 1 (dr -7)
31. Leipzig 0 (dr -2)
32. Sturm Graz 0 (dr -4)*
33. Salzburg 0 (dr -7)
34. Young Boys 0 (dr -8)
35. Red Star 0 (dr -9)*
36. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -10)*
*one more game
The results for Tuesday 22 October.
Milan-Brugge 3-1
Monaco-Red Star 5-1
Arsenal-Shakhtar 1-0
Aston Villa-Bologna 2-0
Girona-Slovan Bratislava 2-0
Juventus-Stuttgart 0-1
Paris Saint-Germain-PSV 1-1
Real Madrid-Borussia Dortmund 4-2
Sturm Graz-Sporting 0-2
The program for Wednesday 23 October.
6.45pm Atalanta-Celtic
6.45pm Brest-Bayer Leverkusen
9.00pm Atletico-Madrid-Lille
9.00pm Barcelona-Bayern Munich
9.00pm Benfica-Feyenoord
9.00pm Manchester City-Sparta Prague
9.00pm Leipzig-Liverpool
9.00pm Salzburg-Dinamo Zagreb
9.00pm Young Boys-Inter