I always look for teams that are strong domestically early and haven't had much success in Europe recently, which can be kind of misleading as home - and -
home knockout ties can have a pretty high variance.
Not exact matches
When was the last time Arsenal won a
home game in a
knockout tie in Europe... 5/6 years ago!
Domestic Champions path The 32 teams will compete in two
knockout rounds of
home - and - away
ties to produce eight survivors, who will progress to the play - offs.
They have not beaten English opposition in a
knockout tie since José Mourinho's side eliminated Manchester United FC in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League round of 16 (2 - 1
home, 1 - 1 away) en route to lifting the trophy.
I also watched four of Ajax's CL group stage games last season (Real Madrid and Lyon
home and away) and both legs of their
knockout tie with United the year before.
KEY FACT: No team has ever progressed to the next round following a 4 - 0
home defeat in the first leg of a Champions League
knockout tie MATCH ODDS: Man City 2/11 Draw 11/2 Basel 14/1 GRAEME SAYS: Man City won't lose, comfortable
home win... 3 - 0 LEON SAYS: Man City to win to nil @ 4/5 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Kevin De Bruyne, no brainer to have him in your portfolio
Arsenal lost to Ostersunds in the second leg of their Europa League
knockout tie, with the little known Swedish outfit becoming only the SECOND team to beat the Gunners at the Emirates in the current 2017/2018 season (the first being Manchester United) However, despite being the
home side, Arsenal were wearing their blue away jersey -LSB-...]
Their only previous two - legged
knockout tie with Russian opposition ended in an 8 - 4 aggregate defeat by Spartak Moskva in the first round of the 1982/83 UEFA Cup (2 - 3 away, 2 - 5
home).
• Arsenal have won the first leg at
home in 17 UEFA competition
ties and have made further progress on 15 of those occasions, including in all four
knockout rounds en route to the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup final (against Nantes, Deportivo La Coruña, Bremen and Lens).