Manchester United visited Saint Etienne on Wednesday night hoping to wrap up the round of 32 tie having already
won the first leg 3 - 0 at Old Trafford a week earlier.
Besides,
they won the first leg of Copa del Rey semi final.
• 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).
The Blancos
won the first leg in convincing fashion down to ten men, and even though they've lost Cristiano Ronaldo for the next five matches (for now), Madrid remain massive favorites to win the Supercopa.
This will be Rizzoli's first assignment involving Barça this season, but the last game he officiated brings great memories for the Blaugrana, who
won the first leg of last season's semifinal against Bayern Munich with a 3 - 0 result that practically guaranteed a spot in the Berlin Final, which Barça also won.
Liverpool are W29 L5 from previous two - legged ties in Europe when they have
won the first leg at home.
Manchester City have never failed to progress in a UEFA two - legged tie having
won the first leg away from home.
Liverpool
won the first leg by 5 — 0 goals.
On top of that, Chivas are in the midst of the CONCACAF Champions League final against Toronto — having
won the first leg 2 - 1 at BMO Field — and will be resting most their regulars.
Basically Liverpool
won the first leg against the same team Porto which was the away match of the Reds.
«My dream is to win here, in Paris, even if we hadn't
won the first leg I'd be saying that.
Through the result, they moved to the final because
they won the first leg of the semi final by 2 — 1.
Having
won the first leg 1 - 0 away, United go into the game heavy favourites to qualify for the final however the defeat against Arsenal means this game becomes even bigger than it already was which means more pressure on the team.
• Leipzig were successful on the only other occasion when
they won the first leg of a European tie at home — against Zenit in the round of 16 (2 - 1 home, 1 - 1 away).
We won the first leg away 2 - 1, but Stoke won 1 - 0 in the second leg at Upton Park when Gordon Banks saved a late - in - the - game Geoff Hurst penalty and it went to a replay.
The La Liga leaders
won the first leg of the quarterfinal 4 - 1 but the match was briefly held up as a result of an apparent political protest in the first half.
• Madrid have lost only one of the 32 UEFA competition ties in which
they won the first leg away from home, most recently beating Bayern at this stage last season (2 - 1 away, 4 - 2 home aet).
Sevilla, finalists in 2016, had
won the first leg 2 - 1.
Sunderland had
won the first leg 2 - 1 thanks to a Giggs own goal and a Borini penalty.
Arsenal have won 14 away first legs in UEFA competition and qualified on each occasion, and on each of the five occasions
they won the first leg 2 - 0 away from home, they won the home leg too.
Another was a meaningless second leg Copa del Rey tie against Real Sociedad after Barça
won the first leg 5 - 0.
Arsenal have won 15 of their 17 previous two - legged ties in Europe after having
won the first leg at home.
Barcelona have also been dumped out of the Champions League, having fallen to a 2 - 0 second leg defeat to Atleti having
won the first leg 2 - 1 at the Nou Camp.
Arsenal
won the first leg with a comfortable 2 goal cushion.
Having already
won the first leg 5 - 0 it should be an easy game.
PSG had
won the first leg 3 - 1 and looked set to reach the semi-finals before a late, late Demba Ba goal rescued the west London side and sent them through on away goals.
If it was Mouriho that
won first leg convincingly and managed a draw away to the same CSKA it would master game plan.
* been watching Arsenal this season Man City even managed two goals against Southampton, having
won the first leg 3 - 1.
No excuses for such humiliation, atleast city
won the first leg, unlike arsenal that were embarrassed, I guess u are trying to defend ur lord and personal saviour wenger, who have been eliminated 7 seasons in a row
Spurs
won the first leg 1 - 0, and will be hoping that that solitary goal means that they are able to weather any storm from the home side at Bramall Lane.
They won the first leg 3 - 0 but this did not put the tie beyond doubt as they had to travel to Quito for the second leg at close to 10000 feet above sea level.
Alajuelense
won the first leg 5 - 2 in Costa Rica.
After Arsenal had
won the first leg 2 - 1 at home.
We need to
win our first leg at home by all means.
Apollon were knocked out of this season's Champions League in the qualifying rounds, losing 3 - 1 to Zenit on aggregate, after
winning the first leg 1 - 0.
The 124th Run for the Roses has more than a few intriguing entries vying to
win the first leg of the Triple Crown: One is Favorite Trick (above, far left), who last year became only the second 2 - year - old (Secretariat was the first, in 1973) to be named Horse of the Year — not to be confused with Event of the Year, who had to drop out of the race last week with a right - knee fracture.
The two sides met in the UEFA Champions League quarter finals last year, with PSG
winning the first leg 3 - 1 before Chelsea overcame them on away goals with a dramatic 2 - 0 win at Stamford Bridge.
Lazio are 7/10 odds on at bet36 * (betting odds taken on March 16th, 2018 at 9:39 p.m.) to
win the first leg at home and that could be important because the Austrians are undefeated at home in this season's Europa League.
After slaying reigning Liga MX champion Tigres in the quarterfinal, Toronto got past Club America with relative ease over the 180 minutes, deservedly
winning the first leg 3 - 1 at BMO Field and then drawing the second.
Despite home advantage though the bookmakers do not fancy their chances one bit with bet365 listing them at a whopping 20/1 chance to
win the first leg.
Bayern Munich are 1/2 favourites with Paddy Power to
win the first leg.
I am very confident the French side will progress over two legs in this one, and I can see
them winning the first leg in Madrid too.
After
winning the first leg match at Camp Nou, 3 - 0, Barcelona have lost the...
The Germans are favorites at (2.00) with Bwin to
win the first leg whereas Gunners are outsiders at (3.50) to beat Bayern.
However, Dortmund will have to try and deal with the immense threat of Cristiano Ronaldo and the Spaniards are 2/5 to
win the first leg at the Bernabeu on April 2nd.
The Premier League side were two goals down in Russia, despite
winning the first leg 4 - 1 at the Emirates.
Real Zaragoza went one step closer to a return to La Liga as they came from behind to
win the first leg of the play - off final last night.
Despite playing out of their skin and
winning the first leg against the best football team on the planet 3 weeks earlier, the Gunners fell victim to poor refereeing decisions and a passing masterclass as they succumbed to a 3 - 1 defeat.
On paper, Chivas would be heavy favorites against Veracruz, but the home side is halfway through a CONCACAF Champions League semifinal series against the New York Red Bulls —
winning the first leg 1 - 0 at home — and coach Matias Almeyda will surely be resting some of his already - tired squad for the Liga MX fixture.
Monaco need to
win the first leg to have a good chance of qualification for next round.