The second leg of the Champions League round of 16 starts in midweek with eight consecutive games, with teams that finish first in the group stage first coming back to their home games in the second leg. Combined with the first leg of 8 battles, the home team only achieved 2 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, it seems that the home and away games are quite even, but in fact, the first leg of the home court failed to win the advantage, coupled with the cancellation of the away goal advantage this season, it is more difficult to win the second leg away to advance.
The away goal advantage is a blast
Away goal advantage is actually to help weak teams, sometimes the promotion team does not necessarily win the ball can be promoted, may be two consecutive away games to draw the opponent 1-1 with an away goal in hand can beat the strong hand to advance. In the past, there have also been times when the team leading in the first leg is defeated by the opponent in the second round, and the first leg leader will play relatively cautiously in the second leg, and will play conservatively to let the backward side dominate the rhythm of the attack, and have the opportunity to stage a reversal victory in the second leg, plus the leading team does not mind losing in the second round as long as it scores away goals, just as Liverpool fell behind Barcelona by 3 goals in the first leg of the 18/19 semi-finals. This was the case in the second leg back to Anfield to reverse the win 4-0. Barcelona players thought that there were three goals in hand as long as they scored an away goal in the second leg Liverpool would have to score 5 goals to win, so Barcelona was still confident after the early paragraph, and the first half of the second half was chased by Wijnaldum in five minutes to score 2 goals in a row to 3-3, the player began to lose confidence and finally lost 4 goals and was won out, and Barcelona was not the next time it was reversed by the opponent. The away goal advantage has been eliminated this year, and the leading team will be more careful in the second round, at least to maintain the lead unbeaten. Xiaobian believes that in this year's 8 second leg battles, the team with the advantage in the first leg will be able to keep the victory, and the chance of being reversed is relatively greatly reduced.
Manchester City and Liverpool have a great advantage in winning away games
Manchester City and Liverpool have a clear advantage in winning away goals, especially Manchester City have 5 goals in the second leg of the hand to change the half of the team's vice-selection is not a big problem, after the league game of Manchester City derby is expected to rotate some players to play. As for Liverpool, although there are only 2 goals in hand, Anfield has always been confident at home, inter Milan seems to be extremely difficult to pull back two goals in the cold, it is expected that Klopp will also rotate some of the main forces, instead of controlling the ball on the foot to slow down the pace of the game, and finally even if the draw ends, it can be successfully advanced.
Chelsea and PSG win at home to stay unbeaten
The two teams that can win at home in the first leg are Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, in terms of strength, both teams should not qualify in the group stage with the second place, Chelsea although the group stage qualified for the second place, but the draw opponent is only Lille in Ligue 1, the result of the first leg of the home 2 goals ahead of the opponent, Chelsea's defensive ability has always been outstanding, the second time the partner Lille to remain unbeaten is not difficult, and finally even if it is defeated by 1 goal, it can be promoted, I believe that it has reached the top 8 with half a foot. As for Paris Saint-Germain opponents is Real Madrid, the first leg to the end with Mbappe scored only one goal, but has reached the pre-match goal, the second time the partner Real Madrid will concentrate on playing counter-attack, after all, PSG front line has Mbappe and Neymar, Real Madrid to win them is not easy.
Bayern and Ajax made a home threat in the second leg
Bayern and Ajax were both hot in the first leg but could only draw with their opponents, among which Bayern should be able to win against Red Bull Salzburg at home. As for Ajax's strength is not as strong as Bayern, but the opponent is only the average strength of Benfica, it is not difficult to defeat the opponent with the advantage of the home field, I believe that Bayern and Ajax have a great chance of advancing to the top 8. The remaining two games are very close in strength between Manchester United and Atletico Madrid and Juventus vs Villarreal, and the second leg may not be able to score the victory, and in the end, it may even take penalties in extra time to decide the winner or loser.