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What lies ahead for the British clubs in Champions League action this week?

Tottenham are hoping to reach the last 16.

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The Champions League returns again this week with six British sides concluding their group campaigns.

On Tuesday, Liverpool and Rangers host Napoli and Ajax respectively in the same group, while Tottenham are at Marseille.

The following evening then sees Celtic face holders Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, Manchester City play Sevilla at home and Chelsea entertain Dinamo Zagreb.

Here, the PA news agency looks at the form of the British sides’ opponents.

Napoli

Liverpool’s Joe Gomez (left) and Napoli’s Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in action (Agostino Gemito/PA).
Napoli beat Liverpool 4-1 in Italy in September (Agostino Gemito/PA)

Ajax

Ajax celebrate
Ajax beat Rangers in their group opener (Zac Goodwin/PA)

Marseille

Igor Tudor’s side are bottom of Group D, but can still reach the last 16 as pool winners – that would be the case if they beat Tottenham and Sporting Lisbon versus Eintracht Frankfurt was a draw. Following a 2-0 loss at Spurs, Marseille had two wins over Sporting sandwiched by two defeats to Frankfurt. They are fifth in Ligue 1, ending a three-match losing streak on Saturday with a 2-2 draw at Strasbourg.

Real Madrid

Real Madrid's Luka Modric celebrates after scoring against Celtic (Andrew Milligan/PA).
Luka Modric was among the scorers when Real Madrid won 3-0 at Celtic last month (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Sevilla

Former Sevilla boss Julen Lopetegui (Nick Potts/PA).
Sevilla sacked boss Julen Lopetegui earlier this month (Nick Potts/PA)

Dinamo Zagreb

Ante Cacic’s team opened their group matches with a shock 1-0 victory over Chelsea, but are currently bottom after three losses and a draw since, and need to win at Stamford Bridge to have any chance of moving up to third. A 1-0 reverse at Osijek at the weekend was their first defeat of the season in the Croatian top flight, which they lead as they seek a sixth successive title.

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