Five rounds of fixtures down in this season’s league phase, three to go.
Liverpool’s perfect start to the campaign means they need just five more points to guarantee automatic progression to the last 16. And, in all likelihood, they will probably only need another three or four points to make sure.
As for Girona, they are on course for elimination as things stand, with just three points on the board.
The real surprise of the 2024-25 Champions League campaign so far is that PSG and Real Madrid are both at risk of elimination at this stage, and Manchester City are stuck down in 17th.
I suspect all three of those teams will improve to finish more respectably, but there is certainly no guarantee.
