UEFA Champions League 2022-23 MATCHDAY 1: SEP 6 Head-to-head W D L GROUP E Form 2021-22 Zagreb CRO First Milan Group Chelsea ENG meeting Chelsea Q-final Salzburg AUT 0 0 2 Salzburg Last 16 AC Milan ITA Zagreb – GROUP F RB Leipzig GER First meeting Real Winner Shakhtar UKR 1 0 1 Leipzig Group Celtic SCO Shakhtar Group Real Madrid ESP Celtic – GROUP G Dortmund GER 2 0 0 Man City S-final Copenhagen DEN Sevilla Group Sevilla ESP 0 0 2 Dortmund Group Man City ENG Copenhagen – GROUP H Benfica POR First meeting PSG Last 16 M. Haifa ISR Juventus Last 16 PSG FRA 0 2 6 Benfica Q-final Juventus ITA M. Haifa – Aurélien Tchouameni Real’s €80m summer signing from Monaco RIVAL NATIONS: Spanish and English teams continued their dominance in 2022, with six fierce knock-out stage clashes leading to Real Madrid hoisting trophy for 14th time. Rivalries are set to reignite for another season of pulsating action Champions League: Most matches per nation Spain Win ratio: 50.8% 994 England 50.1% 944 Italy 44.0% 770 Germany 45.6% 755 France 39.7% 562 REAL AMBITION Madrid start their title defence against Celtic – back in group stage for first time since 2017 Celtic: Record in Champions League W18 L38 D10 Sources: UEFA, Gracenote Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS