Champions League LIVE SCORES: Liverpool CONFIRM place in Last 16, Barcelona BEAT Benfica 5-4 in thriller – updates
LIVERPOOL have confirmed their place in the Champions League Last 16 after beating Lille 2-1.
The Reds made it seven wins out of seven with the victory over Lille to reach 21 points and guarantee automatic progression.
Liverpool can still be caught for the top spot though in the final matchround - after second-placed Barcelona defeated Benfica 5-4 in incident-packed classic.
While Aston Villa blew their chance to all-but confirm their Last 16 place after losing 1-0 at Monaco.
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Champions League top scorers
Robert Lewandowski - who will be in action for Barcelona tonight at Benfica - leads the way for the Champions League top scorers so far this season.
7 - Lewandowski (Barcelona)
6 - Guirassy (Dortmund), Raphinha (Barcelona)
5 - Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid), Kane (Bayern Munich) Wirtz (Leverkusen), Gyokeres (Sporting), Haaland (Man City)
Credit: AFP Liverpool permutations
Liverpool will confirm their place in the Last 16 of the Champions League if they avoid defeat by Lille at Anfield tonight.
Arne Slot's Reds have a perfect record in the competition so far, with six wins out of six.
Credit: Alamy Tonight's fixtures
A huge night of Champions League action is in store in the penultimate matchround.
Atalanta vs Sturm Graz (5.45pm)
Monaco vs Aston Villa (5.45pm)
Atletico vs Leverkusen (8pm)
Benfica vs Barcelona (8pm)
Bologna vs Dortmund (8pm)
Club Brugge vs Juventus (8pm)
Liverpool vs Lille (8pm)
Red Star Belgrade vs PSV (8pm)
Slovan Bratislava vs Stuttgart (8pm)
The Champions League has returned
Hello and welcome to SunSport's Champions League coverage as Europe's elite competition returns tonight!
Unlike the Premier League, the Champions League had Christmas and New Year off but is now back for the final two matchrounds.
And we kick off with Monaco vs Aston Villa this evening to lead the early fixtures.
Villa are closing in on automatic qualification to the Last 16, and realistically need one win from their final two matches to guarantee advancing.
While league leaders Liverpool are taking on Lille at Anfield later on to wrap up the night.
And should the Reds avoid defeat against the Ligue 1 side they will confirm their top-eight spot and automatic qualification to the last 16.
We'll be bringing you all of the updates right here on SunSport.