Champions League - What teams need from final game

Anfield will be up for the final game against Basel

Alex Johnson takes us through all the ins and outs for the final games of the group stage of the Champions League.

The Champions League group finale does not always live up to expectations, with many issues already decided by that point.

This year there are a couple of deciding games coming up in two weeks' time. We look at the permutations for Matchday Six on December 9 & 10.

For last season's Premier League champions and runners-up, qualification somehow remains in their own hands despite some hugely underwhelming performances.

Manchester City and Liverpool know that victory in their final games will secure them runners-up spots in their respective groups.

Manuel Pellegrini's side snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Bayern Munich this week and that was enough to ensure a win in Rome will send them through.

The smash-and-grab victory against 10-man Bayern was their first in this season's competition, making it all the more remarkable.

City must better CSKA Moscow's result against Bayern - but if they lose their game against Roma, or it ends in a 0-0 draw, they would go out of the competition.

Roma would progress with a draw unless the Russians can win at the home of the reigning Bundesliga champions.

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Like City, Liverpool have won only once in the competition - courtesy of Steven Gerrard's stoppage-time penalty against Bulgarian newcomers Ludogorets all the way back on Matchday One.

Ludogorets earned a measure of revenge when Georgi Terziev headed in a late equaliser on Wednesday night in the return game.

It all means that Brendan Rodgers' side simply must defeat Basel at Anfield to progress alongside defending champions Real Madrid.

The famous 'European night' atmosphere will engulf the Merseyside venue but anything less than victory and the Swiss side will advance.

Chelsea and Arsenal secured their progress this week. The Blues comfortably topped Group G while Arsenal, despite beating Borussia Dortmund at the Emirates, need an unlikely positive result for Anderlecht at the Westfalenstadion to give them any hope of claiming top spot in Group D.

In Group G, Schalke must win away at Maribor and hope Jose Mourinho's side account for Sporting Lisbon at Stamford Bridge.

In Group A, last season's runners-up Atletico Madrid require a point against Juventus in Turin to take top spot. A draw would also be enough to see the Serie A champions hold off a late surge from Olympiakos.

Despite slipping to defeat in the BayArena against Monaco in their penultimate game, Bayer Leverkusen are assured of a place in the last 16.

Zenit St Petersburg kept alive their hopes of making the knockout stage for the third time in four years with a 1-0 over Benfica on Wednesday.

The Russians will require their second away win of the season when they face Monaco to make that a reality.

Porto's victory over BATE Borisov this week ensured they will top Group H ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk in second spot.

Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona may have steamrollered their way through Group F but the former's 3-2 success at the Parc des Princes back in September ensures a thrilling race for top spot will conclude at the Nou Camp.

Neither dropped a point in accounting for Ajax and Apoel Nicosia along the way but both camps will be all too aware of the inherent danger of finishing as runners-up.

Eleven teams have booked their spots in the knockout phase and can look forward to Champions League football early next year.

Five more elusive spots will be decided on Matchday Six with no fewer than 11 clubs still daring to dream of progress.