{"id":992982,"date":"2022-02-15T07:39:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T07:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/15\/uefa-champions-league-the-most-in-form-players-heading-to-the-round-of-16-fixtures-this-week\/"},"modified":"2022-02-15T07:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T07:39:46","slug":"uefa-champions-league-the-most-in-form-players-heading-to-the-round-of-16-fixtures-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/15\/uefa-champions-league-the-most-in-form-players-heading-to-the-round-of-16-fixtures-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Champions League: The most in-form players heading to the round of 16 fixtures this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The UEFA Champions League for the 2021\/2022 season resumes this week with eight teams playing in four round of 16 fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the most in-form players ahead of the four matches this week.<\/p>\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 goes into the match against Real Madrid after scoring an injury time winner for PSG in their Ligue 1 match over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Frenchman, who has been linked with a move to the Spanish club this summer, has a goal or assist in each of his last four league games for PSG.<\/p>\n<p>Hattrick hero, Raheem Sterling is looking to continue his Premier League form in the UCL for Manchester City when they take on Sporting CP.<\/p>\n<p>The Englishman scored three against Norwich is over the weekend and is most certainly going to start the important game for Pep Guardiola\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/3d6d4a7e2da74bcea4287a2f6370da31\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>3. Paulinho \u2013 (Sporting CP)<\/h2>\n<p>If there is one Sporting CP player Manchester City should be wary of ahead of this fixture, it is striker, Paulinho.<\/p>\n<p>Paulinho has a record of 3 goals and 1 assist in his last 3 games for the Portuguese club. He will be looking to help his team produce a shock result against the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)<\/h2>\n<p>The best player in the world, Robert Lewandowski has shown no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>The Polish striker already had 7 goals in just 5 Bundesliga games in 2022 so far  a brace over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski has 37 goals in 30 games in all competitions this season and one suspects it <span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);\">is a question of how many and not if he will score against Salzburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8c9cac584d5c458995700aeeb3d1b5ec\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>5. Edin Dzeko (Inter Milan)<\/h2>\n<p>Edin Dzeko has scored 3 goals in Inter\u2019s last 4 games in all competitions,  the equaliser against Napoli over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>If there is one player who can help Inter stop Liverpool, it is their Bosnian striker who replaced Romelu Lukaku.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/5c0e2b52a3334b5c8917a0498d77b2f2\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>6. Diogo Jota (Liverpool)<\/h2>\n<p>With Mohamed Salah only just returning from the AFCON, Diogo Jota is Liverpool\u2019s current most in-form player.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese has a record of 3 goals and 1 assist in his last 3 games for the Reds in all competitions and will be looking to continue his fine form again Inter. Although, one suspects Salah will be the one to steal the show against the Italian club.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: PhysioTEA (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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