Arsenal, Braga look to seal last-16 berth

Having badly lost the first two games of their debut Champions League season and won the next three, the Portuguese club face an unprecedented scenario going into the competition's final round of fixtures this week when only four of the 16 qualifiers are still to be identified.

Group H is the only one where both places are still available and Braga, Shakhtar Donetsk, who they visit on Wednesday, and Arsenal could all finish on 12 points. No team has ever earned 12 points and failed to progress.

Shakhtar sit top on 12, three clear of Arsenal and Braga. A draw would send the Ukraine league leaders through for the first time and in top spot and even defeat is unlikely to derail them. If all three teams end on 12 points the qualifiers will be decided by goal difference in games between the three.

Arsenal, with a 6-0 thrashing of Braga and 5-1 win over Shakhtar in the bag, would almost certainly come out top in that equation should they beat Partizan Belgrade at The Emirates. Shakhtar have a goal difference of 0 from the "mini-group" with Braga on -7, leaving the Portuguese side needing a four-goal victory to swing things in their favour.

Barcelona have already secured top spot in Group D and Copenhagen will join them if they beat Panathinaikos in Denmark. The Danes have seven points to the six of Rubin Kazan, who visit Barcelona where they pulled off a shock 2-1 win last season.