It was quite an exciting Champions League draw on Thursday. There were four clubs — Rennes, Krasnodar, Istanbul Basaksehir and Midtjylland — who had never reached the group stage of the competition before. Ferencvaros had not passed this way since the 1995-96 season.
By comparison, last year only Atalanta from Serie A were new — although none of this season's entries are expected to emulate their feat in making the last eight at the first time of asking.
All were pooled in pot four, bar Krasnodar in pot three, and none are greatly fancied to progress from their groups.