The UEFA Champions League is again with holders Manchester Metropolis in motion on Tuesday.
Listed below are 5 matches to look at:
Manchester Metropolis vs Pink Star Belgrade
The place: Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England
When: 19:00 GMT
Man Metropolis hope to proceed their unbeaten streak from final season’s marketing campaign as they tackle Serbian facet Pink Star Belgrade.
The hosts will probably be with out the injured John Stones, Jack Grealish, Mateo Kovacic and Kevin de Bruyne. Nevertheless, Erling Haaland, who was the Champions League’s high scorer final season, is anticipated to begin.
Feyenoord vs Celtic
The place: Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, Netherlands
When: 19:00 GMT
Accidents have ravaged each groups, who’re home champions of their respective leagues.
Celtic are with out defenders Cameron Carter-Vickers, Maik Nawrocki, Stephen Welsh and Yuki Kobayashi, and wingers Liel Abada and Marco Tilio are additionally out.
Feyenoord are with out injured goalkeeper Justin Bijlow whereas striker Santiago Gimenez is suspended. However the Eredivisie facet are in high quality scoring type after hitting six, 5 after which six once more of their final three matches.
Throughout their final Champions League group stage marketing campaign in 2017, the Dutch facet gained as soon as and misplaced 5 of their video games.
AC Milan vs Newcastle
The place: San Siro, Milan, Italy
When: 16:45 GMT
Newcastle are again in Europe’s largest membership event after an absence of 20 years. They face the tall process of taking up final season’s semifinalists AC Milan on the San Siro however might be heartened by the truth that the Italian facet has gained simply one in every of their final 11 matches towards an English facet.
The English group have former Milan midfielder Sandro Tonali on their facet after he joined the Magpies in July.
That is Milan’s twentieth Champions League marketing campaign, the second most of any Italian facet after Juventus (23). They crashed out of the primary spherical of group levels as soon as up to now 14 campaigns (2021-22).
Paris Saint-Germain vs Borussia Dortmund
The place: Parc des Princes, Paris, France
When: 19:00 GMT
The final time these two groups met was within the final 16 within the 2019-20 marketing campaign. PSG misplaced their first leg away 2-1 however gained the return leg 2-0 earlier than finally making it to the ultimate.
The perennial French champions, with out Neymar and Lionel Messi, will rely on their star participant Kylian Mbappe to attain in a gaggle that additionally has AC Milan and Newcastle.
Borussia Dortmund’s file towards French groups in 14 matches has been a blended bag with the German facet profitable eight and shedding six. However of their latest league recreation towards Freiburg, Dortmund scored six objectives, so leisure for tonight seems assured.
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Barcelona vs Antwerp
The place: Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium, Barcelona, Spain
The place: 19:00 GMT
Reigning La Liga champions Barcelona have did not make it out of the group stage of the Champions League of their final two tries.
Xavi Hernandez’s group, contemporary off a powerful 5-0 win towards Actual Betis in La Liga, will host the Belgian champions on the Olympic Stadium as a result of Barcelona’s common dwelling floor of Camp Nou is present process renovations.
Antwerp are coached by former Barcelona midfielder Mark van Bommel, and the Dutchman has stated his group gained’t be afraid to check themselves and can attempt to play their aggressive, bodily, attacking model.