Summary

  • Aston Villa and Man City in action on opening night of Champions League

  • Europa League winners Villa visit Club Brugge at 17:45 BST

  • Man City face Porto at 20:00 BST - listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary on this page

  • Real Madrid host Inter in pick of other matches

  • First round of fixtures spread across three days - six games on Tuesday

  • Who are Champions League favourites and players to watch?

Send us your views

Live Reporting

Neil Johnston

  1. Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 BST)

    Nick Mashiter
    BBC Sport football news reporter

    Club Brugge XI: Sommer, Sabbe, Han-beom Lee, Mechele, Seys, Potts, Vetlesen, Vanaken; Forbs, Tresoldi, Virgili.

    Subs: Jackers, Vanden Driessche, Tsawa, Vermant, Mike, Siquet, Coulibaly, Spileers, Aldoor, Diakhon, Vasovic, Lemarechal.

    Aston Villa XI: Suzuki, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Torres, Maatsen, Kamara, Gomes, McGinn, Buendia, Hemmings, Jackson.

    Subs: Bizot, Wright, Mings, Barkley, Ruggeri, Abraham, Garnacho, Mbaye, Bogarde, Alysson.:

  2. Club Brugge v Aston Villa (17:45 BST)

    It's raining in Bruges with a little over an hour before kick-off.

    The teams news has just dropped.

  3. Get Involved - who will win the Champions League?

    Click 'Get Involved' on this page to have your say

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    Manchester City are the last English team to win the Champions League. That was four seasons ago.

    Are they among the favourites this time? And what about Arsenal. Having gone so close last season, will they go all the way this time?

    Send all your thoughts and predictions this way please.

    Will Manchester United make an impact on their return to the competition? Do Liverpool and Aston Villa have any chance?

  4. Tonight's menu

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  5. Eighteen games across the next three nights

    Hands up - who's missed it?

    The Champions League is back with a bang - six games on each of the next three nights, featuring five Premier League clubs.

    On Thursday, Manchester United play their first game in Europe's most prestigious competition since December 2023.

    On Wednesday, Arsenal are in Italy to face Napoli, six-time winners Liverpool host Atletico Madrid, while Paris St-Germain - back-to-back winners - launch their campaign.

    Tonight, our focus is on Manchester City, whoare in Portugal to face Porto, and Aston Villa, who are in Belgium to play Club Brugge.

  6. It's back!

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    One hundred and one days after Arsenal lost on penalties in the final, the Champions League is back.

    Will a Premier League club go all the way this time and bring Ol' Big Ears back to England?