Key occasions
Milan 0-0 Newcastle Eight minutes to go at San Siro, the place Newcastle are hanging on to a degree of their first Champions League recreation for the reason that days of Junior Senior and Maid in Manhattan.
This time subsequent 12 months, Rodney…
GOAL! Younger Boys 1-2 Leipzig (X Schlager 74)
Xaver Schlager has put Leipzig, who will count on to complete second in Group G, forward in Switzerland. Crimson Star and Manchester Metropolis are the opposite groups in taht group.
Manchester Metropolis v Crimson Star Belgrade group information
Matheus Nunes makes his full Metropolis debut, certainly one of three adjustments from the win at West Ham on Saturday. Sergio Gomez and Nathan Ake additionally are available in; Jeremy Doku, Manuel Akanji and Josko Gvardiol have kindly given up their seats.
Manchester Metropolis (potential 4-2-3-1) Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake, Gomez; Rodri, Nunes; Bernardo, Alvarez, Foden; Haaland.
Subs: Ortega, Carson, Phillips, Doku, Gvardiola, Akanji, Bobb, Lewis.
Crimson Star Belgrade (potential 4-2-3-1) O Glazer; Mijailovic, Djiga, Dragovic, Rodic; Hwang, Stamenic; Bukari, Ivanic, S Mitrovic; Ndiaye.
Subs: Popovic, Vasiljevic, Degenek, Spajic, Kanga, Katai, Olayinka, Krasso, Milunovic, Kangwa, Lucic, Kabic.
Referee Joao Pedro Silva Pinheiro (Portugal)
Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Porto group information
Shakhtar Donetsk Riznyk, Konoplya, Lemkin, Rakitskiy, Dismas, Nazaryna, Stepanenko, Sudakov, Zubkov, Sikan, Kelsy.
Subs: Rudko, Castillo, Eguinaldo, Kryskiv, Puzankov, Gocholeishvili, Azarovi, Vyunnyk, Bondarenko, Ocheretko, Kozik, Kashchuk.
FC Porto Costa, Joao Mario, Kleper Pepe, Carmo, Sanusi, Jaime, Varela, Stephen Eustaquio, Galeno, Andre Franco, Taremi.
Subs: Fabio Cardoso, Grujic, Francisco Conceicao, Claudio Ramos, Sanchez, Gonzalez, Wendell, Navarro, Baro, Martinez, Borges.
Referee Davide Massa (Italy)
Feyenoord v Celtic group information
Two adjustments for Celtic from the victory over Dundee on the weekend. Luis Palma and Gustaf Lagerbielke substitute the injured Nat Phillips and the unhurt David Turnbull.
Feyenoord (potential 4-2-3-1) Wellenreuther; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Hartman; Wieffer, Stengs; Timber, Igor Paixao, Minteh; Ivanusec.
Subs: Beelen, Zerrouki, Jahanbakhsh, Dilrosun, Lopez, Van den Belt, Sauer, Lamprou, Lingr, van Sas.
Celtic (potential 4-3-3) Hart, A Johnston, Lagerbielke, Scales, Taylor; O’Riley, McGregor, Hatate; Palma, Furuhashi, Maeda.
Subs: Yang, Turnbull, Holm, Oh, Iwata, Bernardo, Bain, Forrest, Ralston, M Johnston, Morrison.
Referee Irfan Peljto (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Lazio v Atletico Madrid group information
Lazio (potential 4-3-3) Provedel, Marusic, Patric Gil, Romagnoli, Pellegrini, Kamada, Vecino, Luis Alberto, Felipe Anderson, Motionless, Zaccagni.
Subs: Guendouzi, Pedro, Casale, Isaksen, Castellanos, Hysaj, Lazzari, Cataldi, Sepe, Gila, Rovella, Renzetti.
Atletico Madrid (potential 5-3-2) Oblak, Molina, Lino, Savic, Witsel, Hermoso; Llorente, Barrios, Saul; Griezmann, Morata.
Subs: Grbic, Gimenez, Azpilicueta, Correa, Galan, Riquelme, Kostis, El Jebari, Gomis, Calatrava, Mini.
Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)
AC Milan 0-0 Newcastle Nonetheless goalless after an hour at San Siro. Milan have had a lot of the probabilities, however they haven’t jolly properly taken them.
Paris Saint-Germain v Borussia Dortmund group information
PSG Donnarumma, Hakimi, Skriniar, Marquinhos, Hernandez, Ugarte, Zaire Emery, Vitinha, Dembele, Muani, Kylian Mbappe.
Subs: Navas, Fabian, Goncalo Ramos, Danilo Pereira, Lee, Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Barcola, Tenas.
Borussia Dortmund Kobel, Ryerson, Sule, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Brandt, Can, Sabitzer, Wolf, Malen, Adeyemi.
Subs: Bensebaini, Ozcan, Reyna, Nmecha, Haller, Reus, Fullkrug, Moukoko, Meyer, Laurenz Lotka, Bynoe-Gittens.
Barcelona v Antwerp group information
Barcelona (potential 4-3-3) ter Stegen; Joao Cancelo, Kounde, Christensen, Balde, Gundogan, de Jong, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Joao Felix.
Subs: Martinez, Torres, Pena, Alonso, Romeu, Sergi Roberto, Astralaga, Yamal, Casado, Lopez.
Antwerp (potential 4-2-3-1) Butez; Bataille, Alderweireld, Coulibaly, Wijndal; Keita, Vermeeren; Muja, Ekkelenkamp, Balikwisha; Janssen.
Subs: De Laet, Kerk, Yusuf, Ilenikhena, Ejuke, De Wolf, Van Den Bosch,
Valencia, Lammens.
Referee Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Group-by-group preview
Preamble
Howdy, good night and welcome to dwell protection of the opening night time of the 2023-24 Champions League correct. The holders Manchester Metropolis are in motion, as are the groups ranked 4th, ninth, thirteenth, 14th and sixteenth within the Uefa membership coefficients record.
The group ranked 79th, Newcastle, are concerned in probably the most fascinating video games of the night time. They’re away to AC Milan in certainly one of two early kick-offs; you possibly can observe that with minute-by-minute genius Scott Murray. For those who don’t need to know the rating, why are you studying a Champions League clockwatch?
Newcastle are in a canine of a bunch, with PSG assembly Dortmund to come back. They play one another tonight in Paris. The opposite British group in motion is Celtic: winners in 1967, now attempting to succeed in the knockout stage for the primary time since 2007, after they misplaced a decent tie in opposition to the eventual winners AC Milan. Their group is fairly tough as properly. They’ve Feyenoord tonight, a repeat of the 1970 remaining, with Lazio and Atletico Madrid to observe.
These are tonight’s matches, all 8pm BST kick-offs except said.
Group E
Feyenoord v Celtic
Lazio v Atletico Madrid
Group F
Group G
Group H
* Paris Saint-Germain, Leipzig, Dortmund, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
