RB Leipzig's starting XI includes Peter Gulacsi, who was at Liverpool for five years. The Hungary goalkeeper appeared on the bench 51 times while at Anfield.

Dutch winger Xavi Simons, who is on loan from Paris St-Germain, also starts for the German club.

RB Leipzig starting XI: Gulacsi, Henrichs, Geertruida, Orban, Lukeba, Vermeeren, Haidara, Openda, Simons, Nusa, Sesko.

Subs: Vandevoordt, Bitshiabu, Elmas, Poulsen, Baumgartner, Andre Silva, Kampl, Gebel.

Darwin Nunez returns to Liverpool's starting XI - one of three changes to the team that started the win over Chelsea on Sunday.

Uruguay forward Nunez replaces the injured Diogo Jota while Alexis Mac Allister is also back in for Curtis Jones.

Kostas Tsimikas replaces Andy Robertson.

Ibrahima Konate and Dominik Szoboszlai both start against their former club in Germany.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Szoboszlai, Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Salah, Nunez, Gakpo.

Subs: Jaros, Gomez, Endo, Diaz, Jones, Robertson, Quansah, Morton, Nyoni, Davies.

Nathan Ake returns to the Manchester City starting XI for the first time since September as Pep Guardiola makes five changes.

Defender Ake has been sidelined with a hamstring injury he picked up while on international duty with the Netherlands.

Stefan Ortega, Manuel Akanji, Matheus Nunes and Phil Foden also come into the side.

Manchester City XI: Ortega, Lewis, Stones, Akanji, Ake, Gundogan, Bernardo, Nunes, Savinho, Foden, Haaland.

Subs: Ederson, Carson, Dias, Kovacic, Gvardiol, O'Reilly, McAtee

Kaan Kairinen, who has scored in both of Sparta Prague's Champions League games so far this season, starts for the visitors.

Sparta Prague XI: Vindahl-Jensen, Vitik, Panak, Sorensen, Preciado, Laci, Kairinen, Rynes, Birmancevic, Olatunji, Haraslin.

Subs: Vorel, Surovcik, Suchomel, Solbakken, Ross Jensen, Pavelka, Rrahmani, Danek, Sadilek, Pesek, Wiesner, Krasniqi.

Mild evenings in Manchester and Leipzig.

Mild in Manchester in October, who'd have thought?

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Aston Villa at the top of the table, who'd have thought it?

Here's how the League Phase is looking halfway through game week three.

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Vinicius Junior and Real Madrid have proven to be a real thorn in the side of Borussia Dortmund recently.

Los Blancos claimed their 15th European crown in June with a 2-0 win over the German side before coming from behind in magnificent style to topple Dortmund 5-2 last night.

The Brazilian, who is favourite to win the Ballon d'Or on Monday, scored his first Champions League hat-trick during the win.

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Arsenal beat Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League thanks to an own goal by goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk as they bounced back from defeat by Bournemouth at the weekend.

Gabriel Martinelli’s effort in the 29th minute bounced off the post and hit the Shakhtar keeper in the back before trickling over the line as the home side's dominance paid off.

Leandro Trossard had the chance to score a second for Arsenal from the penalty spot late on, after the video assistant referee deemed Valerii Bondar's arm to be in an unnatural position, but his effort was poor and saved by the impressive Riznyk.

Mikel Arteta may have more problems to think about as Ben White did not come out for the second half, although he was on a yellow card, and Riccardo Calafiori was withdrawn after receiving treatment following an awkward slip.

Arsenal will be delighted to be back to winning ways after what they hope was a blip against Bournemouth and now can focus on a crucial game against top-of-the-table Liverpool on Sunday.

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Aston Villa's magical Champions League journey continued as they marked Unai Emery's second anniversary in charge by going top of the league phase on another European night to remember.

Captain John McGinn, Villa's longest-serving player, set his side on their way against Bologna straight from a free-kick at a raucous Villa Park.

McGinn's 55th-minute set-piece from out wide evaded everyone inside the penalty area - including Bologna goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski - before landing in the back of the net.

Villa doubled their lead nine minutes later when Jhon Duran marked his first Villa Park start for 11 months by sweeping home from close range, his seventh goal of the season.

Having beaten Swiss side Young Boys and heavyweights Bayern Munich earlier this season, Villa now have nine points from three games as Emery's side continue to make light work of their return to European football's top club competition.

They currently sit top of the Champions League league phase before tonight's matches.

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We'll bring you team news from the Etihad and the Red Bull Arena shortly but first let's remind ourselves what happened last night in the Champions League. Here are all the results:

• AC Milan 3-1 Club Brugge
• Monaco 5-1 Red Star Belgrade
• Arsenal 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk
• Aston Villa 2-0 Bologna
• Girona 2-0 Slovan Bratislava
• Juventus 0-1 Stuttgart
• PSG 1-1 PSV
• Real Madrid 5-2 Borussia Dortmund
• Sturm Graz 0-2 Sporting

A few shocks in there - will we get more upsets this evening? Don't forget we'll have highlights from all of the Champions League matches from 22:00 BST tonight.

If you want to cast an eye on the Champions League Final Score then click the 'watch live' tab at the top of this page for updates on the nine matches tonight.

If you want to follow live updates of Celtic's Champions League match against Atalanta, you can do so here. It's currently 0-0 in Italy at half time.

And in France, Florian Wirtz put Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 up against Brest but Pierre Lees-Melou's equaliser puts the Ligue 1 side on level terms at the break. Brest are competing in the Champions League for the first time.

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Both Liverpool and Manchester City secured routine victories last time out with Arne Slot's men beating Bologna 2-0 and Pep Guardiola's side thrashing Slovan Bratislava 4-0.

That marked a first victory in the competition this season for Manchester City, who drew against Inter Milan in their opening match.

Meanwhile, Liverpool could make it three wins in three games this evening after they beat AC Milan in their Champions League opener.

Finishing in the top eight is the aim for both of these sides so only wins will suffice you would think.

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We've already got a couple of matches under way this evening but here's everything that's coming up at 20:00 BST:

• Atletico Madrid v Lille
• Barcelona v Bayern Munich
• Benfica v Feyenoord
• Manchester City v Sparta Prague
• RB Leipzig v Liverpool
• Red Bull Salzburg v Dinamo Zagreb
• Young Boys v Inter Milan

Goals. Shocks. Thrills. Spills.

That's the joy of the Champions League.

More to come tonight?

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