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Ajax: Pasveer, Gaaei, Sutalo, Baas, Wijndal, Klaassen, Regeer, Mokio, Godts, Weghorst, Gloukh.
Subs: Jaros, Rosa, Heerkens, Itakura, Moro, McConnell, Edvardsen, Konadu, Fitz-Jim, Alders, Bounida.
Galatasaray: Cakir, Singo, Sanchez, Bardakci, Sallai, Lemina, Torreira, Jakobs, Sane, Gabriel Sara, Osimhen.
Subs: Sen, Baltaci, Guvenc, Icardi, Elmali, Kutlu, Kutucu, Ayhan, Demir, Yilmaz, Unyay.
Benfica: Trubin, Aursnes, Tomas Araujo, Otamendi, Dahl, Barrenechea, Rios, Lukebakio, Barreiro, Sudakov, Pavlidis.
Subs: Soares, Obrador, Antonio Silva, Ivanovic, Dedic, Schjelderup, Prestianni, Henrique Araujo, Wynder, Veloso, Rego, Prioste.
Bayer Leverkusen: Flekken, Quansah, Bade, Tapsoba, Arthur, Maza, Garcia, Grimaldo, Echeverri, Poku, Kofane.
Subs: Blaswich, Lomb, Tillman, Schick, Ben Seghir, Mensah, Culbreath, Belocian, Pohl.
Club Brugge: Jackers, Sabbe, Ordonez, Mechele, Seys, Stankovic, Nwadike, Forbs, Vanaken, Tzolis, Tresoldi.
Subs: van den Heuvel, de Corte, Romero, Vetlesen, Sandra, Vermant, Nilsson, Siquet, Spileers, Audoor, Diakhon, Campbell.
Barcelona: Szczesny, Kounde, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Balde, Casado, de Jong, Yamal, Lopez, Rashford, Torres.
Subs: Kochen, Aller, Cubarsi, Lewandowski, Gerard, Olmo, Bernal, Dro Fernandez, Bardghji, Espart.
Internazionale: Sommer, Bisseck, de Vrij, Carlos Augusto, Dumfries, Barella, Frattesi, Zielinski, Dimarco, Esposito, Lautaro Martinez.
Subs: Josep Martinez, Calligaris, Sucic, Thuram, Luis Henrique, Bonny, Acerbi, Diouf, Calhanoglu, Akanji, Alexiou, Bastoni.
Kairat: Anarbekov, Mrynskiy, Shirobokov, Sorokin, Mata, Satpaev, Arad, Kasabulat, Gromyko, Jorginho, Edmilson.
Subs: Zarutskiy, Kalmurza, Kurgin, Sadybekov, Zaria, Baybek, Glazer, Tapalov, Stanojev, Ricardinho.
Marseille: Rulli, Murillo, Aguerd, Pavard, Egan-Riley, Garcia, Greenwood, O’Riley, Hojbjerg, Igor Paixao, Aubameyang.
Subs: de Lange, Van Neck, Gomes, Vermeeren, Vaz, Bakola, Mmadi, Clement, Bang Na, Lago.
Atalanta: Carnesecchi, Kossounou, Djimsiti, Ahanor, Bellanova, de Roon, Ederson Silva, Zappacosta, De Ketelaere, Krstovic, Lookman.
Subs: Rossi, Sportiello, Hien, Musah, Sulemana, Pasalic, Scamacca, Samardzic, Kolasinac, Bernasconi, Zalewski, Maldini.
Newcastle v Athletic teams
Newcastle United: Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton, Barnes, Woltemade, Gordon.
Subs: Thompson, Ramsdale, Hall, Schar, Krafth, Osula, Elanga, Jacob Murphy, Willock, Alex Murphy, Ramsey, Miley.
Athletic Bilbao: Simon, Areso, Vivian, Paredes, Boiro, Jauregizar, Rego, Vesga, Berenguer, Gomez, Navarro.
Subs: Santos, Padilla, Gorosabel, Laporte, Lekue, Ruiz de Galarreta, Serrano, Ibon Sanchez, Izagirre, Selton Sanchez, Hierro.
Newcastle United make two changes after their miserable 3-1 loss at West Ham United. Harvey Barnes and Kieran Trippier come in for Emil Krafth and Jacob Murphy, who both drop to the bench.
Man City v Dortmund teams
Manchester City: Donnarumma, Nunes, Stones, Gvardiol, O’Reilly, Gonzalez, Savio, Reijnders, Foden, Doku, Haaland.
Subs: Trafford, Bettinelli, Dias, Ake, Marmoush, Cherki, Silva, Ait Nouri, Khusanov, Bobb, Lewis.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini, Ryerson, Nmecha, Sabitzer, Svensson, Adeyemi, Beier, Guirassy.
Subs: Ostrzinski, Meyer, Yan Couto, Bellingham, Gross, Chukwuemeka, Silva, Can, Anselmino.
Manchester City make three changes to their starting XI following the 3-1 home win over Bournemouth on Sunday. John Stones, Savinho and Tijjani Reijnders come in for Rúben Dias, Rayan Cherki and Bernardo Silva, who all drop to the bench. Erling Haaland takes the captain’s armband from Silva, and leads City against his old club.
There are two 5.45pm GMT kick-offs, and those matches have both just reached half-time. Pafos and Villarreal are goalless at the break in Cyprus, while in Azerbaijan, Chelsea trail Qarabağ 2-1, having led early doors. And they’ve also lost Romeo Lavia to injury. John Brewin has the latest from Baku.
Preamble
It’s another busy night in the Champions League. Busy, if not particularly laced with jeopardy, such is the nature of the sprawling Swiss behemoth, but let’s not start pulling at those threads now. Here’s this evening’s card …
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Ajax v Galatasaray
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Benfica v Bayer Leverkusen
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Brugge v Barcelona
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Internazionale v Kairat
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Manchester City v Borussia Dortmund
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Marseille v Atalanta
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Newcastle United v Athletic Club
… and we’ll bring you all the team news as it comes in. Then the goals. Then the results. You know the pack drill. The evening gets going at 8pm GMT. It’s on!
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