Champions League Matchday 3 Fixtures: PSG vs Barcelona, Bayern vs Arsenal

Champions League Matchday 3 is on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 October, with PSG against Barcelona in Paris on Tuesday night as the pick of 18 games. Liverpool and Man City play at home on Tuesday, then Man Utd travel to Como and Arsenal go to Bayern Munich on Wednesday, with Aston Villa at home to Viking.

There are two early games and seven 8pm kick-offs each night. Every time below is UK time.

English clubs and the biggest ties are in bold. We'll publish the channel for each English club on the morning of the game, and our Champions League on TV guide shows how the schedule looked on Matchday 2.

In the US the early games are at 12.45pm ET and the rest at 3pm ET. Where each English club stands These positions come from the table after Matchday 2.

The top eight go straight to the last 16, and 9th to 24th enter the knockout play-offs. Our full Champions League table has the rest.

Club Pos Pts GD Matchday 3 Aston Villa 3rd 6 +7 Viking (H), Wed 8pm Liverpool 5th 6 +4 Villarreal (H), Tue 8pm Arsenal 7th 6 +4 Bayern Munich (A), Wed 8pm Man Utd 13th 3 +2 Como (A), Wed 5.45pm Man City 17th 3 0 AEK Athens (H), Tue 8pm The ties that matter most PSG vs Barcelona is first against second, and the only game where both sides are still on a perfect record and level on goal difference at +7. Whoever wins goes a long way towards a top-eight place.

Bayern Munich vs Arsenal is the hardest trip for an English club. Arsenal haven't conceded in two games, but Bayern are 10th on four points after a 3-3 draw in Norway and can't afford another slip.

Check Arsenal's absentees in our Arsenal injury news. Man City vs AEK Athens is the one City can't drop points in.

They're 17th after the 4-2 home defeat by PSG, and AEK are 20th on three points. We'd call it the most important home game of their league phase, because City then travel to RB Leipzig on Matchday 4.