Champions League Matchday: Team News and Pre-Match Details

Several Champions League matches are set to kick off, with crucial team news and pre-match details emerging for various fixtures.

Team News Highlights

Union SG v Atalanta

Union SG's lineup includes Scherpen, Mac Allister, Burgess, Sykes, Patris, Van De Perre, Zorgane, Khalaili, Smith, Ait El Hadj, and Florucz.

Atalanta will start with Sportiello, Kossounou, Hien, Ahanor, Zappacosta, Musah, Ederson Silva, Bernasconi, Samardzic, Lookman, and Krstovic.

Michael Oliver (England) is the referee.

Barcelona v FC Copenhagen

Barcelona's starting XI features Joan Garcia, Kounde, Cubarsi, Gerard, Balde, Eric Garcia, Lopez, Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha, and Lewandowski.

FC Copenhagen's side includes Kotarski, Meling, Hatzidiakos, Gabriel Pereira, Suzuki, Lopez, Larsson, Clem, Achouri, Elyounoussi, and Dadason.

Benoit Bastien (France) is the referee.

Borussia Dortmund v Inter Milan

Borussia Dortmund's team consists of Kobel, Can, Mane, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson, Bellingham, Nmecha, Bensebaini, Beier, Silva, and Guirassy.

Inter Milan will play with Sommer, Akanji, Acerbi, Bisseck, Luis Henrique, Sucic, Zielinski, Mkhitaryan, Dimarco, Bonny, and Thuram.

Istvan Kovacs (Romania) is the referee.

Benfica v Real Madrid

Benfica's lineup features Trubin, Dedic, Tomas Araujo, Otamendi, Dahl, Barreiro, Aursnes, Prestianni, Sudakov, Schjelderup, and Pavlidis.

Real Madrid's starting players are Courtois, Valverde, Asencio, Huijsen, Carreras, Guler, Tchouameni, Bellingham, Mastantuono, Mbappe, and Vinicius Junior.

Davide Massa (Italy) is the referee.

Liverpool v Qarabag

Ryan Gravenberch is in defense for Liverpool, and Andy Robertson returns at left-back.

Liverpool's starting XI includes Alisson, Frimpong, Gravenberch, Van Dijk, Robertson, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo, and Ekitike.

Qarabag FK will start with Kochalski, Matheus Silva, Mustafazade, Medina, Cafarquliyev, Pedro Bicalho, Jankovic, Andrade, Montiel, Zoubir, and Duran.

Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia) is the referee.

Paris Saint-Germain v Newcastle

Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes is listed as a substitute.

Paris Saint-Germain's lineup features Safonov, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Zaire Emery, Vitinha, Neves, Kvaratskhelia, Dembele, and Barcola.

Newcastle's team includes Pope, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Hall, Miley, Ramsey, Tonali, Elanga, Willock, and Woltemade.

Slavko Vincic (Slovenia) is the referee.

PSV v Bayern Munich

PSV's starting XI includes Kovar, Dest, Schouten, Obispo, Junior, Til, Veerman, Man, Wanner, Perisic, and Saibari.

Bayern Munich will play with Urbig, Bischof, Upamecano, Tah, Ito, Kimmich, Pavlovic, Karl, Musiala, Diaz, and Jackson.

Joao Pedro Pinheiro (Portugal) is the referee.

Arsenal v FC Kairat

Arsenal, having already secured a spot in the last 16, has fielded a reserve team.

Arsenal's lineup features Arrizabalaga, White, Mosquera, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Eze, Norgaard, Havertz, Madueke, Gyokeres, and Martinelli.

FC Kairat's team includes Anarbekov, Shirobokov, Martynovich, Sorokin, Tapalov, Glazer, Sadybekov, Mata, Mrynskiy, Edmilson, and Jorginho.

Urs Schnyder (Switzerland) is the referee.

Man City v Galatasaray

Erling Haaland returns to the City starting side.

Man City's lineup includes Donnarumma, Matheus Luiz, Khusanov, Ake, Ait Nouri, O’Reilly, Cherki, Silva, Marmoush, Doku, and Haaland.

Galatasaray's team consists of Cakir, Sallai, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs, Gundogan, Lemina, Sane, Gabriel Sara, Baris Yilmaz, and Osimhen.

Alejandro Hernandez (Spain) is the referee.

Eintracht Frankfurt v Tottenham Hotspur

Randal Kolo Muani and Wilson Odobert, despite being involved in a car accident the previous day, are starting for Spurs.

Eintracht Frankfurt's lineup features Santos, Amenda, Koch, Theate, Buta, Hojlund, Larsson, Brown, Skhiri, Gotze, and Knauff.

Tottenham Hotspur's team includes Vicario, Spence, Romero, Danso, Udogie, Gray, Joao Palhinha, Odobert, Sarr, Simons, and Muani.

Jesus Gil Manzano (Spain) is the referee.

Pre-Match Notes

• Liverpool v Qarabag:
  Qarabag, managed by Gurban Gurbanov, is visiting Anfield. The team is currently 18th on 10 points in the Champions League standings, one point ahead of teams like Marseille, Bayer Leverkusen, and PSV Eindhoven.

  They have a strong chance to qualify for the next phase, potentially even with a defeat.

• Napoli v Chelsea:
  This marks the first encounter between Napoli and Chelsea since the 2011-12 Champions League tie where Chelsea advanced after overturning a 3-1 first-leg deficit.

• Tottenham Hotspur's Preparations:
  Tottenham's preparations for their match against Eintracht Frankfurt were affected by injuries to Pedro Porro and Micky van de Ven. Additionally, Randal Kolo Muani and Wilson Odobert were involved in a car accident the previous day. The players were reported to be unharmed after a tire blowout incident and took a separate flight to Frankfurt.