The Champions League's league phase reaches its biggest night yet on Wednesday, with Matchday 3 concluding in a slate headlined by Bayern Munich vs. Arsenal at the Allianz Arena and Real Madrid vs. RB Leipzig at the Bernabéu, UEFA's fixture list shows.
The early kick-offs (18:45 CET) send Manchester United to Como and Galatasaray to Lille. The 21:00 CET block adds Inter vs. Shakhtar Donetsk at San Siro, Sporting CP vs. LASK in Lisbon, Aston Villa vs. Viking at Villa Park, Club Brugge vs. Lens and Real Betis vs. Feyenoord.
Wednesday's teams are chasing a remarkable Tuesday standard. The results: Fenerbahçe 2-2 Slavia Praha, Sabah 1-2 Borussia Dortmund, Roma 4-0 Slovan Bratislava, Porto 0-1 PSV Eindhoven, Liverpool 4-3 Villarreal, Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens — with a Phil Foden hat-trick — Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 Barcelona, Napoli 4-3 Bodø/Glimt and Stuttgart 1-1 Atlético de Madrid.
BBC Sport counts 187 goals across 45 matches so far this season, an average of 4.16 per game and the highest recorded at this stage in the competition's history — a scoring rate the expanded league phase, in its third season, keeps sustaining. Whether Wednesday's heavyweight fixtures match it is the night's open question.
