Manchester City v Red Star Belgrade, PSG v Dortmund: Champions League – live

McAlmont and Butler will answer this one

It would have been the scoop of the year had he said the opposite

As expected, Leipzig were too good for Young Boys. With Manchester City also in Group G, there isn’t an overload of jeopardy.

GOAL! Young Boys 1-3 RB Leipzig (Sesko 90+2) The exciting young striker Benjamin Sesko has sealed victory for Leipzig.

Milan 0-0 Newcastle Eight minutes to go at San Siro, where Newcastle are hanging on to a point in their first Champions League game since the days of Junior Senior and Maid in Manhattan.

This time next year, Rodney…

GOAL! Young Boys 1-2 Leipzig (X Schlager 74)

Xaver Schlager has put Leipzig, who will expect to finish second in Group G, ahead in Switzerland. Red Star and Manchester City are the other teams in taht group.

Matheus Nunes makes his full City debut, one of three changes from the win at West Ham on Saturday. Sergio Gomez and Nathan Ake also come in; Jeremy Doku, Manuel Akanji and Josko Gvardiol have kindly given up their seats.

Manchester City (possible 4-2-3-1) Ederson; Walker, Dias, Ake, Gomez; Rodri, Nunes; Bernardo, Alvarez, Foden; Haaland.
Subs: Ortega, Carson, Phillips, Doku, Gvardiola, Akanji, Bobb, Lewis.

Red Star Belgrade (possible 4-2-3-1) O Glazer; Mijailovic, Djiga, Dragovic, Rodic; Hwang, Stamenic; Bukari, Ivanic, S Mitrovic; Ndiaye.
Subs: Popovic, Vasiljevic, Degenek, Spajic, Kanga, Katai, Olayinka, Krasso, Milunovic, Kangwa, Lucic, Kabic.

Referee Joao Pedro Silva Pinheiro (Portugal)

Shakhtar Donetsk (possible 4-3-3) Riznyk; Konoplya, Lemkin, Rakitskiy, Miroshi; Nazaryna, Stepanenko, Sudakov; Zubkov, Sikan, Kelsy.
Subs: Rudko, Castillo, Eguinaldo, Kryskiv, Puzankov, Gocholeishvili, Azarovi, Vyunnyk, Bondarenko, Ocheretko, Kozik, Kashchuk.

FC Porto (possible 4-3-3) Costa; Joao Mario, Carmo, Kleper Pepe, Sanusi; Varela, Franco, Stephen Eustaquio; Jaime, Taremi, Galeno.
Subs: Fabio Cardoso, Grujic, Francisco Conceicao, Claudio Ramos, Sanchez, Gonzalez, Wendell, Navarro, Baro, Martinez, Borges.

Referee Davide Massa (Italy)

Two changes for Celtic from the victory over Dundee at the weekend. Luis Palma and Gustaf Lagerbielke replace the injured Nat Phillips and the uninjured David Turnbull.

Feyenoord (possible 4-2-3-1) Wellenreuther; Geertruida, Trauner, Hancko, Hartman; Wieffer, Stengs; Timber, Igor Paixao, Minteh; Ivanusec.
Subs: Beelen, Zerrouki, Jahanbakhsh, Dilrosun, Lopez, Van den Belt, Sauer, Lamprou, Lingr, van Sas.

Celtic (possible 4-3-3) Hart, A Johnston, Lagerbielke, Scales, Taylor; O’Riley, McGregor, Hatate; Palma, Furuhashi, Maeda.
Subs: Yang, Turnbull, Holm, Oh, Iwata, Bernardo, Bain, Forrest, Ralston, M Johnston, Morrison.

Referee Irfan Peljto (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Lazio (possible 4-3-3) Provedel, Marusic, Patric Gil, Romagnoli, Pellegrini, Kamada, Vecino, Luis Alberto, Felipe Anderson, Immobile, Zaccagni.
Subs: Guendouzi, Pedro, Casale, Isaksen, Castellanos, Hysaj, Lazzari, Cataldi, Sepe, Gila, Rovella, Renzetti.

Atletico Madrid (possible 5-3-2) Oblak, Molina, Lino, Savic, Witsel, Hermoso; Llorente, Barrios, Saul; Griezmann, Morata.
Subs: Grbic, Gimenez, Azpilicueta, Correa, Galan, Riquelme, Kostis, El Jebari, Gomis, Calatrava, Mini.

Referee Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)

AC Milan 0-0 Newcastle Still goalless after an hour at San Siro. Milan have had most of the chances, but they haven’t jolly well taken them.

Paris Saint-Germain (possible 4-3-3) Donnarumma; Hakimi, Skriniar, Marquinhos, Hernandez; Ugarte, Zaire Emery, Vitinha; Dembele, Kolo Muani, Mbappe.
Subs: Navas, Fabian, Goncalo Ramos, Danilo Pereira, Lee, Mukiele, Carlos Soler, Barcola, Tenas.

Borussia Dortmund (possible 4-3-3) Kobel; Ryerson, Sule, Hummels, Schlotterbeck; Brandt, Can, Sabitzer; Wolf, Malen, Adeyemi.
Subs: Bensebaini, Ozcan, Reyna, Nmecha, Haller, Reus, Fullkrug, Moukoko, Meyer, Laurenz Lotka, Bynoe-Gittens.

Referee Jesus Gil Manzano (Spain)

Barcelona (possible 4-3-3) ter Stegen; Joao Cancelo, Kounde, Christensen, Balde, Gundogan, de Jong, Gavi; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Joao Felix.
Subs: Martinez, Torres, Pena, Alonso, Romeu, Sergi Roberto, Astralaga, Yamal, Casado, Lopez.

Antwerp (possible 4-2-3-1) Butez; Bataille, Alderweireld, Coulibaly, Wijndal; Keita, Vermeeren; Muja, Ekkelenkamp, Balikwisha; Janssen.
Subs: De Laet, Kerk, Yusuf, Ilenikhena, Ejuke, De Wolf, Van Den Bosch,
Valencia, Lammens.

Referee Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Group-by-group preview

Hello, good evening and welcome to live coverage of the opening night of the 2023-24 Champions League proper. The holders Manchester City are in action, as are the teams ranked 4th, 9th, 13th, 14th and 16th in the Uefa club coefficients list.

The team ranked 79th, Newcastle, are involved in one of the most interesting games of the night. They are away to AC Milan in one of two early kick-offs; you can follow that with minute-by-minute genius Scott Murray. If you don’t want to know the score, why are you reading a Champions League clockwatch?

Newcastle are in a dog of a group, with PSG meeting Dortmund to come. They play each other tonight in Paris. The other British team in action is Celtic: winners in 1967, now trying to reach the knockout stage for the first time since 2007, when they lost a tight tie against the eventual winners AC Milan. Their group is pretty tricky as well. They have Feyenoord tonight, a repeat of the 1970 final, with Lazio and Atletico Madrid to follow.

These are tonight’s matches, all 8pm BST kick-offs unless stated.

Group E