Barcelona Liverpool Arsenal Headline Champions League Action Tonight
The 2026/27 UEFA Champions League league phase continues tonight, September 9, with Barcelona, Liverpool and Arsenal all beginning their European campaigns on a packed second night of Matchday 1. UEFA’s official schedule confirms six matches, with Barcelona vs Feyenoord and Stuttgart vs Viking kicking off first, followed by Liverpool vs Atlético Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain vs Slovan Bratislava, Sporting CP vs Galatasaray and Napoli vs Arsenal. Barcelona begin at home against Feyenoord, with Hansi Flick’s side entering the competition after an excellent domestic start. One of the biggest individual storylines surrounds Lamine Yamal, who needs two goals to equal Kylian Mbappé’s record for the most Champions League goals scored by a player aged 20 or younger. Barcelona also have a strong historical record against Dutch opposition, having lost only two of their previous 18 European matches against clubs from the Netherlands. At Anfield, Liverpool face Atlético Madrid in one of the most intriguing fixtures of the night. Both clubs have extensive Champions League experience, and the matchup brings together two sides with very different tactical identities. Liverpool will be hoping home advantage provides the perfect platform for a winning start, while Atlético will look to make the game difficult and punish mistakes on the counterattack. Arsenal, meanwhile, face perhaps the toughest away test of the evening when they travel to the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona to face Napoli. The Gunners finished as Champions League runners-up last season and now begin another attempt to go one step further. History slightly favours Arsenal, who have won three of their four previous meetings with Napoli, including both legs of their 2018/19 Europa League quarter-final. Elsewhere, defending champions Paris Saint-Germain begin their title defence at home to Slovan Bratislava, Sporting CP host Galatasaray, and Stuttgart welcome Viking. With Real Madrid, Manchester City and Real Betis already collecting victories on the opening night, tonight’s clubs will be under immediate pressure to keep pace in the 36-team league table.