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Barcelona have scored 130 goals in the Champions League since Hansi Flick took over.
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Arsenal are the least scoring team in the Champions League Top 10 This Season.
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Lamine Yamal has been involved in five goals in two Champions League matches.
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Bayern Munich are unbeaten in 39 Champions League Matches At The Allianz Arena.
October 20, (THEWILL) – The Champions League resumes this week with mouthwatering clashes between PSG and Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Arsenal among other fixtures.
The Will takes a look at the top five Champions League matches to watch this week.
‌PSG vs Barcelona
Defending Champions PSG will welcome Barcelona to the Parc des Princes in one of the top matches of the matchday three.
Luis Enrique’s side started their Champions League campaign with a 6-1 win over Yaya Toure’s Slovan Bratislava before another 4-2 win over Man City at the Etihad Stadium last week.
Barcelona have also enjoyed a blistering start in the competition with a 5-1 win over Feyenoord and another 4-1 triumph over Victor Osimhen’s Galatasaray.
PSG became the first away team to ever score 3+ goals in the first half of a Champions League match at the Etihad.
They have won their last six matches in all competitions PSG have averaged over three goals per game during their six-game winning sequence – netting 19 in total, while keeping just one sheet.
Barcelona have kept one clean sheet in their last seven matches in all competitions, but They are the joint-second highest scorers in the 2026-27 Champions League with nine goals — the same number as Aston Villa and one fewer than PSG’s 10.
Barcelona’s games have seen 130 goals in the Champions League since Flick took over ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.
The only team to be involved in games with more goals in that time is PSG, with 134 goals.
The clash is expected to be a battle of goals but both teams are suspect defensively. Football fans are in for a scintillating encounter between Europe’s most in-form teams.
Barcelona are expected to be without the likes of Jules Kounde and Eric Garcia while PSG will miss Nuno Mendez .
Lamine Yamal has already been involved in five goals with one goal, and four assists this season in two games.
‌Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
Last season’s runners-up Arsenal are up against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday.
Vincent Kompany’s men are unbeaten in all competitions this season, scoring 25 goals across their last six games and now set out to find the back of the net for the 24th Champions League game running.
The Bavarians are unbeaten in their last 39 matches at the Allianz Arena in the Champions League.
Arsenal have scored four goals, they are the least scoring team in the Champions League top 10 so far.
However, The Gunners are the only team not to concede a goal in the Champions League this season.
Bayern Munich will be without Michael Olise for the encounter following his red card against Viking.
It is expected to be a battle between the best defence and the best attack.
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‌Como vs Manchester United
Manchester United will return to Champions League action against Como on Wednesday in Italy after the defeat to Atletico Madrid last week with the hope of winning their second match in the competition.
The Red Devils have won just two matches out of 10 in all competitions this season.
Como are one of the four debutants in the Champions League this season after finishing fourth in the Serie A last season.
The Italian side defeated RB Leipzig 4-1 in their first match in the competition before losing to Feyenoord last week.
Manchester United have failed to win in their last six matches in all competitions, they will be hoping to end that run against Como in Italy on Wednesday.
The Red Devils have lost just two of their last 16 matches against Italian opposition, recording 10 wins in the process.
‌Liverpool vs Villarreal
Liverpool will welcome Villarreal to Anfield on Tuesday in their third Champions League match of the season after winning their first two matches against Galatasaray and LASK.
New signing Bradley Barcola got off the mark last week with a sensational hat-trick last week against LASK after enduring a slow start to life at Anfield.
The Reds have won six of their last eight matches in all competitions.
Villarreal started their Champions League campaign with a 3-2 defeat to Dortmund before earning a 3-1 win over Napoli last week, but they will be hoping to get a favourable result at Anfield to boost their chances of advancing to the next round.
The Spanish side have lost each of their last three meetings against Liverpool. They have also won one of their last six matches away.
Andoni Iraola’s men will be without Szoboszlai and Jeremie Frimpong for the encounter.
Liverpool will be hoping to make it three wins from three when they take on Villarreal in the presence of their fans.
‌Inter Milan vs Shaktar Donetsk
Serie A Champions Inter Milan are winless in their first two matches in the Champions League this season after losing to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu and Club Brugge in Italy 4-3 last week.
It is not the type of start that Christian Chivu and his men will envisage in the competition, knowing full well that they are hoping to end their poor run in the Champions League this season.
The Nerrazurri have lost seven times in their last eight Champions League fixtures.
In the Serie A, they came from behind to beat Bologna 3-1 last weekend but they are struggling for form in the Champions League.
Shaktar Donetsk have never won against Inter Milan, and are also winless in 10 games against Italian opposition, while failing to find the net nine times.
The Ukrainian team started their Champions League campaign with a draw against PSV before beating AEK Athens 3-1 last week.
They are currently unbeaten in their last eight matches. They will be hoping to fancy their chances against the struggling Italian giants on Wednesday.
