The Champions League marked its return with a number of high-profile group-stage games that lived up to their billing. With 32 teams from Europe’s biggest in the running for Champions League honours, this season promises to be one of the best yet.

Brighton & Hove Albion's mettle will be tested when defending champions Manchester City head to Amex Stadium for a 2021/22 English Premier League match on Saturday. 

Bologna FC will go head to head with AC Milan in an Italian Serie A match at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara on October 23. 
 

Sevilla FC will battle it out with UD Levante in a Spanish La Liga match at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán on October 24.

 Paris Saint Germain (PSG) will square off with RB Leipzig in an UEFA Champions League Group A match on October 19.

Newcastle United will play their first game since confirmation that a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) had been given the go-ahead to buy the club when they host Tottenham Hotspur in a 2021/22 English Premier League match on Sunday. 

Juventus FC will face off with AS Roma in an Italian Serie A match at the Allianz Stadium on October 17.

Granada CF will square off with Atletico Madrid in a Spanish La Liga match at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes on October 17.

Germany will look for revenge over North Macedonia when the teams meet in a 2022 World Cup Qualifying Group J match, set for the Tose Proeski Arena in Skopje on the evening of Monday 11 October 2021. Kick-off is at 18:45.

The Czech Republic will host Wales in a crucial Group E 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Prague on Friday evening.