Alex Howell
BBC Sport Arsenal reporter at Emirates Stadium

Mikel Arteta has heavily rotated his team as he takes advantage of Arsenal's strong position in the group.

There's a big positive for the Gunners as Kai Havertz makes his first start of the season after his injury troubles.

Arsenal starting XI: Arrizabalaga, White, Mosquera, Calafiori, Lewis-Skelly, Norgaard, Eze, Havertz, Madueke, Martinelli, Gyokeres

Subs: Setford, Porter, Gabriel, Salmon, Hincapie, Zubimendi, Ibrahim, Odegaard, Bailey-Joseph, Saka, Trossard, Jesus.

Kairat starting XI: Anarvekov, Luis Mata, Sadybekov, Jorginho, Martynobich, D Glazer, Tapalov, Mrynskiy, Shirobokov, Edmilson, Sorokin

Subs: Buch, Kalmurza, Kassabulat, Kurgin, Stanojev, Gromyko, Bagdat, Ricardinho.

Ciaran Kelly
BBC Sport reporter at Parc des Princes

Record signing Nick Woltemade starts as Newcastle United make five changes for tonight’s huge game against Paris Saint-Germain.

Woltemade, Dan Burn, Jacob Ramsey, Anthony Elanga and Joe Willock all come into the side following Sunday’s defeat at the hands of Aston Villa.

Captain Bruno Guimaraes makes the bench, but the midfielder is not risked from the off after suffering an ankle injury last week.

Newcastle starting XI: Pope, Miley, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Ramsey, Elanga, Woltemade, Willock

Subs: Ramsdale, Harris, Trippier, Wissa, Gordon, Barnes, Osula, J.Murphy, A.Murphy, Guimaraes, Shahar

Achraf Hakimi returns as PSG also ring the changes in their bid to secure an automatic place in the last 16.

The PSG right-back makes his first appearance for the Ligue 1 leaders since November after recovering from an ankle injury and returning from the Africa Cup of Nations.

Matvei Safonov, Marquinhos, Willian Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Joao Neves and Ousmane Dembele also come back into the side following the 1-0 win against Auxerre last time out.

PSG starting XI: Safonov, Hakimi, Pacho, Marquinhos, Mendes, Zaire-Emery, Vitinha, Neves, Kvaratskheliam Dembele, Barcola

Shamoon Hafez
Football news reporter at Etihad Stadium

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola makes four changes to the side that beat Wolves on Saturday for his highly-important Champions League game against Galatasaray.

Star man Erling Haaland returns to the side, but plays alongside Omar Marmoush in, what looks like, a 4-4-2 formation.

Rayan Ait-Nouri gets a start, while Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku also come in.

Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo are ineligible so are not involved, Rodri is suspended after his red card at Bodo/Glimt, while Tijjani Reijnders drops to the bench.

Man City XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Ake, Ait-Nouri, Silva, O’Reilly, Marmoush, Cherki, Doku, Haaland

Turkish league leaders Galatasaray make two changes to the side that beat Fatih Karagumruk in the league on Saturday.

Ex-Manchester City winger Leroy Sane comes into the side, while the English side's former midfielder Ilkay Gundogan captains the side.

There is plenty of ex-Premier League interest in this team - former Fulham man Mario Lemina comes into midfield, while ex-Tottenham defender Davinson Sanchez starts in the heart of the defence.

Former Norwich player Gabriel Sara also starts, with ex-Leicester loanee Yunus Akgun on the bench.

Dangerous Nigeria international Victor Osimhen leads the line.

Galatasaray XI: Cakir, Sallai, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakob, Gundogan, Lemina, Sane, Sara, Yilmaz, Osimhen.

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Team news from our games will be dropping shortly.

Meanwhile, Liam Rosenior has arrived at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Will the newly-appointed Chelsea boss make it five wins out of six since taking charge?

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This time last year we were preparing for the final night of action in the inaugural league phase format of the Champions League.

And what a night that turned out to be.

In the first half alone the top eight of the standings changed five times, with Aston Villa ultimately winning out alongside Lille and Bayer Leverkusen.

It was a rollercoaster evening at Villa Park, as they raced into a two-goal lead against Celtic, squandered it, and then scored two more to snatch automatic qualification for the last sixteen.

Manchester City were staring down the prospect of being eliminated from the competition entirely, only to turn it around in the second half to scrape into the play-offs.

Heavyweights Bayern Munich and Real Madrid were also condemned to a play-off place, while PSV Eindhoven joined them with a stunning win over table-toppers Liverpool.

Arsenal battled from behind at Girona to seal third, and eventual European champions PSG finished in 15th.

Are we set for another entertaining night of twists and turns as the 2025-26 league phase draws to a close? Fingers crossed.

Champions League

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Anyone remember the final round of league phase games last season?

Aston Villa beat Celtic 4-2 at Villa Park, Liverpool lost at PSV Eindhoven and Ousmane Dembele scored a hat-trick for eventual champions Paris St-Germain away at Stuttgart.

There were 64 goals in total across the 18 fixtures.

Will that figure be bettered tonight?

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Liverpool fan Dan Clubbe, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast: "Arne Slot is under immense pressure - certainly amongst the fanbase.

"It feels like our Champions League form is holding firm compared to domestically and it's nights like tonight that have given us respite in many ways.

"We are just trying to navigate our way through a disappointing spell."

Arsenal

Will Arsenal make it a flawless league phase campaign and make it eight wins out of eight in the Champions League?

Only one other English side has managed eight or more consecutive wins in European Cup/Champions League history, with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City winning 10 in a row between May 2023 and March 2024.

• A v Athletic Club 2-0
• H v Olympiakos 2-0
• H v Atletico Madrid 4-0
• A v Slavia Prague 3-0
• H v Bayern Munich 3-1
• A v Club Brugge 3-0
• A v Inter Milan 3-1

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Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 live

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Both teams are aiming to avoid the play-off and those extra games.

If you remember back to last season, Paris St-Germain finished 15th in the Champions League but it's not how you start - it's how you finish.

It does feel a bit similar this season. They went back to top of Ligue 1 at the weekend, but they've slipped up a few times in the Champions League and still have work to do.

I still fancy PSG to go on and win the Champions League though. Just as last season, they will build up a head of steam and be the team to beat in this competition.

Yes, Premier League teams can be drawn against each other in the knockout phase play-offs.

Chelsea

The Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.

Named after a legend and the perfect setting for a huge Champions League showdown.

Will a Chelsea legend be born in Naples tonight?

A big night for Liam Rosenior as he pits his wits against former Blues boss Antonio Conte.

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Tottenham fan Hollie Agombar, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast: "It's a big mess at Tottenham at the moment. We don't really know which direction the club is going in.

"Thomas Frank has been blessed in the Champions League because we have done quite well, which is completely different to our Premier League form. Our home form is completely opposite in Europe, it is amazing."

Sunglasses in Manchester in January?

There's been no rain today and Galatasaray's travelling fans have been making the most of the dry weather by making new friends and generally having a good time in the city centre.

Will they still be partying after full-time at Etihad Stadium?

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Ciaran Kelly
BBC Sport reporter at Parc des Princes

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What a night in store at the Parc des Princes.

Both Newcastle United and Paris St-Germain may be safe in the knowledge that they have already secured a play-off spot for a place in the last 16.

But tonight is a winner-takes-all occasion as these sides look to automatically book their place in the knockout stages.

It is an almighty test for Newcastle, who have won just three away games all season, against the European champions.

But Luis Enrique’s side have shown one or two vulnerabilities in recent months.

The holders have only won one of their previous four Champions League fixtures, losing against Sporting last time out. They scored just one goal from 46 shots versus Sporting and Athletic Club. The Ligue 1 leaders have even been knocked out of the French Cup by Paris FC.

However, by the same token, PSG ominously started to click into gear around this time last year following a pivotal home win against another English side, Manchester City.

Newcastle really will have to be at their best to pull off one of the most famous results in the club’s history.

“This is the ultimate test for me in Europe,” head coach Eddie Howe said. “This will be the hardest game that we could have played, but we've got to go in with the attitude that we relish that.

“We've got to rise to that occasion.”

The fate of Frankfurt, Slavia Prague, Villarreal and Kairat is already confirmed as they are not able to qualify for the play-off positions.

However, for the likes of Ajax, Benfica and Club Brugge, the play-off positions are in sight.

Results, of course, will have to go a team's way, but for Cypriot side Pafos, history could be made if they qualify for the play-offs in their debut season in the Champions League.

BBC Radio 5 Live

Keep bang up to date on BBC Radio 5 Live as the goals fly in.

Chris Sutton is alongside John Murray for full match commentary of Paris St-Germain against Newcastle.

Over on Sports Extra, former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown is with Eilidh Barbour for City's match with Galatasaray at Etihad Stadium.

And over on Sports Extra 2, Leon Osman is with Conor McNamara for Napoli against Chelsea.

Three-time Champions League winners Inter Milan and two-time winners Juventus may sit in the middle of the league table, but don't rule them out from getting a top-eight automatic position.

If results go their way, the two Italian heavyweights may have a late dash into the top eight.

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All six English sides are competing in Europe's premier club competition on the same night as the league phase reaches a thrilling conclusion.

Send all your thoughts and predictions this way, please. Will all six finish in the top eight? That would be incredible.