The Champions League returns this week, with highlights and coverage available across BBC platforms throughout the season. Aston Villa and Liverpool have made the strongest starts among the English clubs, winning all three of their opening league-phase matches and joining Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Real Betis on nine points.

From 22:00 BST on Wednesdays during Champions League matchweeks, viewers can watch match-by-match highlights on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app. Match of the Day will also show highlights and provide analysis on BBC One on Wednesdays at 22:40. This week’s programme is scheduled for 23:10 in Wales and 23:40 in Northern Ireland.

The BBC Sport website, app and social media channels will carry clips, while live text coverage will follow the action online and in the app. BBC Radio 5 Live will broadcast commentary on selected matches, also available through BBC Sounds and smart speakers. BBC podcasts Football Daily and Euro Leagues will feature reaction and discussion during the campaign.

Five British clubs are competing this season: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United. TNT Sport and Amazon Prime Video hold the UK live-broadcast rights. Amazon has first pick of Tuesday matches, showing 17 games in total, with the remaining fixtures on TNT.

Tuesday, 3 November, fixtures are Galatasaray v Stuttgart and Shakhtar Donetsk v Sporting CP at 17:45 GMT. The 20:00 GMT kick-offs are Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munich, Barcelona v Aston Villa, Bodo/Glimt v Lille, Feyenoord v Inter Milan, LASK v Slovan Bratislava, Manchester United v Roma and Villarreal v Paris Saint-Germain.

On Wednesday, 4 November, AEK Athens v Real Madrid and Fenerbahce v Liverpool start at 17:45 GMT. At 20:00 GMT, Borussia Dortmund play Real Betis, Lens face Como, PSV meet Club Brugge, Porto take on Napoli, RB Leipzig host Manchester City, Slavia Prague play Arsenal and Viking face Sabah FK.

Sources: BBC Sport Football.