Champions League returns 13–14 October: City host PSG, Atlético meet United
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UEFA's Matchday 2 schedule pairs Manchester City with Paris Saint-Germain and Atlético de Madrid with Manchester United, and Matchday 3 follows a week later on 20–21 October.
The 2026/27 Champions League league phase resumes on Tuesday, 13 October and Wednesday, 14 October with Matchday 2, according to UEFA's published fixture list. Matchday 1 was played on 8–10 September.
Tuesday opens with Lens v Sporting CP and Sabah v Slavia Praha in the early slot, followed by Arsenal v Lille, Atlético de Madrid v Manchester United, Inter v Club Brugge, Galatasaray v Barcelona, Leipzig v PSV Eindhoven, Viking v Bayern München and Villarreal v Napoli.
Wednesday's early games are Feyenoord v Como and LASK v Liverpool. The later slate is Roma v Real Madrid, Aston Villa v Fenerbahçe, Shakhtar Donetsk v AEK Athens, Bodø/Glimt v Borussia Dortmund, Manchester City v Paris Saint-Germain, Real Betis v Porto and Slovan Bratislava v Stuttgart.
A quick turnaround
Matchday 3 follows on 20–21 October. For Manchester City the PSG fixture arrives three days after a Premier League trip to Liverpool, which the league moved to Sunday, 11 October at 16:30 BST for television.
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Two matchdays in eight days move the league-phase table quickly. Qualification and top-eight markets tend to react more to this pair of rounds than to any later one, because a side that drops points in both is already chasing with the calendar against it.
- Matchday 2 of the 2026/27 league phase is on Tuesday, 13 and Wednesday, 14 October; Matchday 1 was played on 8–10 September.
- Manchester City v Paris Saint-Germain is on Wednesday, 14 October, three days after City's Premier League trip to Liverpool.
- Matchday 3 follows on 20–21 October, so two rounds land inside eight days.
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