Champions League predictions: The games of the third matchday on Tuesday

Players across Europe have just returned to their respective divisions but there is little time left to rest and recover as the Champions League returns to screens worldwide on Tuesday.

The rankings look rather strange in the reformatted competition, with continental giants such as Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain all rotting in obscurity in the middle of the table.

However, we are only a quarter of the way through the league phase and there is still plenty of time for change, starting on Tuesday evening when some of Europe’s strongest players will be in action.

Here’s how 90min sees this first night of Champions League action this week.

One of two early kickoffs was turbulent Milan The team will try to get their first points in the Champions League this season Club Brugge Visit San Siro. Paulo Fonseca has struggled to get much consistency out of his new side, but they held on for a win at the weekend and could continue that winning streak on Tuesday.

Monaco have already upset Barcelona this season and have the chance to further consolidate their promising position with the visit of Red Star Belgrade. The Serbs have lost both games so far and could be lost in the face of the French team’s dynamic young attackers.

The first major setback of the season came on Saturday arsenal with defeat at Bournemouth, but Mikel Arteta, on the other hand, will be plotting a return to form Shakhtar Donetsk. The Gunners have taken four points from two games and three more would boost their hopes of a top eight finish as they approach the halfway point of the league stage.

Aston Villa brought Villa Park up by beating Bayern Munich last time out. More modest resistance in Bologna arrive in Birmingham on Tuesday evening and although Unai Emery’s team should take three wins from three games, it could be a relatively difficult evening.

Spanish site Girona Last season’s momentum has been completely disrupted this season and they now sit 12th in La Liga and 30th in the Champions League. Luckily for them, upcoming opponents Slovak Bratislava are even lower in 35th place.

Juventus will be looking to record their third win in the league stage, having previously beaten PSV Eindhoven and RB Leipzig, and could well do so against one Stuttgart Team after a five-game winning streak.

It went smoothly overall Paris Saint Germain So far again in Ligue 1, but in Europe things remain more difficult, the last game was lost 2-0 against Arsenal. They fail again and again when faced with the toughest tests, but there should be enough quality to prevail PSV EindhovenEven though the Dutch giants have won all their games in the Eredivisie so far this season.

Storm Graz are one of eight teams that have lost both games so far, and their negative record could well continue with the guest appearance Sporty CP. Ruben Amorim’s troops are the leaders in Portugal and have made a good start in Europe, beating Lille and drawing at PSV.