Europes elite face a tough task to match the record-breakingly extravagant entertainment of Champions League Matchday 2. With the ball hitting the net 78 times, the fixture list produced the most-ever Champions League goals in a single week, including Liverpools 6-3 win at LASK, Brugges 4-3 victory at Inter and Vikings surprise 3-3 draw at home to Bayern Munich, the Norwegian side opening the scoring after two minutes and netting the decisive goal in the 90th.Fortunately, there is a precedent for a blockbuster Matchday 3: the previous record for the most goals was set across the third round of games last season, which also featured 18 games and delivered 71 goals, even overcoming a 0-0 draw involving Tottenham.PSG hit seven, Barcelona bagged six and Liverpool netted five on that occasion. Goals galore again? Lets take a look at a selection of key fixtures.Champions League fixtures this week: October 20 2026PSG vs Barcelona: Ousmane Dembele faces Lamine YamalThe defending double champions meet five-time winners Barca again, having beaten the dominant force in La Liga 2-1 away in last seasons league phase.Ferran Torres scored the opener for the Spanish side on that occasion and the new PSG signing is at the centre of a succession of intriguing subplots in this game, including Paris coach Luis Enriques emotional ties to opponents with whom he won the competition as part of a treble in 2014/15.Both teams have six points and forwards in formidable form: PSGs Ousmane Dembele has three goals and three assists in this seasons Champions League, while Barcas Lamine Yamal has set up four goals and scored once, including two assists in a 4-1 win at Galatasaray on Tuesday.PSGs 4-2 win at Manchester City the following day was even more impressive, including three goals without reply by Desire Doue, Dembele and Vitinha inside the first 33 minutes to help the Ligue 1 title holders end the Premier League leaders perfect start in all competitions.Prediction: PSG 2-2 BarcelonaMan City vs AEK Athens: Visitors seek Champions League historyAntoine Semenyo said City had misapplied their press during the first half against PSG and Enzo Marescas side were much-improved after the break, netting twice through joint-competition top scorer Erling Haaland to take the in-form strikers total to four in the league phase.Haaland broke Lionel Messis record as the fastest player to 60 Champions League goals and has averaged more than a goal a game in the competition during his career cause for concern for Athens fans after their sides unblemished three-match defensive record since the start of qualifying came to an end with a 3-1 defeat at Shakhtar on Wednesday.AEK hit the woodwork three times at Stamford Bridge and are unbeaten in the Greek Super League but have never won away in the Champions League proper and possess a wretched record against English sides in the competition, losing seven times and winning once.As well as rewarding brave bets, the huge underdogs will become the first Greek team ever to beat City if they spring a surprise, with the English club yet to concede in four such games, winning three of them.Prediction: Man City 3-0 AEK AthensStuttgart vs Atletico Madrid: Seventh in a row for La Liga giants?Stuttgart followed up a 3-1 home win over Viking with a 3-0 victory at Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday but their uncertain start to their domestic season continued with a fourth defeat in their opening six league games on Saturday, losing to an 88th-minute goal at Hamburg.Stats experts gave Miro Muheims winning strike a 3% probability from the position he shot from and the xG numbers also made painful reading for a Stuttgart side who finished on 2.67 to their opponents 0.93.A first win against a Spanish team at the eighth attempt in the competition would be the perfect tonic for Stuttgart, and Atletis record of five defeats in six trips to Germany in the competition might provide encouragement.Atletis only victory in Germany came almost exactly 30 years ago at Dortmund, but their form bodes well for changing that on forward Ademola Lookmans 29th birthday.Second in Spain, dominant Atleti beat Espanyol through Alex Baenas 89th-minute goal on Saturday to extend their winning run to six matches in all competitions, including their first points of the league phase last Tuesday with a 2-0 home win over Manchester United.Prediction: Stuttgart 0-0 Atletico MadridLiverpool vs Villarreal: Isak, Barcola, Wirtz finding formYet to show their best in the Premier League, Liverpool have given Andoni Iraola a memorable start to managing in the Champions League with a home win over Atleti and a 6-3 victory at LASK on Wednesday in which they were 4-0 ahead after 51 minutes.New �123 million signing Bradley Barcola scored a hat-trick in Linz and the Reds expensively-assembled attack helped them to another win at Brentford on Saturday, capitalising after their opponents were reduced to ten players with a winner from Alexander Isak and assists for Barcola and Florian Wirtz.Twelfth in Spain, Villarreal have never beaten an English team in 16 attempts in the Champions League but ended a 12-game winless run in the competition by coming from behind to beat Napoli 3-1 at home last Tuesday.There were five goals when these teams met in the second leg of the 2021/22 semi-finals, the Yellow Submarine scoring twice inside the first 42 minutes at home to level the tie before Fabinho, Luis Diaz and Sadio Manes second-half goals gave Liverpool a 5-2 aggregate win.Prediction: Liverpool 1-0 VillarrealChampions League matches: October 21 2026Real Madrid vs Leipzig: In-form Diomande meets former sideHaving scored in successive Liga games with the final goal in Madrids 4-1 home win over Sevilla on Sunday, Yan Diomande will be reunited with the team who sold the Ivory Coast winger in August for a fee that could rise to �120m.Diomande and Madrid will want a less dramatic night than Los Blancos had at Roma on Wednesday, falling behind twice and trailing 3-1 in the 82nd minute of their 4-3 win to stay perfect following their home victory over Inter on Matchday 1.Madrid have won all of their six home matches in all competitions this season, which is ominous for a Leipzig side who have lost all four of their away matches in the 2026/27 Bundesliga and Champions League, including a 6-1 hammering at Bayern on Saturday.Head coach Martin Demichelis apologised afterwards to Leipzigs supporters, who also saw their team lose 4-1 at Como on Matchday 1 to extend their losing run in group stage and league phase games to six matches.Prediction: Real Madrid 4-1 LeipzigComo vs Manchester United: Premier League strugglers on roadCesc Fabregas Como won for the first time in four matches in all competitions with a 3-1 victory at Fiorentina on Sunday and the Champions League newcomers may feel the visit of Manchester United is a particularly presentable chance to recover from their 3-2 defeat at Feyenoord on Matchday 2.Winger Assane Diao scored the opener against the Dutch side, while Tasos Douvikas late consolation means that each of the duo has scored in each of the clubs league phase games, following up a 4-1 home win over Leipzig.Back in the misty days of Michael Carricks first spell as United caretaker, the former Red Devils midfielder oversaw their only win in their last 10 Champions League away matches with a 2-0 victory at Villarreal in November 2021.United have lost six times across that poor run on the road and their performance in a 1-1 draw at Leeds United on Sunday increasing the malaise around Carrick and leaving them with one win from their first seven league games gave little indication that their form is about to improve.Prediction: Como 3-1 Manchester UnitedBayern Munich vs Arsenal: Harry Kane chases perfect 10Invincible runs meet unstoppable forces when the reigning German and English champions meet in a mightily unpredictable-looking early-season clash of contenders in Munich.Viking showed that Bayern can be troubled but Harry Kane scored twice for Vincent Kompanys team and the Tottenham all-time top scorer now has the chance to register in a 10th straight Champions League outing and enhance a record of 15 goals in 22 appearances against Arsenal.The Gunners were functional rather than flowing in beating Nottingham Forest away on Sunday but have won their last 14 league phase matches, although they have five defeats and one victory in their eight most recent visits to Germany.A hard-earned 3-0 home win over Lille was on par for Arsenal on Matchday 2 and their achievement will be far more special if they end Bayerns 39-match unbeaten home run in league phase and group stage games, dropping points twice along the way.Prediction: Bayern Munich 3-2 ArsenalAston Villa vs Viking: Premier League club target 12 in a rowAfter a slow start in the Premier League, Aston Villa and an injury-free Johan Manzambi are starting to purr and the �51.1m signing took his tally to three goals in his last four appearances by netting in the 6-0 home win over Fenerbahce on Wednesday and 1-0 victory at Newcastle on Saturday.Villa are the only team who can match PSG and Barcas six points and plus-seven goal difference in this seasons league phase, although Viking making their debut in the competition proper proved they can upset the odds with that draw against Bayern.Captain Zlatko Tripic has a goal and two assists and Viking have previous with English sides, knocking Chelsea out of the 2002/03 UEFA Cup.That defeat at Stuttgart and Villas record suggests the Dark Blues will need to step up their performance again, aiming to end two of their opponents dazzling club-record runs.The Villans are on a 14-match unbeaten European home stretch and have won their last 11 such games at Villa Park. As Fener can testify, Villa look hard to halt.Prediction: Aston Villa 2-0 VikingChampions League fixtures this week: Matchday 3 2026/27Heres the full list of fixtures on Matchday 3, as well as UK broadcaster details.DateFixtureBST start timeETPTUK broadcasterTue, Oct 20Fenerbahce vs Slavia Prague17:4512:4509:45TNT Sports 3Tue, Oct 20Sabah vs Borussia Dortmund17:4512:4509:45TNT Sports 2Tue, Oct 20Roma vs Slovan Bratislava20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 7Tue, Oct 20Porto vs PSV20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 8Tue, Oct 20Liverpool vs Villarreal20:0015:0012:00Prime VideoTue, Oct 20Man City vs AEK20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 1, UltimateTue, Oct 20PSG vs Barcelona20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 2Tue, Oct 20Napoli vs Bodo/Glimt20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 5Tue, Oct 20Stuttgart vs Atleti20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 6Weds, Oct 21Como vs Man United17:4512:4509:45TNT Sports 2Weds, Oct 21Lille vs Galatasaray17:4512:4509:45TNT Sports 4Weds, Oct 21Villa vs Viking20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 2, 9, UltimateWeds, Oct 21Club Brugge vs Lens20:0015:0012:00TNT SportsWeds, Oct 21Bayern vs Arsenal20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 1Weds, Oct 21Inter vs Shakhtar20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 5Weds, Oct 21Madrid vs Leipzig20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 4Weds, Oct 21Real Betis vs Feyenoord20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 6Weds, Oct 21Sporting vs LASK20:0015:0012:00TNT Sports 8Champions League standings: Full updated table UEFA Champions League 2026 World #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 2 1 Paris Saint Germain220010376 W W 2 Barcelona22009276 W W 3 Aston Villa22009276 W W 4 VfB Stuttgart22006156 W W 5 Liverpool22008446 W W 6 Sporting CP22005146 W W 7 Arsenal22004046 W W 8 Real Madrid22006426 W W 9 Real Betis22006426 W W 10 Bayern Mnchen21108354 D W 11 Shakhtar Donetsk21104224 W D 12 Como21016423 L W 13 Manchester United21014223 L W 14 Villarreal21015413 W L 15 Atletico Madrid21013213 W L 16 Club Brugge KV21016603 W L 17 Manchester City21014403 L W 18 Borussia Dortmund21013303 L W 19 Lens210134-13 L W 20 AEK Athens FC210123-13 L W 21 RB Leipzig210124-23 W L 22 Sabah FA210124-23 W L 23 Feyenoord210147-33 W L 24 Bodo/Glimt210115-43 W L 25 AS Roma201145-11 L D 26 PSV Eindhoven201112-11 L D 27 Viking201146-21 D L 28 Fenerbahe201117-61 L D 29 Inter200246-20 L L 30 FC Porto200225-30 L L 31 Slavia Praha200225-30 L L 32 Napoli200214-30 L L 33 Lask Linz200237-40 L L 34 Lille200226-40 L L 35 Galatasaray200227-50 L L 36 Slovan Bratislava200219-80 L L Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals) Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals) Where to watch the Champions League: TV channel, live online streamTNT Sports and Amazon Prime Video have the live broadcast rights to the Champions League in the UK.Amazon have first pick of the Tuesday games, with all the other matches shown on TNT Sports. BBC Sport also has highlights rights.Matches on TNT Sports can be streamed through the HBO Max app. Subscriptions start at �30.99 including Eurosport and entertainment and are available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.Matches on Prime Video can be streamed through the accompanying app. Subscriptions cost between �7.99 and �8.99 a month or �95 annually, with a half-price offer for students.The standard UK BBC TV licence costs �180 a year. Topics Arsenal F.C. AS Roma Aston Villa F.C. Atletico Madrid FC Barcelona Liverpool F.C. Manchester City F.C. Manchester United F.C. Paris Saint-Germain F.C. 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