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Bayer Leverkusen v Arsenal BBC Radio 5 Live This video can not be played Bayer Leverkusen v Arsenal BBC Radio 5 Live Robert Andrich heads Bayer Leverkusen in front from corner against Arsenal Three games follow at 20: 00 GMT Kylian Mbappe not in Real Madrid squad to face Man City, Erling Haaland starts - full team news Chelsea visit PSG, Bodo/Glimt host Sporting Watch Match of the Day on BBC One & i Player at 22: 40 GMT Steve Sutcliffe Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Arsenal Arsenal look a little rattled at the present. They are struggling to get out and press the hosts, who are well on top. The goal they conceded was only the the second time ever Arsenal have allowed an opponent to score in the first minute of the second half in a major European game, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal for Barcelona in March 2010, the other occasion it happened. Use 'Get Involved' to have your say Arsenal concede a goal from a corner, there is a certain amount or irony there. Alan, Manchester Paris St-Germain v Chelsea (20: 00 GMT) Nizaar Kinsella BBC Sport Chelsea reporter Paris St-Germain give Balon d'Or-winning striker Ousmane Dembele his first start since his recent injury lay-off against Chelsea. Midfielder Joao Neves, who was also a doubt before kick-off, starts for PSG. PSG XI: Safonov; Hakimi, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Marquinhos, Neves, Vitinha, Barcola, Zaire-Emery, Doue, Dembele Subs: Chevalier, Marin, Beraldo, Zabarnyi, Kvaratskhelia, Goncalo Ramos, Lee, Hernandez, Mayulu, Dro Fernandez, Mbaye Chelsea pick goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen over their previous number one option Robert Sanchez. Marc Cucurella makes his first start since a recent hamstring lay-off as Liam Rosenior plays Reece James in midfield and Malo Gusto at full-back. It's unsurprisingly a line up largely considered to be Chelsea's strongest XI. Chelsea XI: Jorgensen; Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, James; Palmer, Fernandez, Neto, Joao Pedro. Subs: Merrick, Acheampong, Tosin, Badiashile, Hato, Santos, Lavia, Garnacho, Guiu, Delap Real Madrid v Man City (20: 00 GMT) Theres no Kylian Mbappe in the Real Madrid squad because he has not recovered from a knee problem. Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Alexander-Arnold, Rudiger, Huijsen, F. Mendy, Tchouameni, Valverde, Brahim, Thiago, Guler, Vinicius Subs: Lunin, Gonzalez, Carvajal, Camavinga, Gonzalo, Asencio, Garcia, Mastantuono, Aguado, Cestero, Angel, Palacios Erling Haaland returns to the starting XI for Manchester City as Marc Guéhi and Antoine Semenyo make their Champions League debuts for the club. Haaland comes in along with captain Bernardo Silva, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Ruben Dias and Rodri. Manchester City XI: Donnarumma, Khusanov, Dias, Guéhi, O’Reilly, Rodri, Bernardo, Savinho, Semenyo, Doku, Haaland Subs: Trafford, Bettinelli, Reijnders, Stones, Ake, Marmoush, Cherki, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Nunes, Foden, Alleyne Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Arsenal Alex Howell BBC Sport Arsenal reporter at Bay Arena That's two really well-worked routines that have lead to that opener. The first is from the kick-off which leads to the corner that Leverkusen score from. Andrich, who may be lucky to have not got two yellow cards in the first half heads in. It's a new experience for Arsenal in this season's Champions League as it's the first time they have been behind in the competition this season. Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Arsenal Matt Upson Former Arsenal defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Bay Arena What a massive goal and what a poor start to the second half for Arsenal. They've not been switched on since coming out after the break. They gave away the first chance after 15 seconds and this corner, they just get undone. It's very unlike them, it's a free header for the most aerially dominant player for Leverkusen. They'll be really disappointed with that Arsenal, it was far too easy. Use 'Get Involved' to have your say Naturally the man who shouldn't been on the pitch has scored. James, Manchester Robert Andrich The hosts open the scoring from a corner. What a fast start to the second half from Bayer Leverkusen. Martin Terrier forces David Raya to tip over his header and from the resulting corner, Robert Andrich sneaks in completely unmarked at the back stick to nod home. Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Arsenal The teams are back out. And away we go again. Will we get a goal in the second half? The Gunners have won their last four Champions League games that have been 0-0 at half-time, scoring 11 goals and only conceding once in the process. Use 'Get Involved' to have your say This Leverkusen squad tonight look solid but can’t compare the their unbeaten performance two years ago. They look like they miss Xabi Alonso. Jerome, Abingdon HT: Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Arsenal Nedum Onuoha Former Manchester City defender on MOTD: UEFA Champions League Leverkusen have been competitive and organised. They have got a really good shape out of possession. Arsenal have been getting a lot of men forward and they have been putting a lot of bodies in the box, waiting for a ball to come in, but Leverkusen are not giving them any space - I do feel like Arsenal might get some joy down their right flank at some point though. You can hear more from Onuoha on MOTD: Uefa Champions League at 22: 40 GMT on BBC One and the BBC Sport website and app. Real Madrid v Man City (20: 00 GMT) Kylian Mbappe, who has 38 goals for Real Madrid this season, is not involved tonight after missing training on Tuesday with an injury. Erling Haaland, who was rested for Manchester City's FA Cup win at Newcastle at the weekend, returns to the starting XI. Full team news coming up. Bodo/Glimt v Sporting (20: 00 GMT) The head of Bodo/Glimt's J-Block supporters' group, Frank Amundsen, says his side's run in the Champions League this season has been "too big to comprehend". Speaking to BBC World Service, Amundsen said: "I can't take this Champions League run in at all. I think I'll have to give it some years and then think back on it because this is way too big to comprehend. "Yes, we've had a big bit of luck on

the way, but it's also about the dedication, the focus, the performance and the

team spirit. Everybody works for each other. It's being a part of a bigger

team. There's no egos. "Everybody just understands how important it is for every

person to do their bit and the team spirit is the most important thing. " Real Madrid v Man City (20: 00 GMT) Manchester City Nights like this are why Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi joined Manchester City in January for a combined fee of £85m. "As quick as they start to live these kind of situations, the better it will be for the future of this club, " said Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola about the pair facing Real Madrid. Real Madrid v Man City (20: 00 GMT) I prefer to be here and come to this stadium in the last-16 because that means we are in more or less the elite of Europe - 12 or 13 years ago, this club was never, never here. Pep Guardiola on facing Real Madrid in the last 16 Bodo/Glimt v Sporting (20: 00 GMT) After beating Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan - both home and away - Bodo/Glimt could become just the fifth team outside of Europe's top five leagues to win five consecutive Champions League matches in the 21st century with a victory against Sporting CP tonight. Can they do it? You'd be foolish to bet against them. Paris St-Germain v Chelsea (20: 00 GMT) Chelsea Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior said he is not thinking about his players being tired before the Champions League last-16 meeting with Paris St-Germain. The game at the Parc des Princes is a repeat of the July’s Club World Cup final, which the Blues won 3-0 in New Jersey just five weeks before the start of the Premier League season. Chelsea have rotated heavily at times this season with the senior leadership insistent that first-team players be carefully managed. Rosenior said it was not uppermost in his thinking before the game in Paris. “If you speak about it too much it becomes something you don’t want it to be, ” he said. “In my time I’ve tried to manage the minutes, the training load, the intensity that we train in. A lot of staff have had an input. “The idea is in these moments in the crunch games to be as strong as possible. ” Team news from the 20: 00 GMT games should be dropping very shortly. HT: Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Arsenal Matt Upson Former Arsenal defender on BBC Radio 5 Live at Bay Arena It's exactly as you'd expect in terms of following suit of how the performances and objectives have been for Arsenal and the style of which they've gone about trying to get the end result. It doesn't matter if it entertains the crowd as long as it's a win. Arsenal have done okay and Leverkusen have shown some nice things. It's very even. 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Bayer Leverkusen v Arsenal. BBC Radio 5 Live. Audio Bayer Leverkusen v Arsenal BBC Radio 5 Live Listen live Real Madrid v Manchester City. BBC Radio 5 Live. Real Madrid v Manchester City BBC Radio 5 Live Listen here at 20: 00 UEFA Champions League All competitions All competitions All competitions Bayer Leverkusen have progressed from four of their five major European knockout ties against English clubs, failing only against Liverpool in 2004-05 in the UEFA Champions League. Arsenal's only previous European meetings with Bayer Leverkusen came in the second group stage in 2001-02, drawing 1-1 away and winning 4-1 at Highbury. Arsenal's only previous European meetings with Bayer Leverkusen came in the second group stage in 2001-02, drawing 1-1 away and winning 4-1 at Highbury. All five of Arsenal's UEFA Champions League knockout ties against German teams have come against Bayern Munich, going out in the last 16 in 2004-05, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2016-17, and in the 2023-24 quarter-final. Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last three UEFA Champions League games (W2 D1), keeping a clean sheet in all three. The German side have never previously kept four consecutive shutouts in the competition. Arsenal are the only team who haven’t trailed at any point in the UEFA Champions League this season (62% winning, 38% drawing of their total match time). Indeed, the Gunners have the best x G difference when in a drawing game state of any team in this edition (+8 – 9. 4 x G for, 1. 4 x G against). Coming into the round of 16 fixtures, Bayer Leverkusen have conceded more shots from high turnovers (26) than any other side in the UEFA Champions League this season. Overall, only Qarabag (118) have conceded more total high turnovers than the German side (109) in this edition. 43% of Bayer Leverkusen’s chances created in the UEFA Champions League this season have come from the left side (split by left/centre/right thirds); the highest percentage of any team. Indeed, left wing back Alejandro Grimaldo has created 23 chances for them in this edition, which is 12 more than any of his teammates (11, Ibrahim Maza). Arsenal’s Viktor Gyökeres has netted 10 goals in 14 UEFA Champions League appearances, four of which have been scored following a carry (travelling 5+ metres with the ball). Coming into the round of 16, only  Vinícius Júnior (6), Raphinha and Lamine Yamal (both 5) have more goal-ending carries in the competition since the start of last season. Since the start of last season, Arsenal defender Jurriën Timber has the lowest dribbled past percentage (7. 4%) of any player to attempt 50+ true tackles in the UEFA Champions League (4/54). Bayer Leverkusen’s Aleix García has averaged 16. 6 line-breaking passes per 90 in the UEFA Champions League this season; the most by any midfielder (min. 300 minutes played). Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.