Bringing together the biggest teams from across European men's football, the UEFA Champions League has returned for its 2024/25 season with an all-new format.
Champions League title-holders Real Madrid are back, of course, with an all-star lineup including Jude Bellingham - who else?! - and Kylian Mbappé.
Aston Villa and Liverpool have opened their Champions League campaigns with three wins each and sit first and second respectively, with Manchester City third on seven points.
Their local rivals Manchester United may also take an interest in City's next Champions League match-up with Sporting CP of Lisbon, who are currently managed by the Red Devils' incoming new boss Rúben Amorim.
Arsenal are ninth going into Matchday 4, while Celtic are 20th out of 36 clubs. At this stage, many teams are separated only by goal difference - but that could start shifting soon.
A new format also means a new TV rights deal (of course), so keep reading to find out more about where you can watch - plus an explainer of how the tournament's changed.
Two TV and streaming broadcasters now share the UEFA Champions League live rights in the UK, in a new deal that runs until the end of the 2026/27 season. We'll update this piece throughout the league phase with further information about who's broadcasting which fixtures.
TNT Sports will still air most matches and retains exclusive rights to the UEFA Europa League and Europa Conference League competitions, plus the annual UEFA Super Cup game between the Champions League and Europa League winners.
It broadcasts its games on linear channels and via streaming on the discovery+ app, with coverage on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights in another change for viewers.
Watch UEFA Champions League with TNT Sports
Meanwhile, Amazon's streaming service Prime Video will air 17 exclusive games in the UK this season under the new agreement.
It has first rights to Tuesday night games "up to and including the semi-final stage" and will feature Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City at least once each before the end of November.
Watch UEFA Champions League with Prime Video
On Matchday 4, Prime Video presents Liverpool's fixture against Bayer Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga.
They're visiting Anfield on Tuesday, November 5 - coverage starts at 6.30pm, hosted by Gabby Logan.
Prime Video's Champions League matchday coverage includes features that its live-sports audience is already familiar with, such as X-Ray stats and alternate stadium-only audio without commentary.
During the Liverpool and AC Milan game, the presenters moved around the stadium during the build-up, even spending time with the players in the tunnel just before they walked out onto the pitch.
Prime Video has also launched a "rapid recap" feature for those of you coming to a match late, which then seamlessly rejoins the live feed at the end of the highlights reel.
Digital Spy tested this feature out during the first league phase game between Liverpool and AC Milan, and as you'd expect, there was a strong focus on goals scored in the game.
Further sports coverage includes selected Premier League fixtures, plus sports documentaries including Federer: Twelve Final Days, the recently released Sven, featuring the late Sven-Göran Eriksson, and '99, a three-part retrospective of Manchester United's treble-winning season including their own famous Champions League win.
Free trials are available for new members and those who haven't been signed up for a long time - so if you're in one of these two groups, you could watch some of the early matches (and any other content airing on Prime Video in the next 30 days, until the usual subscription price kicks in).
Prime Student offers are also available, along with discounts for those aged 18-22 years old.
TNT Sports' live broadcasting during the Champions League's league phase continues this Tuesday, November 5.
Manchester City's visit to Sporting CP airs on TNT Sports 1 from 7pm, while coverage of Celtic's home game against RB Leipzig begins at 7pm on TNT Sports 2.
It's an earlier start for Aston Villa fans on Wednesday, November 6 - coverage of their away game against Club Brugge begins at 5pm on TNT Sports 2. Then, from 7pm, Arsenal's visit to Serie A's reigning champions Internazionale airs on TNT Sports 1.
These are just a handful of the matches available on TNT Sports, with action across all four channels on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and some Thursdays thanks to the expanded Champions League format.
The full schedule is here, and a new roundup show called UEFA Champions League Goals Show Xtra airs each night from 7.30pm on TNT Sports 3.
TNT Sports membership costs £30.99 per month for 30 days of access. You'll be looking to subscribe to the "discovery+ Premium (including TNT Sports)" plan when you sign up.
Your TNT Sports membership will also get you coverage of selected Premier League matches and Serie A football from Italy along with Moto GP, Formula E, WRC rallying, Major League Baseball and NBA basketball.
The discovery+ Premium package also includes Eurosport programming, from coverage of Australian Open and French Open grand slam tennis to WEC motor racing - including the world-famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. Subscribers can replay selected events from the recent Olympics in Paris for a limited time, too.
The UEFA Champions League's 2024/25 competition looks very different from previous years - at least for the first few months.
In short, everyone goes into a massive league table of 36 clubs (that's almost double the size of most men's European top-flight league tables, for context) and this is known as the "league phase".
See the Champions League 2024/25 League Phase table
For the draw, the clubs were divided into four pots of nine teams, seeded by their UEFA "club coefficient", which is a ranking system based on each team's performance in recent years.
Reigning champions Real Madrid got a bye through this system and were named top seed, automatically going into pot 1 along with Manchester City, PSG, Liverpool and Inter, to name a few. Arsenal were in pot 2, Celtic were in pot 3 and Aston Villa were in pot 4.
Now, here's where it gets a bit more complicated. Each team plays eight times in total during the league phase and will face two opponents from each pot (with one home game and one away game per pair of pot opponents).
However, teams can't face a club from their own domestic leagues - so Manchester City and Liverpool can't play each other at this early stage, for example.
Clubs also can't play more than two sides from the same country or national association during this stage. This rule means that, for example, Aston Villa couldn't be drawn against Ligue 1's Brest and Monaco in their pot (playing one at home and one away, per the rules), and then face Lille from Pot 3 or PSG from Pot 1 as well.
Check out the latest table and standings on UEFA's website as the league phase progresses.
Still following? At the end of January 2025, everyone should have played eight fixtures. The top eight teams in the massive league go straight through to the Round of 16.
Then, those ranked 9th to 24th enter a two-leg playoff round in mid-February to determine who joins them (teams from 9th to 16th get home advantage in the second leg).
The winners of these play-offs also get to host the second leg of the Round of 16 at home in March. From that point onwards, it's the Champions League knockout stages you are already familiar with up to the final, booked for Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Unlike previous seasons, teams ranked 25th or lower in the new-look Champions League will be out of European football, with no second-chance passage to the Europa League knockout rounds.
To keep up to date with all the Champions League results and upcoming fixtures, the best resource is the UEFA website.
However, with the format change, here's the list of league phase matchdays (eight in total), with fixtures noted for Celtic and the four competing Premier League sides.
Matches will be played over three evenings (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays), and the league phase will conclude at the end of January 2025.
* Matchday 4, November 5-6: Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting CP v Manchester City, Celtic v RB Leipzig, Club Brugge v Aston Villa, Internazionale v Arsenal
* Matchday 5, November 26-27: Manchester City v Feyenoord, Sporting CP v Arsenal, Liverpool v Real Madrid, Celtic v Club Brugge, Aston Villa v Juventus
* Matchday 6, December 10-11: GNK Dinamo v Celtic, Girona v Liverpool, RB Leipzig v Aston Villa, Juventus v Manchester City, Arsenal v Monaco
* Matchday 7, January 21-22: Monaco v Aston Villa, Liverpool v LOSC Lille, Paris Saint Germain v Manchester City, Arsenal v GNK Dinamo, Celtic v Young Boys
* Matchday 8, January 29: PSV Eindhoven v Liverpool, Manchester City v Club Brugge, Aston Villa v Celtic, Girona v Arsenal