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Paphos' 2.53 is attractive and Silva scores at 3.50 - Barcelona's ace with a handicap and the (G/G) in the night's derbies...
The curtain opens tonight on the 3rd matchday of the League Phase of the Champions League with nine matches.
Cypriot and Greek interest in tonight's big night: Our champions face Kairat away from home and want to celebrate their first victory in the competition.
Olympiacos Piraeus has a very difficult mission ahead of them against the behemoth Barcelona in Montjuik.
From the rest of the program, the matches Arsenal-Atletico Madrid, Leverkusen-Inter and Villarreal-Manchester City stand out.
We will see these and many more in more detail below...
Below you will see in detail all the competitive action:
Paphos traveled to distant Kazakhstan, where tonight they face Kairat in the 3rd matchday of the League Phase of the Champions League. Our champions have the background and the momentum to escape with the double tonight and celebrate their first victory. Let's not forget that in the first two games, they count a draw (with Olympiacos) and a defeat by Bayern Munich. The hosts are a good team,but it is not a bogeyman. Kairat has two defeats so far against Sporting and Real Madrid. It's our champions' chance to win tonight and they shouldn't let it go unexploited.
Tonight's match against the behemoth Barcelona is a huge challenge for the Greek champions. We all understand the difficulties of the game for the "red-and-whites", but they are called upon to give everything and whatever comes out. Jose Mendilibar's team is the underdog and this should help them play freely and without stress. In fact, the hosts definitely want a return to winning ways after the defeat by Paris in the previous matchday. Olympiacos, as it is known, comes from a 2-0 defeat by Arsenal away from home, but the Piraeus team had a positive presence. It should be noted that the match between Olympiacos and Barcelona will finally take place in Montjuik. Two days after the leak that Hansi Flick's team would welcome the Greek double winners to the renovated Camp Nou in the context of the 3rd matchday of the League Phase of the Champions League, came the... upset, with the Catalans announcing through an announcement that the match will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, on the hill of Montjuik, as well as the one against Paris Saint-Germain.
ARSENAL-ATLETICO MADRID (22:00)
One of the most ambiguous pairs of the night, since they face two very good teams. It is true that Arsenal seems to be if clicks higher quality than Atletico, but everything was overturned many times on the pitch and especially on Champions League nights. The English have the absolute points so far counting two victories and on the other hand Atletico was defeated in the premiere by Liverpool (3-2) and on the 2nd match crushed Eintracht Frankfurt with an impressive 5-1 at home.
LEVERKUSEN-PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (22:00)
This year's Champions League started like a tornado, the title holder Paris. They beat Atalanta 4-0 in the League Phase opener and then reversed Barcelona (1-2). As you can see, he scored six goals and conceded only one. Will Leverkusen stop this streak tonight? If it does not change its image, it will be very difficult for it to do so. The Germans have two draws with Copenhagen and PSV. From here one can easily understand the difficulties of the match for the German team against the unstoppable Paris Saint-Germain.
VILLARREAL-MANCHESTER CITY (22:00)
Another treacherous exit for Pep Guardiola's company, but they want to return to winning ways after the 2-2 draw with Monaco in the previous matchday. No one doubts that City has the upper hand in the match, against a Villarreal that is still searching. In the League Phase they got a point against Juventus (2-2) and in the premiere they were defeated by Tottenham (1-0).