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Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Champions League: Preview, team news, kick off, venues of tonight's games

- Napoli welcome Manchester City after the latter beat the Italians 2 - 1 in the first leg

- All games to be played tonight are return legs of match day three ties

- All games to be played kick off at 8.45pm except Besiktas vs AS Monaco which starts at 6pm

The Champions League match day four continues tonight, Tuesday, October 31.

The games that will be played tonight are return legs of the games played on match day three on Tuesday, October 17.

Free scoring Manchester City face Napoli while two out of form teams in Tottenham and Real Madrid face each other at Wembley.

All games kick off at 8.45pm aside Besiktas vs AS Monaco which starts at 6pm.

Here are the games to be played with the possible line-ups and team news as reported by Uefa.com;

Group E

Liverpool v Maribor

Liverpool: Karius; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Klavan, Moreno; Milner, Can, Wijnaldum; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sturridge, Salah

Out: Mané (hamstring), Lallana (thigh)

Doubtful: Lovren (thigh), Coutinho (hip)

Misses next game if booked: none

Maribor: Handanović; Viler, Šuler, Rajčević, Milec; Vrhovec, Kabha, Bohar, Ahmedi, Bajde; Tavares

Out: Hodžić (suspended), Zahović (collarbone), Šme (Achilles)

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Sevilla v Spartak Moskva

Sevilla: Soria; Corchia, Kjær, Lenglet, Escudero; NZonzi, Banega; Navas, Vazquez, Sarabia; Ben Yedder

Out: Carriço (tendon), Parejo (groin), Correa (hamstring)

Doubtful: Mercado (unspecified)

Misses next game if booked: Escudero

Spartak: Petković, Tasci, Dzhikiya, Kombarov; Fernando, Glushakov; Melgarejo, Popov, Promes; Luiz Adriano

Out: Kalachevskii (suspended), Petrunin (suspended), Zobnin (knee), Rebrov (knee), Tigiev (knee), Timofeev (knee), Zé Luís (stomach), Ananidze (calf), Samedov (hamstring)

Doubtful: Bocchetti (knee), Eschenko (hamstring)

Misses next game if booked: Dzhikiya

Group F

Shakhtar Donetsk v Feyenoord

Shakhtar: Pyatov; Butko, Ordets, Khocholava, Ismaily; Fred, Stepanenko; Marlos, Taison, Bernard; Ferreyra

Out: Krivtsov (knee), Malyshev (knee), Srna (suspended), Rakitskiy (suspended)

Doubtful: Bernard (shoulder)

Misses next game if booked: none

Feyenoord: Jones; Nieuwkoop, Van Beek, St. Juste, Haps; El Ahmadi, Toornstra, Vilhena; Berghuis, Jørgensen, Boëtius

Out: Botteghin (knee), Van der Heijden (calf)

Doubtful: Tapia (hamstring), Van Beek (hip), Nelom (knee)

Misses next game if booked: El Ahmadi

Napoli v Manchester City

Napoli: Reina; Hysaj, Albiol, Koulibaly, Ghoulam; Allan, Diawara, Hamšík; Callejón, Mertens, Insigne

Out: Senese (suspended), Milik (knee)

Misses next game if booked: Koulibaly

Man. City: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph; De Bruyne, Fernandinho, David Silva; Bernardo Silva, Jesus, Sané

Out: Mendy (knee), Kompany (calf)

Misses next game if booked: De Bruyne

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Group G

Beşiktaş v Monaco

Beşiktaş: Fabri; Gökhan, Pepe, Tošić, Adriano; Hutchinson, Tolgay; Quaresma, Talisca, Babel; Cenk Tosun

Out: none

Misses next game if booked: Caner Erkin

Monaco: Subašić; Raggi, Glik, Jemerson, Jorge; Tielemans, Fabinho; Lopes, Moutinho, Lemar; Baldé

Out: Falcao (thigh), Sidibé (fatigue), Kongolo (knee)

Misses next game if booked: Sidibé

Porto v RB Leipzig

Porto: José Sá; Ricardo, Felipe, Marcano, Telles; Corona, Herrera, Danilo, Brahimi; Marega, Aboubakar

Out: none

Doubtful: Soares (knee), Otávio (unspecified)

Misses next game if booked: Sérgio Oliveira

Leipzig: Gulácsi; Klostermann, Orban, Upamecano, Halstenberg; Sabitzer, Kampl, Keïta, Demme, Forsberg; Werner

Out: Ilsanker (foot)

Misses next game if booked: Orban

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Tottenham Hotspur v Real Madrid

Tottenham: Lloris; Alderweireld, Sánchez; Vertonghen; Aurier, Dier, Dembélé, Davies; Eriksen, Alli; Kane

Out: Wanyama (knee)

Misses next game if booked: none

Real Madrid: Casilla; Achraf, Ramos, Nacho, Marcelo; Casemiro, Kroos, Modrić, Asensio; Ronaldo, Benzema

Out: Carvajal (illness), Bale (calf), Kovačić (adductor), Navas (adductor), Varane (adductor)

Misses next game if booked: Carvajal

Borussia Dortmund v APOEL

Dortmund: Bürki; Bartra, Papastathopoulos, Toprak, Schmelzer; Weigl; Kagawa, Götze; Yarmolenko, Aubameyang, Philipp

Out: Piszczek (knee), Durm (hip), Reus (knee), Rode (pubic bone)

Misses next game if booked: Toljan, Weigl

APOEL: Gudiño; Vouros, Carlão, Rueda, Alexandrou; Vinicius, Sallai, Nuno Morais; Efrem, Poté, Aloneftis

Out: Bertoglio (thigh), Lago (hamstring), Ebecilio (hamstring), Milanov (knee), Waterman (shoulder)

Misses next game if booked: Ebecilio, Sallai

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