Premier League European fixtures: Your UEFA schedule for this week originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The nine European representatives are back in action this week for the third round of UEFA club competitions, facing crucial fixtures across the continent.

The competition has crowned some of the sport’s most glittering names – Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Kaka and countless others have all lifted its famous trophy. To win it is to etch your name into footballing immortality.

We're only eight weeks into the 2025-26 Premier League season, but a quick glance at the table reveals a fantastic UEFA Champions League chase already taking shape.

Hansi Flick has backed Marcus Rashford to start against Olympiacos, with the squad hit by eight injury issues ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Champions League clash.Defender Andreas Christensen joins

While bringing Netflix to the table would be a coup for Relevent, an easier target might be DAZN, which bought the global streaming rights to the first two editions of the Club World Cup, or Amazon, which already streams one Champions League game a week in Germany, Italy and the UK.

Because on the last evening before the CL showdown, the Madrilenians trained as usual at the English stadium to prepare for the game. Then came the nasty surprise, as reported by 'Marca': Instead of warming up under a hot shower, only ice-cold water flowed from the pipes.

VfB Stuttgart head to Istanbul to face Fenerbahce in their third league phase game of the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League on Thursday (kick-off: 6.45pm CEST).

Here’s how to watch the Champions League match on TV and live stream. The Sporting News takes you through all the information you need to follow the game.