The game is dominated by talk of the return of former Barcelona and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola at the Nou Camp but other European top sides will be in action also.

The Blaugrana lead Group C with six points having scored nine times in their opening two fixtures against Celtic and Borussia Monchengladbach respectively  while City are below on four points with seven goals.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will take on his former team Barcelona in the Champions League

Guardiola‘s side is winless in its last three matches across all competitions and are currently on a poor run of form.

Barcelona will welcome back star player Lionel Messi in the team having played against Deportivo in La Liga on 15th October, 2016.

In the other Group C game, Celtic who put up a spirited performance against Manchester City host Borussia Monchengladbach looking for maximum points to boost their qualification chances.

Meanwhile London Giants Arsenal will host Ludogorets at the Emirates Stadium looking to take command of Group A with Paris Saint-Germain taking on Basel.

The Gunners are favourites in the game and a win will boost their passage to the knock-out phase.

In the other games, last season’s finalist Atletico Madrid travel to Russia to take on FC Rostov.

Bayern Munich who host PSV Eindhoven at the Allianz Allena began the season with eight straight wins in all competitions but are now without a win in three games and suffered their first defeat of the season at Atletico Madrid in their last European match.

Napoli who have won their first two games will be hosting Besiktas at Stadio San Paolo and Dynamo Kyiv of Ukraine takes on Benfica of Portugal in Group B.

ALL UCL FIXTURES 

Barcelona vs. Manchester City
Napoli vs. Bestikas
Arsenal vs. Ludogorets
FC Rostov vs. Atletico Madrid
Dynamo Kyiv vs. Benfica
Paris Saint-Germain vs. FC Basel
Celtic vs. Borussia Monchengladbach
Bayern Munich vs. PSV Eindhoven

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#Arsenal will face @FCBayern, @olympiacos_org and @gnkdinamo in @ChampionsLeague Group F: http://t.co/l7szvZcqxj pic.twitter.com/w3PGdwkxCq

— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) August 27, 2015

Manchester City is arguably in the Group of death having been  drawn against Europa League winners Sevilla , Borussia Monchengladbach and  last season’s  Champions League runners-up Juventus in Group D.

No questions: death group is Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia Moenchengladbach — Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) August 27, 2015

Group of death! pic.twitter.com/JtaVSGo4Wf

— Footy Jokes (@Footy_Jokes) August 27, 2015

Manchester United return to the Champions League group stages this season was marked by being drawn in an easier group compared to other English teams. United was drawn in Group B which has the likes of PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow and Wolfsburg

Man United fans when they see they’ve drawn PSV… #UCLDraw #MUFC pic.twitter.com/tiwFyn2JgZ — Ladbrokes (@Ladbrokes) August 27, 2015

Reigning English Premier League Champions, Chelsea  were  drawn in Group that includes Porto, whom manager Jose Mourinho led to  Champions League triumph in 2004,  Dynamo Kiev of Ukraine and Maccabi Tel-Aviv of Isreal.

Chelsea fans loving their group #UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/xnEWAROLaM

— Copa90 (@Copa90) August 27, 2015

Champions League holders Barcelona were drawn with  German side Bayer Leverkusen, Roma of Italy and  BATE Borisov in Group E, while its La Liga rival, Real Madrid will tussle it out with  Paris Saint-Germain, Shakhtar Donestk and Malmo in Group A.
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