The Champions League: Matchday six

The Champions League's matchday six
Chelsea FC v AFC Ajax - UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD3
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The UEFA Champions League’s sixth matchday is here, and big fixtures will see crucial results.

The Champions League’s sixth matchday will see sides compete for vital results, as the league phase becomes closer to deciding everyone’s placement.

The league phase consists of a total of eight matchdays. On the table, first to eighth automatically qualify for the next round, while ninth to 24th will have to go through an extra round, and any other number means elimination.

So far, there have been five matchdays, and there have been many big games and big results.

Last time, Chelsea got a 3-0 win against Barcelona, Atalanta defeated Frankfurt, Union SG got a 1-0 win against Galatasaray, Manchester City were defeated by Leverkusen, and Copenhagen had a 3-2 win against Kairat, to name a few.

Now, there are more crucial fixtures for this matchday, where we will see massive games that will come with vital results.

Let’s take a look at how the standings look in the Champions League and what fixtures will be in this matchday.

The Champions League current standings

1: Arsenal 15pts

2: Paris Saint-Germain 12pts

3: Bayern Munich 12pts

4: Inter Milan 12pts

5: Real Madrid 12pts

6: Dortmund 10pts

7: Chelsea 10pts

8: Sporting 10pts

9: Manchester City 10pts

10: Atalanta 10pts

11: Newcastle 9pts

12: Atletico Madrid 9pts

13: Liverpool 9pts

14: Galatasaray 9pts

15: PSV 8pts

16: Tottenham 8pts

17: Leverkusen 8pts

18: Barcelona 7pts

19: Qarabag 7pts

20: Napoli 7pts

21: Marseille 6pts

22: Juventus 6pts

23: Monaco 6pts

24: Pafos 6pts

25: Union SG 6pts

26: Club Brugge 4pts

27: Athletic Bilbao 4pts

28: Frankfurt 4pts

29: Copenhagen 4pts

30: Benfica 3pts

31: Slavia Praha 3pts

32: Bodo/Glimt 2pts

33: Olympiacos 2pts

34: Villarreal 1pts

35: Kairat 1pts

36: Ajax 0pts

The Champions League fixtures

Kairat vs Olympiacos - Tuesday, the 9th at 15:30 (UK)

Bayern vs Sporting - Tuesday, the 9th at 17:45 (UK)

Monaco vs Galatasaray - Tuesday, the 9th at 20:00 (UK)

Atalanta vs Chelsea - Tuesday, the 9th at 20:00 (UK)

PSV vs Atletico Madrid - Tuesday, the 9th at 20:00 (UK)

Union SG vs Marseille - Tuesday, the 9th at 20:00 (UK)

Tottenham vs Slavia Praha - Tuesday, the 9th at 20:00 (UK)

Barcelona vs Frankfurt - Tuesday, the 9th at 20:00 (UK)

Inter Milan vs Liverpool - Tuesday, the 9th at 20:00 (UK)

Qarabag vs Ajax - Wednesday, the 10th at 17:45 (UK)

Villarreal vs Copenhagen - Wednesday, the 10th at 17:45 (UK)

Benfica vs Napoli - Wednesday, the 10th at 20:00 (UK)

Bilbao vs Paris Saint-Germain - Wednesday, the 10th at 20:00 (UK)

Club Brugge vs Arsenal - Wednesday, the 10th at 20:00 (UK)

Dortmund vs Bodo/Glimt - Wednesday, the 10th at 20:00 (UK)

Leverkusen vs Newcastle - Wednesday, the 10th at 20:00 (UK)

Juventus vs Pafos - Wednesday, the 10th at 20:00 (UK)

Real Madrid vs Manchester City - Wednesday, the 10th at 20:00 (UK)