Who plays Champions League today? Time, TV channel, schedule for second leg knockout matches this week

Feargal Brennan

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The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 comes to an end this week with four key matches on the agenda.

With Manchester City, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and PSG all through to the quarterfinals in April, the race is on to join them, and complete the four remaining spots in the next phase.

Amongst this week's Round of 16 second-leg matches, Arsenal will be aiming to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Porto, as Barcelona and Atletico Madrid host Napoli and Inter Milan respectively.

The Sporting News has all the key details ahead of the upcoming Champions League matches, including how to watch it worldwide and kickoff times.

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Who plays in the Champions League this week?

There are four Champions League games on the fixture list this week with full details listed below:

All dates/times AEDT

Fixture Date Channel
Arsenal vs. Porto Wed, Mar. 13 Stan Sport
Barcelona vs. Napoli Wed, Mar. 13 Stan Sport
Atletico Madrid vs. Inter Milan Thu, Mar. 14 Stan Sport
Borussia Dortmund vs. PSV Eindhoven Thu, Mar. 14 Stan Sport

What are the Champions League games on Wednesday?

This week's matches are split into two double headers with two games on Wednesday, March 13 and two on Thursday, March 14.

  • Arsenal vs. Porto - Wednesday, March 13: 7:00 a.m. AEDT

Arsenal take a break from the Premier League title race to try and book a place in the Champions League quarterfinals in midweek up against Porto. 

Wenderson Galeno's wonder goal snatched a dramatic late 1-0 win for the Portuguese side in the first leg, and Arsenal need to rally the Emirates Stadium to battle their way back into the tie. 

The Gunners have won eight successive Premier League games — and lost just once at home in 2024 — but they have not reached the Champions League quarterfinals since 2010.

  • Barcelona vs. Napoli - Wednesday March, 13: 7:00 a.m. AEDT

A 1-1 first leg draw in Milan has set up the return fixture perfectly as Napoli head to Catalonia. Victor Osimhen's late equaliser cancelled out an opener from Robert Lewandowski and both sides need the boost of a Champions League continuation this season.

Napoli's Serie A title defence has fallen into disarray — and they could miss out on Champions League qualification for next season — with Barcelona set to hand their La Liga crown over to Real Madrid.

What are the Champions League games on Thursday?

Wednesday's schedule will complete the Round of 16 for this season as Atletico Madrid take on 2023 finalists Inter Milan and Borussia Dortmund host PSV Eindhoven.

  • Atletico Madrid vs. Inter Milan - Thursday, March, 14: 7:00 a.m. AEDT

Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid were minutes away from scrapping out a 0-0 at the San Siro in the first leg before Marko Arnautovic snatched an aggregate advantage for Inter Milan.

Inter are storming away with the Serie A title this season, with a huge lead on second-place Juventus, but a trip to the Estadio Metropolitano is always a tough test.

  • Borussia Dortmund vs. PSV Eindhoven - Thursday, March, 14: 7:00 a.m. AEDT

Borussia Dortmund and PSV Eindhoven are tied at 1-1 from their first-leg draw with the pair looking to edge into the quarterfinals outside of the noise from the other more illustrious fixtures.

PSV are on course to clinch the Dutch Eredivisie title this season but 2007 was their last appearance in the Champions League final eight.

Feargal Brennan

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Feargal is a content producer for The Sporting News. He has been working with TSN since the start of 2022 after stints with Reach, Amazon UK and Squawka in a nomadic career in the football media pyramid. Always with a keen eye on Arteta's 'Reds' and Kenny's Ireland 'Greens' and a 100% five-a-side penalty record.