The top 24 from the 36-team league phase table make it through, with the leading eight advancing immediately to the round of 16. Those placed between ninth and 24th have to first duke it out across a series of two-legged knockout playoffs before being paired with the top eight.

Here is the full UEFA Champions League league phase schedule, with dates and kick off times for the group stage. Below is all of the information you need, as we enter the final few rounds of the group stage with so much up in the air and still to be decided.

Dominik Szoboszlai scored a late penalty to lead Liverpool past Inter in the Champions League. The Hungarian hammered his 88th-minute spot kick into the top corner after VAR controversially adjudged Florian Wirtz to have been fouled in the 18-yard box.

The Champions League is wrapped up for the calendar year, yet the league phase table is still to be finalized. Only six of the league phase’s eight matchdays have been played so far, with the remaining two fixtures staged in January. Only after those decisive games have been played will we know which teams have progressed to the knockout stage.

This soccer match is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on Paramount+. Fans looking to watch this match can do so for free by using Paramount+, which offers a free trial and has exclusive access to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League, along with NWSL action.

Draw: BVB have gone undefeated for seven Bundesliga matches, but have shared the points in three of those seven games. Overall, no team has more draws than BVB (five) this season.Streak

United States men's national team star Folarin Balogun made history by scoring in a third successive Champions League match to steer Monaco to a hard-fought victory over Galatasaray in the Principality.

Arsenal, Barcelona and Bayern Munich boasted some of Europe’s top performers, but it was an unheralded figure who headlined this week’s action.