By Emre Asikci
ISTANBUL (AA) - The second matchday of the Champions League will kick off on Tuesday, with Bayern Munich vs. Barcelona match in Group C being one of the highly anticipated contests of the week.
The match starts at 1900GMT at Bayern Munich's home ground, the Allianz Arena.
Both teams won their opening Champions League games. The Bavarians claimed a 2-0 away win while Barcelona hammered Viktoria Plzen 5-1 to top the group on matchday one.
Bayern Munich are unbeaten in the Bundesliga so far this season, winning three games and drawing three of six first games.
Barca lie second in the La Lia table having won four and drawing one of their first five clashes.
The Bavarians will be playing without key players Kingsley Coman and Bouna Sarr due to injuries.
Former Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski will be Barcelona's trump card.
In the opening Champions League game against Viktoria Plzen, Lewandowski became the first player to score a Champions League hat trick with three different sides – Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona.
Danny Makkelie from the Netherlands will officiate the match.
- Tuesday
Group A
(1900 GMT) - Liverpool - Ajax
Group B
(1900 GMT) - Porto - Club Brugge
(1900 GMT) - Bayern Leverkusen - Atletico Madrid
Group C
(1645 GMT) - Viktoria Plzen - Inter
(1900 GMT) - Bayern Munich - Barcelona
Group D
(1645 GMT) - Sporting CP - Tottenham
(1900 GMT) - Olympique Marseille - Eintracht Frankfurt
- Wednesday
Group A
(1900 GMT) - Rangers - Napoli
Group E
(1645 GMT) - AC Milan - Dinamo Zagreb
(1900 GMT) - Chelsea - Salzburg:
Group F
(1645 GMT) - Shakhtar Donetsk - Celtic
(1900 GMT) - Real Madrid - Leipzig
Group G
(1900 GMT) - Manchester City - Borussia Dortmund
(1900 GMT) - Copenhagen - Sevilla
Group H
(1900 GMT) - Juventus - Benfica
(1900 GMT) - Maccabi Haifa - Paris Saint-Germain