Champions League LIVE SCORES: Latest updates as Aston Villa travel to Young Boys while Liverpool face AC Milan

Juventus vs PSV

Here are the line-ups in the other Champions League fixture to kick off at 5.45pm.

Young Boys starting XI

Here are Aston Villa’s opponents for the match in Switzerland.

Von Ballmoos, Hadjam, Zoukrou, Ugrinic, Colley, Camara, Niasse, Athekame, Lauper, Ganvoula, Monteiro.

Villa team announced

Here is Aston Villa’s team to take on Young Boys.

Martinez, Bogarde, Konsa, Torres, Digne, McGinn, Onana, Tielemans, Rogers, Ramsey, Watkins.

Emery ‘excited’ for Champions League bow

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has spoken to the media ahead of the club’s fixture against Young Boys.

The Spaniard has insisted that the players are excited but are expecting a “real challenge”.

He said: “We are excited and I think it’s a good moment for the club after a long time not playing Champions League, hopefully we can stay in the competition for a long time now as well.

“It’s really a challenge, last year our challenge was to get Europe and now it is to keep it because to play in the Champions League you have to be one of the eight contenders playing well in the Champions League.

“But we have to enjoy each match, each moment in this competition. We’re really motivated, and can use our experiences from the other European competitions. We want to build, to create together with the players we already have and are adding. We want to be competitive.”

Early kick-offs

Aston Villa kickstart their European campaign against Young Boys at the Wankdorf Stadium with kick-off at 5.45pm.

Juventus also start early as they face PSV in Italy at the Allianz Stadium.

How does the new format work?

Each club will play eight matches in the opening phase – four home games and four away games against seeded opposition in a system designed to ensure that teams play opponents of similar difficulty.

Clubs will only face other sides based on the pot they have been drawn out of and teams cannot face more than two opponents from the same country or from the same association.

The top eight teams in the final table will automatically go through to the last 16.

They will then be joined by the eight play-off winners of ties between the sides who were placed ninth to 24th in the table.

Teams that finish 25th or lower will be eliminated from all European competitions this season – meaning that they will not drop into the Europa League similar to previous years.

Despite there being just eight matches in the opening phase, European matches will be spread over 10 midweek slots.

The new Champions League format also sees the implication of two additional qualifying spots.

Who is playing who?

There are six matches tonight with all the teams keen to make it a winning start to their campaigns.

• Juventus vs PSV
• Young Boys vs Aston Villa
• Real Madrid vs Stuttgart
• Bayern Munich vs Dinamo Zagreb
• Sporting Lisbon vs Lille
• AC Milan vs Liverpool

Good afternoon

Hello and welcome to SunSport’s coverage of the Champions League’s opening gameday.

There will be some differences to this year’s tournament as there are no more group stages and more games to be played.

Tonight will see English sides Liverpool and Aston Villa in action as well as European giants Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.