Lionel Messi will be looking to build on his superb run of form when Barcelona take on Manchester City, while Mesut Ozil will hope for another hat-trick in Arsenal's away game against Ludogorets.
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Atletico Madrid, meanwhile, can make it four wins from as many games as it meets Rostov, with only Barcelona and Leicester City joining it in still holding a 100 per cent record.
Elsewhere, Bayern Munich travel to PSV, with Robert Lewandowski out to build on his fine goalscoring record in Europe.
We take a look at the best stats ahead of Tuesday's eight group-stage matches.
LUDOGORETS v ARSENAL
- Arsenal and Ludogorets met for the
first time ever in matchday three; the English club securing a 6-0 home victory on that occasion.
- Arsenal has
remained unbeaten in its first three Champions League group games for the
first time since the 2011-12 campaign.
- Ludogorets has
always scored at home in the Champions League (four games).
- None of Arsenal’s last
39 away games in the Champions League
have ended goalless. The last 0-0 was at Slavia Prague in November 2007.
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Mesut Ozil scored a hat-trick when these sides met in the previous matchday; the
first German to do so in the Champions League since March 2012 (Mario Gomez recorded four in a game versus Basel).
BASEL v PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
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- Since its return to the Champions League in 2012-13, Paris Saint-Germain has won 19 of its 27 group games.
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Basel is winless in its last seven Champions League games, scoring just three goals in those seven games and failing to keep a single clean sheet.
- None of Basel’s 24 home games in the Champions League has ever ended goalless.
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Edinson Cavani has been directly involved in five of PSG’s seven Champions League goals this campaign (scoring four and registering one assist).
- Basel has only lost one of its last seven Champions League home games, against Real Madrid in November 2014 (0-1).
BESIKTAS v NAPOLI
- Besiktas has lost both of its previous home matches
against Italian opposition in the Champions League 0-2.
- Napoli has only
failed to score once in 17 Champions League games, against Arsenal in October 2013.
- Besiktas has lost seven of its last 11 Champions League home games, keeping only one clean sheet in those 11 fixtures.
- None of Napoli’s eight Champions League games away from home have ended goalless.
- Dries Mertens has scored
eight goals in his last eight appearances for Napoli in European competition.
BENFICA v DYNAMO KIEV
- Benfica has
won successive matches versus Dynamo Kiev in Europe; keeping clean sheets in both of those games (April 1992 European Cup and 2016-17 Champions League).
- Dynamo Kiev has won only seven of its last 42 Champions League games.
- Only one of the five goals conceded by Benfica this campaign has come from open play.
- Dynamo Kiev
has only lost one of its last six away Champions League games.
- Eduardo Salvio comes into this match having scored in successive Champions League matches for the
first time .
BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH v CELTIC
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- Borussia Monchengladbach has won
only one of its four home games in the Champions League.
- Celtic has
lost nine of its last 11 Champions League games.
- The
last time a Scottish club won an
away game against German opposition was back in October 1998 when Rangers defeated Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Cup.
- Celtic’s last four goals away from home in this competition have come from set-pieces
- Lars Stindl has been directly involved in five of BMG's last seven Champions League goals (two goals and three assists); scoring and claiming an assist in the reverse fixture.
MANCHESTER CITY v BARCELONA
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- Barcelona has won
all five of its previous encounters with Manchester City; conceding only twice.
- Manchester City is
unbeaten in its last six Champions League home games , but it has
never gone seven consecutive games without a defeat at the Etihad in the competition.
- Barcelona has scored in its
last 20 away games in the Champions League group stages.
- The last five goals recorded by Barcelona against City has seen the
direct involvement of Lionel Messi (three goals and two assists).
- There has been
five red cards shown across the five previous meetings between these sides;
four of which being awarded to City players .
ATLETICO MADRID v ROSTOV
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- Atletico is
one of only three teams to have won all three Champions League games so far in 2016/17 (Leicester City and Barcelona being the other two).
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Under Diego Simeone , Atlético Madrid has won 14 of its 18 Champions League games at the Vicente Calderon.
- Rostov’s only previous Champions League
away game ended in a 5-0 defeat, against
Bayern Munich last September.
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Yannick Carrasco has scored in three of his last four Champions League appearances for Atletico Madrid.
- Atletico’s
Jan Oblak has a save percentage of 100 per cent this season in the Champions League; the
only goalkeeper to manage this feat (10+ saves).
PSV v BAYERN MUNICH
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- Since last season, PSV has
only lost one of its five Champions League games at the Philips Stadion.
- Bayern Munich
hasn't won any of its four away Champions League games in 2016.
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Robert Lewandowski has scored in three of his last four appearances for Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
- PSV has
missed all four of its penalties (shoot-outs excluded) in the Champions League since 2003-04, including two this season.
- Bayern Munich is winless in its four away trips against
Dutch sides in the Champions League.
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