How TNT Sports will cover never-before-seen Champions League night as 18 GAMES take place at same time but not all on TV
WEDNESDAY night promises to be a bonkers blockbuster evening of Champions League action.
For the first time ever, there will be 18 MATCHES played simultaneously.
The new league phase concludes with all 36 teams in action at the same time, with the bumper fixture list kicking off at 8pm (UK time) right across Europe.
So how are TNT Sports going to keep fans watching at home up to date with all of the action?
Well, fear not, SunSport has got the full rundown.
First things first, the good news is fans can watch dedicated coverage of any of the 18 Champions League matches on Discovery+.
And TNT Sports bosses have picked nine of the ties to be shown on TV.
The Battle of Britain between Aston Villa and Celtic takes the TNT Sports 1 slot with Manchester City’s must-win home clash against Club Brugge on TNT Sports 2.
It’s PSV vs Liverpool on TNT Sports 3 while Girona vs Arsenal is available on TNT Sports 4.
Brest vs Real Madrid, Bayern Munich vs Slovan Bratislava, Stuttgart vs PSG, Inter vs Monaco and Barcelona vs Atalanta are on TNT Sports 6 to TNT Sports 10 respectively.
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Those channels are on the red button.
TNT Sports 5 is also accessed via the red button and that is where the crazy Goals Show Xtra will be shown.
Matt Smith hosts that programme and will be joined by Ally McCoist, Karen Carney and James Horncastle in the studio.
In what is essentially a live watch-along, Smith and the team of pundits will react to all the goals as they go in around the grounds at the 18 different stadiums.
Plus Smith must try and keep tabs on what it all means for the as-it-stands table which will no doubt see plenty of twists and turns before the full-time whistles are blown.
At the end of the four live TV matches involving the British clubs, those channels will switch to the Goals Show Xtra to round off the action.
The nine matches only available on Discovery+ are Bayer Leverkusen vs Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk, Dinamo Zagreb vs AC Milan, Juventus vs Benfica, Lille vs Feyenoord, Red Bull Salzburg vs Atletico Madrid, Sporting vs Bologna, Sturm Graz vs RB Leipzig and Young Boys vs Red Star Belgrade.
And there is still plenty to play for on matchday eight of the new-look format.
Liverpool will secure top spot overall simply by matching Barcelona’s result.
Six teams go into the final game on 13 points with Aston Villa in ninth – one place below the cut-off for automatic progression to the last 16, with that spot currently occupied by Bayer Leverkusen.
City are way down in 25th but know a win will see them scrape into the play-off stage because PSG and Stuttgart play each other.
Wednesday’s results will also determine who finishes in ninth to 24th and heads into that play-off round – with big hitters Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Juventus and PSG all currently in those spots.
And at the very bottom, Slovan Bratislava and Young Boys will be battling it out to avoid the wooden spoon with both sides on zero points from their seven matches so far.