Time for some football.

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Right, the teams are out in Unterhaching - the new home of Bayern's women's team

Kick-off coming shortly.

Lucy Ward
Former Leeds striker on Disney+

I don't think there is a favourite for the Women's Champions League this season, which makes it even more exciting than ever.

Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC Women's Football Weekly

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I'd love to see WSL teams in the latter stages of the competition but I still feel like Lyon and Barcelona have that strength.

Manchester City

Manchester City boss Andree Jeglertz says his side are "prepared" to suffer in Munich this evening.

Speaking in his pre-match news conference, he said: "We have seen it in a lot of games last year and in the game just a couple of days ago. There are parts in each game where the opponent is a little bit better than you. That will always happen, whether that is Birmingham or Munich. In the last game against Liverpool, the periods were a little bit longer, but we have to deal with that.

"Coming to Munich, there will be periods they are a little bit better on the ball and have the momentum, and we need to be good dealing with that and not sink too low or concede scoring chances ... If we do that, I'm pretty sure that when we have our momentum we have the quality to punish them."

Lianne Sanderson
Former England footballer on Disney+

Bunny Shaw is a player that should be winning the Ballon d'Or, I think she's the best centre forward in the world. I love everything about her, she's one of those players that you know can score different types of goals. Now she's back in the Champions League, it's the catalyst for her to be spoken about all over the world.

Andree Jeglertz's side come into their return to the Champions League off the back of a strong start to their domestic campaign.

They have won each of their opening first three games of the season and are the only Women's Super League side to have had a perfect start.

There are still some concerns, though. Their defence looked shaky and it took two late goals for them to beat Liverpool 4-2 in their previous match.

They are also yet to face any of the bigger sides in the WSL, having beaten Birmingham, Aston Villa and Liverpool so far.

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After a one-year absence, Manchester City are back to playing European football.

Winning the Women's Super League last year booked their spot in the league phase of this season's Champions League.

They last featured in the 2024-25 campaign.

Under interim boss Nick Cushing, they reached the quarter-finals and beat Chelsea 2-0 in the first leg before suffering a 3-0 defeat in the second leg.

Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich reached the semi-finals of the Women's Champions League last year but lost 5-3 on aggregate to Manchester United.

The Bavarian side, who won the Frauen-Bundesliga last season, face last season's English champions in their first European game of the season.

Bayern boss Jose Barcala said "Manchester City possesses enormous quality, a wealth of experience, and great international class".

He added that a "special challenge" awaits us.

Bayern defender Giulia Gwinn said "the anticipation for the game is huge".

"After coming so far last season and only narrowly missing out on the final, we're even hungrier and more eager for more. We feel within the squad that we're ready to take the next step," said Gwinn.

"It's all the more exciting that we're starting the league phase with a home game against such strong opponents."

Manchester City

• Bayern Munich v Man City - 22 September (17:45 BST)
• Man City v Real Madrid - 1 October (20:00 BST)
• Man City v Paris St-Germain - 29 October (20:00 GMT)
• Inter Milan v Man City - 10 November (20:00 GMT)
• Hacken v Man City - 18 November (17:45 GMT)
• Man City v Austria Wien - 16 December (20:00 GMT)

Ellen White
Former England striker on BBC Women's Football Weekly

All the WSL teams have got really exciting fixtures and I’m just excited the Champions League is back. It was so good last season!

Bayern Munich, who reached the semi-finals of the Women's Champions League before losing to eventual winners Barcelona, are top of the Frauen Bundesliga, with five wins from five games.

They make five changes from their last league match, with starts for Giulia Gwinn, Bernadette Amani, Pernille Harder, Franziska Kett and Klara Buhl.

Bayern Munich XI: Mahmutovic, Gwinn, Gilles, Viggosdottir, Amani, Tanikawa, Harder, Dallmann, Damnjanovic, Kett, Buhl.

Subs: Klink, Ballisager, Kappes, Zadrazil, Imade, Dunst, Potsi, Mattner, Alara, Naschenweng, Proost.

Manchester City make three changes from the 11 that began the 4-2 win over Liverpool at the weekend as Kerstin Casparij, Sam Coffey and Aoba Fujino replace Iman Beney, Laura Blindkilde Brown and Mary Fowler.

Manchester City XI: Yamashita, Wamser, Greenwood, Rose, Casparij, Hasegawa, Coffey, Hemp, Fujino, Mead, Shaw.

Subs: Cumings, Moorhouse, Prior, Lewis, Burdon, Clinton, Blindkilde Brown, Fowler.

The Women's Champions League is back!

Two English sides begin their league phase campaigns this evening.

Manchester City begin their return to European football with a trip to Bayern Munich at 17:45 BST, while Arsenal are at home to HB Koge at 20:00 BST.

As always, we'll be here to guide you through all of the action. Let's get started with the build-up to our first game.