European competitions return midweek after a three week break. Barcelona play Arsenal at Wembley in the Champions League on Tuesday, and Real Madrid and Valencia are away to Oporto and at home to Bayern Munich respectively on Wednesday. All matches are scheduled to kick off at 20.45 European time (19.45 in the UK), with the Barcelona and Valencia matches being showed live on national television in Spain, and the Madrid match on Pay-Per-View (and also replayed on national television at 22.45).

In the UEFA cup, Celta play Aris Salonica in Greece on Tuesday, kicking off at 18.00, Mallorca play away at Teplice of the Czech Republic on Thursday (KO 19.30), and Atlético de Madrid and Deportivo de la Coruña play at home to Amica Wronki (Poland) and Montpellier (France) respectively on Thursday (times to be announced). All UEFA matches are on PPV. Return legs will be played on or around 4th November.