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Champions League Live Chat, Matchday 2

With some interesting matchups today, will it be business as usual for the favorites, or will we see some upsets in Europe today? Join us to discuss!

Bayern Munich are heavy favorites. Will you be relying on their stars in your fantasy teams today?
Bayern Munich are heavy favorites. Will you be relying on their stars in your fantasy teams today?
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It's Matchday Two for the UEFA Champions League! The fixtures over the next two days will give us an idea of how the group stage will shake out, as the power teams look to grab an early hold on the lead, while the smaller clubs fight to stay alive and make things interesting.

We have eight matches today, all kicking off at 2:45pm EST:

Maccabi Tel-Aviv v. Dynamo Kyiv

Zenit St Petersburg v. K.A.A. Gent

Bayern Munich v. Dinamo Zagreb

Barcelona v. Bayer Leverkusen

FC Porto v. Chelsea

Olympique Lyonnais v. Valencia

BATE Borisov v. AS Roma

Arsenal v. Olympiacos

For those of you like me who are doing DraftKings today, there are some good values out there.  Obviously you will want to check the starting lineups before you finalize anything, but here are some players to keep an eye on if you're trying to grab some cheaper options:

GOALKEEPER--Sergey Chernik (3900, facing a Roma side that is quite banged up), Ospina (3500, likely gets the start over Cech, which saves you 1300)

DEFENDERS--Juan Bernat (4400), Kurt Zouma (3400), Ezequiel Garay (3500), Danilo Silva (4000), Christophe Jallet (3900)

MIDFIELDERS--Axel Witsel (5100), Ivan Rakitic (4900), Eran Zahavi (4800), Igor Stasevich (4500), Andre Gomes (4400), Sofiane Feghouli (4300), Denys Garmash (4200), Alessandro Florenzi (4000)

FORWARDS--Mikhail Gordeychuk (6000), Vitali Rodionov (5600), Munir El Haddadi (5500), Mohamed Salah (5200)

As of now, here are my two starting lineups for DraftKings today

GK: Yury Lodygin; D: Juan Bernat, Kurt Zouma; M: Douglas Costa, Santi Cazorla, Sofiane Feghouli; F: Alexandre Lacazette, Thomas Muller

GK: David Ospnia; D: Danilo Silva, Christophe Jallet; M: Alessandro Florenzi, Oleh Gusev; F: Hulk, Thomas Muller, Alexis Sanchez

Who will you be playing this week? Whether it's DraftKings, the official UEFA game, or the Goal fantasy app, share your lineups below and join us as we enjoy a day of Champions League action!