UEFA Champions League returns with Last 16 live on ITV and Sky

The UEFA Champions League returns this week as the final 16 teams do battle in the first leg of the knock-out stages.

It’s been 2 months since the last Champions league games were played which saw the two Manchester club eliminated and Arsenal and Chelsea advance to the last 16.

ITV Sport and Sky Sports, the UK rights holders for the Champions League, will show 8 first leg matches between them during the next fortnight.

Tonight, Sky Sports will show Bayer Leverkusen vs Barcelona live on Sky Sports 2 and Lyon vs APOEL live on Sky Sports 4.

On Wednesday, ITV1 will show Arsenal’s visit to A.C. Milan, while Sky will air Zenit St. Petersburg vs Benfica live on Sky Sports 2.

Next week, February 21, Sky Sports 2 will air a double dose of Champions League action as Real Madrid travel to Russia to take on CSKA Moscow (5pm kick-off), then Napoli take on Chelsea from 7:45pm.

The following night, February 22, ITV1 will show Marseille vs Inter Milan, while Sky Sports 2 will air Basle vs Bayern Munich, both matches kick-off at 7:45pm.