Matchday 2 is upon us! Once again, all 32 teams will be in action–2 games in each of the 8 groups, for a total of 16 games today and tomorrow. As with all the group stage Matchdays, the 8 games on Tuesday featuring the 16 teams from 4 of the groups (Groups E, F, G, and H today), and 8 more games on Wednesday with the 16 teams from the other 4 groups. Champions League Matchdays are so grand they take up 2 actual days!

Fixtures for Matchday 2 listed below, along with live TV coverage (in the US); apparently all matches are being shown live on DirectTV, but we’ve just listed cable coverage, i.e., on the Fox Soccer/Sports channels–FSC, FSE, FSP & FSN.  See SoccerTVListing.com for a full listing.

See UEFA.com’s Champions League site for Matchday 1 results and group standings.

All matches kickoff at 2:45pm ET, except for one early match each day (12:30pm ET, marked with a * below):

Tuesday, September 28

Group E
AS Roma v CFR Cluj-Napoca @ Stadio Olimpico (Rome, ITA)
FC Basel v Bayern Munich @ St Jakob-Park (Basel, SUI)

Group F
Spartak Moscow v MSK Zilina @ Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow, RUS)*
Chelsea v Marseille @ Stamford Bridge (London, ENG) – FSN (=MSG+ in NYC?)

Group G
AJ Auxerre v Real Madrid @ Stade Abbe-Deschamps (Auxerre, FRA) – FSE
Ajax Amsterdam v AC Milan@ Amsterdam Arena (Amsterdam, NED) – FSP

Group H
Braga v Shakhtar Donetsk @ Braga Municipal (Braga, POR)
Partizan Belgrade v Arsenal @ FK Partizan Stadium (Belgrade, SRB) – FSC

Wednesday, September 29

Group A
Internazionale v Werder Bremen @ Giuseppe Meazza (Milan, ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur v Twente Enschede @ White Hart Lane (London, ENG)

Group B
Hapoel Tel Aviv v Lyon @ Ramat Gan Stadium (Tel Aviv, ISR)
Schalke 04 v BenficaB @ Veltins-Arena (Gelsenkirchen, GER)

Group C
Rangers v Bursaspor @ Ibrox Stadium (Glasgow, SCO)
Valencia v Manchester United @ Mestalla (Valencia, ESP) – FSC & FSE

Group D
FK Rubin Kazan v Barcelona @ Central Stadium Kazan (Kazan, RUS)* – FSC & FSE
Panathinaikos v FC Copenhagen @ Athens Olympic Stadium (Athens, GRE)