Some post-game thoughts from John McGinn, with Villa sitting top of the table.

“I had to bite my arm to keep from waking the kids when Stuttgart scored,” whispers Kari Tulinius. “That’s the first Champions League victory for Stuttgart in 15 years. And against Juventus! In Turin! That’s a heck of a way to return to the top table.”

While Nick Ames was at the Emirates for Arsenal’s win …

Here’s Ben Fisher’s verdict from a rocking Villa Park …

League One results: Barnsley 2-2 Charlton, Birmingham 2-0 Bolton, Bristol Rovers 1-0 Shrewsbury, Burton 2-3 Wycombe, Crawley 3-0 Lincoln, Exeter 1-2 Reading, Leyton Orient 1-0 Rotherham, Peterborough 5-1 Blackpool, Stevenage 0-2 Cambridge, Stockport 1-1 Northampton, Wigan 1-2 Mansfield, Wrexham 0-0 Huddersfield.

League Two results: Barrow 1-1 Notts County, Cheltenham 1-1 Bradford, Chesterfield 1-1 Colchester, Doncaster 0-1 Bromley, Fleetwood 0-1 Crewe, Gillingham 0-2 Newport, Harrogate 0-1 Port Vale, MK Dons 2-1 Accrington, Salford 2-1 Swindon, Tranmere 0-1 Grimsby, Walsall 3-1 Carlisle, Wimbledon 3-0 Morecambe.

Let’s catch up with tonight’s Football League results, starting with the Championship …

Cardiff 2-0 Portsmouth
Leeds 2-1 Watford
Oxford 1-1 Derby
Preston 2-2 Norwich
Sheffield Wed 0-0 Swansea
Stoke 2-2 Bristol City
QPR 1-1 Coventry

No penalty! Marco Asensio went down in a heap, and the referee pointed to the spot – but after looking at a replay, it’s overturned due to a lack of contact. Although there did appear to be some contact …

“PSG v PSV is one of the most finely balanced matchups I can think of,” writes Peter Oh. “The Postscript Derby?” It might live up to the billing, if either team can find a winner in stoppage time.

Missed penalty! It was awarded for a foul by Danilo, who is shown a second yellow card for his troubles. Millot steps up … but Perin gets low to his right and saves! Juve survive again – while in Girona, Stuani also sees his penalty saved and it stays 2-0 to the hosts.

Penalty to Stuttgart! After a long VAR check – for what, I do not know – the referee heads to Monitor Town, and quickly awards the visitors a late penalty!

Kylian Mbappé shoots from a narrow angle, but he is denied by Kobel – then at the other end, Courtois saves from Brandt as Dortmund threaten to retake the lead.

Worth pointing out that if Villa see this out, they will have nine points – probably enough to qualify for the next round already. But Unai Emery will surely have an eye on securing a top-eight finish from here.

Arsenal penalty saved! Leandro Trossard has the chance to seal victory from the spot … but he’s denied by the Shakhtar keeper. Arsenal struggling to put this game to bed …

Here’s the Durán goal. The striker was taken off for Ollie Watkins straight afterwards, and he wasn’t too happy with the decision.

With Dortmund pegged back in Madrid, Aston Villa are now top of the Champions League mega-table!

Leon Bailey goes close for Villa, turning his low shot just wide of the far post. That’s probably the closest the hosts have come in a tricky encounter so far.

A goal in Turin – and it’s Stuttgart who get it, Deniz Undav firing home at the near post via a deflection. But wait … it’s been disallowed for handball! It’s hard to tell, even on second or third viewing, which side of the “T-shirt line” the ball struck as Undav brought it down.

“Stuttgart played excellently against Real Madrid, but it felt all the time as if Los Blancos would do what they always do, i.e. enough to win,” writes Kari Tulinius. “But Juventus feel like they’re there for the taking. Mittelstadt and Leweling have had the freedom of the left side, while Undav and Millot look menacing. Juventus had a free-kick in a decentish position, but have otherwise looked overwhelmed. And they’re the home team!” I do hope you haven’t just jinxed it, Kari …

League One half-times: Barnsley 1-0 Charlton, Birmingham 1-0 Bolton, Bristol Rovers 0-0 Shrewsbury, Burton 1-0 Wycombe, Crawley 0-0 Lincoln, Exeter 0-2 Reading, Leyton Orient 0-0 Rotherham, Peterborough 3-1 Blackpool, Stevenage 0-1 Cambridge, Stockport 0-0 Northampton, Wigan 0-1 Mansfield, Wrexham 0-0 Huddersfield.

League Two half-times: Barrow 1-0 Notts County, Cheltenham 1-1 Bradford, Chesterfield 0-1 Colchester, Doncaster 0-1 Bromley, Fleetwood 0-0 Crewe, Gillingham 0-2 Newport, Harrogate 0-0 Port Vale, MK Dons 1-0 Accrington, Salford 1-0 Swindon, Wimbledon 0-0 Morecambe.

The eternal champions do hit the woodwork twice in quick succession through Rodrygo and Jude Bellingham – but at the other end, Julian Brandt brings a flying save from Courtois to stop Dortmund making it 3-0.

Championship half-times: Cardiff 2-0 Portsmouth, Leeds 2-0 Watford, Oxford 1-0 Derby, Preston 2-1 Norwich, Sheffield Wed 0-0 Swansea, Stoke 2-0 Bristol City, QPR 0-1 Coventry (latest – 8pm kick-off).

Stuttgart hit the post! As they did against Real Madrid, the German side are testing Juventus – and Enzo Millot sees his shot beat Perin but rebound off the near post and away. We’ve also been hearing that visiting fans are chanting in Italian – there’s a big Italian community in Stuttgart, apparently. The more you know.

If Pep Guardiola does move on at the end of the season, Sporting’s Rúben Amorim is a big contender to replace him at Manchester City – especially with Hugo Viana, Sporting’s director of football, heading to the Etihad. City have also been linked with Xabi Alonso – but I suppose it’s all moot if Pep wants to stick around.

Another chance for Bologna, where Orsolini is very close to turning Dillinja’s cross in – although he’s penalised for (I think) a foul on Maatsen. At the other end, Orsolini is booked for a clumsy foul, and now Villa have a dangerous free kick, right on the edge of the area … Tielemans slips a sideways pass to Maatsen, whose cross is cleared for a corner.

PSG’s front three tonight is Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola and Lee Kang-in – a talented trio, but a long way from the MSN days. Lee comes close to opening the scoring, but his shot is well saved by Benitez, and moments later Dembélé rattles the bar from close range.

Aston Villa are trying to get something going in attack, with Bologna clearing away a couple of set pieces in quick succession. In Madrid, Vinicius fails to make enough contact with an acrobatic far-post effort.

A chance for the hosts in Paris, with Bradley Barcola firing a low effort wide of the far post. No goals in any of the seven 8pm kick-offs so far. Boo!

Bologna go closer here, with Thijs Dallinga pouncing on a through pass and testing Martínez from a tight angle. At the Bernabéu, the first sniff of a chance falls for Dortmund, with Guirassy unable to get any power on his header from Brandt’s cross.

An early half-chance for Bologna, with Kacper Urbanski sending his shot well wide from just outside the area.

A quick Championship update: Leeds have raced into a 2-0 lead at home to Watford, with Cardiff, Preston and Stoke leading Portsmouth, Norwich and Bristol City (respectively) by the same score. Elsewhere, Oxford lead Derby 1-0 in a battle between promoted sides.

And not forgetting North London …

We’re about to kick off in Birmingham – where Villa fans have just unfurled a spectacular lion-based tifo – plus Turin, Paris, Madrid, Girona and Graz. It’s on!

Full time in the early games: it finished Milan 3-1 Club Brugge, and Monaco 5-1 Red Star Belgrade. That means Monaco are top of the big Champions League table, although probably not for long.

Back at San Siro, 16-year-old Francesco Camarda sends a header looping over the keeper, and is mobbed by his teammates, who lift him in the air. But wait, here comes VAR to spoil everyone’s fun – it’s chalked off for a marginal offside. It stays Milan 3-1 Club Brugge.

“Hei from Norway,” writes Brendan Large. “I can’t be the only one thinking this new format has lead to hell of a lot of drubbings. Maybe the big teams play each other a bit more often, but the goal tallies being racked up in some games are not what anyone wants surely?”

Very true – it’s perhaps been overlooked thanks to a couple of surprise results, but we’ve already seen Bayern win 9-2 and Dortmund smash poor Celtic 7-1. It could get ugly in January if goal difference is needed for any of the big boys to secure a top-eight spot.

Reijnders strikes again, and Milan lead Club Brugge 3-1! A redemption arc almost complete for the midfielder, who was sent off against Udinese in Serie A this weekend. Now striker Francesco Camarda is coming on for his Champions League debut – he’s 16 years old, and becomes Milan’s youngest-ever player in the competition. And Monaco do now lead Red Star 4-1: it’s Minamino with his second goal, set up by Embolo.

There are also a stack of games in the Football League tonight – our main focus is on Europe but I’ll endeavour to keep you updated. The Championship fixtures are as follows: Cardiff v Portsmouth, Leeds v Watford, Oxford v Derby, Preston v Norwich, QPR v Coventry, Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea, Stoke v Bristol City.

Don’t forget, you can follow Arsenal v Shakhtar with Scott Murray here:

And here’s an excellent and timely interview with Arsenal’s Ukrainian star, Oleksandr Zinchenko:

Milan had been pegged back by 10-man Club Brugge, and Daniel Fonseca’s decision to withdraw Rafael Leão was greeted with whistles. But the man who replaced him – Noah Okofor – immediately sets up Tijjani Reijnders to restore the hosts’ lead!

Nothing so dramatic happening in Monaco, where the hosts now lead 3-1. Wilfried Singo scored the third goal, with Breel Embolo then scoring his second – which was subsequently disallowed for handball.

Here’s the Aston Villa team sheet – and Jhon Durán starts in place of Ollie Watkins. There are three other changes from the win at Fulham – Ian Maatsen and Ezri Konsa replace Lucas Digne and Matty Cash in defence, with John McGinn in for Jacob Ramsey in midfield.

Half time in the early kick-offs, each pitting a former European Cup winner against a previous finalist. At San Siro, it’s Milan 1-0 Club Brugge, Christian Pulisic scoring directly from a corner after Raphael Onyedika was sent off for the visitors.

Elsewhere, Monaco lead Crvena Zvezda/Red Star Belgrade 2-1, with Takumi Minamino and Breel Embolo on target for the hosts on either side of Cherif Ndiaye’s penalty for the Serbian side.