The Champions League is back - who will get their hands on the famous trophy in Madrid on 5 June next year? Paris St-Germain are aim to win the title for the third year running as the league phase begins on Tuesday. Five English teams will try to stop them with Arsenal the favourites to better their runners-up slot from last year.
We asked football experts Julien Laurens and Guillem Balague who they think will win the tournament and took a look at what the statistics said. And you can vote for who you think will be crowned champions below. Don't forget the BBC will again show highlights of the Champions League this season.
From on the Wednesday of Champions League weeks, there will be match-by-match highlights available on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app, plus a special Champions League Match of the Day on BBC One at 22:40. This week there will also be be a highlights show on Thursday on BBC Two at 22:30 with highlights from Thursday's matches dropping at 22:00. If PSG do the three-peat, it would be an incredible achievement.
I don't think they will do it. I think two in a row is already special - three in a row is impossible unless you've got Cristiano Ronaldo in your team, which they don't. I think they will be close.
I think they'll reach at least the semi-final, but I think going for three in a row is tough. I don't believe fully in the Jose Mourinho-Real Madrid project, so I would go for Bayern Munich and Arsenal to reach the final. They are probably the teams, other than PSG, who have deserved to be there the most in the past two seasons.
To win it, I'll go for Arsenal. They have the best defence in Europe by far and that's what wins you titles. I would go for PSG to reach the last four, Bayern close runners-up and Arsenal to win it.
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