Something to watch out for throughout the Champions League action on Thursday

The Champions League is returning for a new season.

complete with a fresh structure and lots of mystery—one of which is the unusual Thursday action!

These are the five lessons we took away from the games on Wednesday.

These are the five most important things to watch out for on the third consecutive Champions League action night.

That will happen in Bergamo, where Europa League champions Atalanta will host Arsenal

For the first-ever encounter between the two teams in their renovated,

redesigned Gewiss Stadium to begin their campaign.

Gian Piero Gasperini’s team made history the previous season when they were the only ones

to overcome Bayern Leverkusen, thanks to Ademola Lookman’s incredible performance that led

to a magnificent and historic victory in Dublin.

Arsenal’s visit is expected to create another unforgettable European evening.

as the Gunners have been playing well lately and enter the game fresh off a valiant

derby triumph over Tottenham Hotspur.

La Dea’s past four Champions League games have all seen them and their opponents

score two goals or more, so there’s no doubt that this competition will be exciting.

In five consecutive games, no team has both scored and let up two or more goals.

Arsenal has plenty of firepower among their ranks.

and their 23 Champions League games have yielded an average of 3.6 goals per game overall

the second-best average of any team with 20+ appearances, behind only Viktoria Plzeň.

Similar to Girona, the only other team participating this season who has never before participated

in the competition under any circumstances is Bremen.

As a matter of fact, after Eric Roy returned to the team in January after a protracted absence,

The Brewers are also experiencing their first taste of European football this season.

sharing the same excitement as the Spanish team and finishing in third place.

When they take the field against Austria’s Sturm Graz,

They will represent France for the first time in the continent’s premier competition since Nantes in 1965.

They will also be the 12th different Ligue 1 team to participate in the league.

As a result, only Spain (14) and Germany (15) have had more diverse representatives

throughout the Champions League and European Cup.

Romain Del Castillo, the pivotal midfielder for Les Pirates, is someone to keep an eye on.

He makes everything click.