Soccer Today, Nov. 3: Champions League, Brazil

Tuesday, Nov. 3, brings nine Champions League matches, including Barcelona vs. Aston Villa, Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern Munich and Villarreal vs. Paris Saint-Germain, along with two games in Brazil's top division, the Série A, known as the Brasileirão: Chapecoense vs. Mirassol and Internacional vs. Coritiba. On Monday, Red Bull Bragantino beat Santos 2-1 and moved to 47 points, according to the RaisLife standings.

Yesterday's results (Monday, Nov. 2)

According to ESPN, Bragantino took the lead in the 4th minute through an own goal by Santos' Rodinei. Santos equalized in the 37th minute with Philippe Coutinho, and Wallace Yan scored the winner for Bragantino in the 41st (see the match page). The result leaves Bragantino in 8th place and Santos in 9th, both on 47 points. At the top, Flamengo leads with 73 and Palmeiras is second with 70.

In Brazil's second division, the Série B, Goiás beat CRB 2-1: Silva scored in the 42nd minute, Cadu made it 2-0 in the 76th and Dadá pulled one back for CRB in the 80th. Athletic defeated Ceará by the same score. Saulo put Ceará ahead in the 22nd minute, Assis equalized in the 35th and Jhan Torres turned the game around in the 65th. Fortaleza and Atlético Goianiense drew 0-0 at the Arena Castelão. In the RaisLife Série B standings, Novorizontino leads with 67 points, followed by Juventude (65), Vila Nova (63), and Criciúma and Fortaleza (62 each). Athletic is 14th with 47, and Ceará is 16th with 43.

In Europe, Fiorentina won 4-2 at Sassuolo in Italy's Serie A. Armand Laurienté scored both of Sassuolo's goals, in the 25th and 65th minutes. For Fiorentina, the scorers were Mateo Pellegrino (45+2), Alieu Njie (50), Franco Mastantuono (79) and Víctor Valdepeñas (90+3). Also in Italy, Parma routed Atalanta 3-0, with goals from Giovanni Fabbian (41st minute) and Simone Lontani (58th), plus an own goal by Atalanta's Davide Zappacosta (47th).

In England, Everton beat Newcastle 1-0 at St. James' Park on a goal by Thierno Barry in the 49th minute; Newcastle's Jacob Ramsey was sent off in stoppage time. In Spain, Deportivo La Coruña won 2-1 against Osasuna, with goals from Mario Soriano (64th) and Bil Nsongo (87th) after Ante Budimir had opened the scoring for Osasuna in the 32nd. In France, Brest beat Lorient 2-0 with goals from Ludovic Ajorque (69th) and Noah Edjouma (90+2). In Portugal, Benfica defeated Alverca 1-0 on a penalty converted by Vangelis Pavlidis in the 51st minute, and Gil Vicente and Vitória de Guimarães drew 0-0.

In Argentina, Platense beat Central Córdoba, from Santiago del Estero, 2-0, with goals from Guido Mainero (58th minute) and Víctor Cuesta (74th). Argentinos Juniors won 2-1 away at Atlético Tucumán: Matías Giménez scored in the 30th minute, Tucumán's Clever Ferreira put the ball in his own net in the 43rd, and Pedro Canelo pulled one back from the penalty spot in the 86th. Independiente Rivadavia beat Banfield 3-1, with two goals from José Florentín (11th and 15th minutes) and an own goal by Banfield's Santiago Daniele (45th); Daniele himself had given Banfield the lead in the 9th. Defensa y Justicia and Independiente drew 1-1, with goals from Leandro Fernández (38th minute) and Maximiliano Meza, from the penalty spot (44th).

Today's matches (Tuesday, Nov. 3, Brasília time (UTC-3))

Brazil. The Série A has Chapecoense vs. Mirassol at 7:30 p.m. and Internacional vs. Coritiba at 9:30 p.m. In the standings, Mirassol is 16th with 37 points, and Chapecoense is 20th with 21 and a game in hand. Coritiba is 11th with 42, and Internacional is 18th with 35.

Champions League. Matchday 4 of the league phase starts at 2:45 p.m. with Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Sporting and Galatasaray vs. Stuttgart. At 5 p.m., seven matches kick off: Feyenoord vs. Inter Milan, Manchester United vs. Roma, Villarreal vs. Paris Saint-Germain, Bodø/Glimt vs. Lille, LASK vs. Slovan Bratislava, Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern Munich and Barcelona vs. Aston Villa (follow it on the match page). In the RaisLife standings, five teams enter the round with 9 points, the maximum so far (Paris Saint-Germain, Aston Villa, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Real Betis), while Slovan Bratislava (36th), Lille (35th) and Porto (34th) have yet to earn a point.

RaisLife's soccer page brings together standings, the full schedule and results updated throughout the day.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, soccer scores, goals and standings
• ESPN Brasil, Brazilian Championship standings
• ESPN, results from the Champions League, European leagues and Argentina
• RaisLife Soccer, Champions League standings
• RaisLife Soccer, Série B standings
• RaisLife Soccer, matches and standings

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.