The Champions League league section is over – we all know eight groups heading for the final 16, however who now has two further video games of their schedules for the precise to affix them, and who will they play?
The highest eight groups – Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Tottenham, Barcelona, Chelsea, Sporting and Man Metropolis – have all certified for the following spherical of the Champions League, however we nonetheless do not know who they are going to face within the knock-out phases.
Here is all the pieces it’s essential to know concerning the play-off draw and who’s concerned…
How do the play-offs work?
The groups ranked ninth to twenty fourth within the league section will now go head-to-head in two-legged play-off video games to find out which eight will progress because the unseeded sides for the final 16, the place their opponents can be decided by who completed the place within the prime eight.
Every play-off aspect already is aware of from their league place they are going to find yourself in one in all two paths. As an illustration, Actual Madrid and Inter Milan, the groups in ninth and tenth, will every play one in all Bodo/Glimt and Benfica within the play-offs, the groups in twenty third and twenty fourth. The identical with eleventh and twelfth vs one or twenty first and twenty second, and so forth. Precisely who performs who can be decided on the knock-out play-off draw.
Groups from the identical nationwide affiliation can play one another at this stage – as can groups who confronted each other within the league section.
When is the draw for the play-offs?
The draw can be held from UEFA’s headquarters in Switzerland on Friday January 30, with a scheduled begin time of 11am – although anticipate it to start a bit of later to get by way of all of the formalities, montages and visitor presenters.
Who’s within the play-offs?
UCL desk after matchday 8
The 16 groups vying for a spot within the final 16 are…
- ninth: Actual Madrid
- tenth: Inter Milan
- eleventh: PSG
- twelfth: Newcastle
- thirteenth: Juventus
- 14th: Atletico Madrid
- fifteenth: Atalanta
- sixteenth: Bayer Leverkusen
- seventeenth: Borussia Dortmund
- 18th: Olympiakos
- nineteenth: Membership Brugge
- twentieth: Galatasaray
- twenty first: Monaco
- twenty second: Qarabag
- twenty third: Bodo/Glimt
- twenty fourth: Benfica
Who will Newcastle play within the play-offs?
When the play-off draw is made on Friday, Newcastle will play both Qarabag or Monaco.
The 2 winners will then play both Barcelona or Chelsea within the last-16.
Champions League knockout section play-off permutations
When will the play-offs happen?
The video games can be performed over the midweeks of February 17-18 and 24-25.
When is the draw for the final 16?
Following the conclusion of the play-off around the draw for the final 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals can be held on February 27.
