Champions League permutations: Who would Liverpool, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Celtic and Man City play in knockout stages? | Football news
The Champions League group stages are over and we have a much better idea of who will play in the knockout. Who will the English side and the Celtic face?
Pep Guardiola is facing a potential return Bayern Munich In the play-offs after his Manchester City Side Beat Club Brugge to continue the Champions League campaign.
But the city will face a heavy test to reach the last 16 with the city and Celtic turn around Bayern Munich or Real Madrid for the opportunity to play Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen After that in the last 16.
“Real Madrid or Bayern Munich – one is the king of the competition, the other is the second or third king of the competition,” Guardiola said after the potential opponents of the city were discovered.
Aston villa He got in the top eight leather teeth after Atalanta failed to beat Barcelona and went down to the play-off, which means Unai Emery will face Atalanta,, Borussia Dortmund,, Sports or Brugge Club In the last 16.
Arsenal and Liverpool He already knew that their automatic progress was provided.
Liverpool is the top of the total table and will now face one of Paris Saint-Germain,, Benfika,, Monaco or Brest.
Arsenal could face one of two giants a with AC Milan,, PSV,, Feyenoord or Juventus their possible last-14 opponents.
When is the Champions League draw?
Drawing for the Champions League playoffs will be held on Friday, January 31 at about 11am in the UK and Irish time. You can follow it on Sky Sports Digital and App Sky Sports from 10.30.
Drawing format
The teams ending between ninth and 16th league will be sown for play-offs.
He will face a non -sneaky team that finished between 17th and 24th. On the table – the seed team also had the advantage of playing another leg at home.
The sides will also be paired in the draw, which means that the two sides that ended in ninth and 10th place will be drawn at 23. Or 24th place.
The teams who finished 11th and 12th will be drawn or against 21st or 22nd place, and so on.
Eight winners from the playoffs will meet with teams that ended up in the top eight from the initial phase of the league in the last 16, where a well -known knockout round will go all the way to the finals.
When are the Nokauta stages?
- The Champions League play-off will be held over two legs on weekdays on February 11 and 12, as well as February 18 and 19.
- The last 16 games will be played on March 4 and 5 and the other legs occurred on March 11 and March 12.
- The quarterfinals were April 8 and 9, with back legs on April 15 and 16.
- The semi -finals will be held on April 29 and 30, with other legs on May 6 and 7.
- This year’s Champions League final is located at the Allianz Arena Bayern Munich on May 31.
Who will play the British teams in the next round – which can they face in the last 16?
Liverpool (ranked no. 1)
16. round: VS PSG (15th), Benfica (16th), Monaco (17th) or Brest (18).
Arsenal (ranked no. 3)
16. round: VS AC Milan (13th), PSV (14th), Feyenoord (19th) or Juventus (20th).
Aston Villa (ranked no. 8)
16. round: VS Atalanta (9th), Borussia Dortmund (10th), Sporting (23rd) or Club Brugge (24th).
Kelt (ranked no. 21)
Knockout playoffs: VS Bayern Munich (11.) or Real Madrid (12th).
16. round: VS Atletico Madrid (5.) or Bayer Leverkusen (6th).
Manchester City (ranked no. 22)
Knockout playoffs: VS Bayern Munich (11.) or Real Madrid (12th).
16. round: VS Atletico Madrid (5.) or Bayer Leverkusen (6th).
Why could there be two all-Britan quarterfinals …
We will not know the exact format of the tournament outside the play-offs until February, when the last draw is held 16.
But there is a chance that I can be two All-Britan quarterfinals.
After the end of the first and the eighth, it should Liverpool and Aston villa Win your last-16 games that may eventually face each other in the last eight.
Likewise Celtic and Manchester City will set a potential quarterfinal with Arsenal If you win your play-off and then beat Atletico Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen.
Who are all the teams to the next round?
Confirmed in the 16th round
Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa.
Confirmed in a knockout phase playoffs
Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, AC Milan, PSV, PSG, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Man City, Sporting, Club Brugge.
Eliminated
Dinamo Zagreb, Stuttgart, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bologna, Red Star, Sturm Graz, Sparta Prague, RB Leipzig, Girona, RB Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava, young boys.
