When Is The Champions League Draw — who the English clubs could face in the last 16

Fans asking when is the champions league draw should note it takes place on Friday at 11am (UK time) in Nyon, Switzerland, with 16 teams left and six Premier League clubs through to the last 16.

When Is The Champions League Draw

The draw on Friday at 11am will determine the last-16 ties, the quarter-final pairings and the semi-final path for the 16 remaining sides. Every team’s potential opponents for the next round have been narrowed to two possibilities, and seeded teams — those that did not require a play-off — will play the second leg of their last-16 ties at home. Questions about when is the champions league draw and which seeded teams will play the return leg at home will be resolved on Friday.

Which Premier League sides are through and their possible opponents

Six English clubs have reached the last 16: Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham. The current pairings of seeded and unseeded possibilities list each Premier League side with two opponents: Arsenal could draw Bayer Leverkusen or Atalanta; Chelsea could draw Newcastle or Paris Saint-Germain; Liverpool could draw Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray; Manchester City could draw Bodo/Glimt or Real Madrid; Newcastle could draw Chelsea or Barcelona; Tottenham could draw Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray. Arsenal finished top of the league phase and will get to play the second leg at home for as far as they progress in the competition.

Liverpool’s last-16 options and fixture dates

Liverpool will be drawn against either Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray. Galatasaray emerged as the winners of their two-legged knockout play-off tie with Juventus on Wednesday night, while Atletico secured their place in the Round of 16 by overcoming Club Brugge on aggregate on Tuesday evening. The Reds progressed from the league phase as a seeded qualifier in third place and will therefore be paired with either the Spanish or Turkish club during Friday’s draw. The first leg of the last-16 tie is scheduled for March 10/11 and the return fixture at Anfield on March 17/18.

How the play-offs resolved the remaining spots

Several play-off ties settled the final last-16 places. Paris Saint-Germain sealed their spot by drawing 2-2 with Monaco in the second leg and progressing 5-4 on aggregate. Newcastle guaranteed their place by eliminating Qarabag with an aggregate score of 9-3. Galatasaray beat Juventus in a two-legged knockout play-off tie to emerge as winners, and Atletico advanced by overcoming Club Brugge on aggregate.

Timing, potential English matchups and the rest of the schedule

The knockout draw allows teams to be drawn against opponents from the same country or opponents they have already faced in the competition. The earliest chance for two English sides to meet is in the last 16, when Newcastle could be paired with Chelsea; other all-English meetings could first occur in the quarter-finals, when Manchester City could meet Arsenal, and when Chelsea or Newcastle could meet Tottenham or Liverpool. The round of 16 match schedule will be released on Friday evening. The quarter-final match schedule will be confirmed on March 19, and the semi-final schedule will be communicated on April 16.

The draw at 11am in Nyon, Switzerland, will set the ties to be played across 10/11 March and 17/18 March, after which teams and fans will know who travels where and when the first legs and return legs will be played.