The Champions League knockout section play-offs get below method this week as 16 groups face off seeking to be a part of the eight already into the final 16.
Manchester Metropolis and Celtic are amongst these aiming to progress from their two-legged ties – in opposition to European champions Actual Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively.
However which groups are within the play-offs? And who’s already by means of?
Who has progressed and who’s in play-offs?
Manchester Metropolis got here from behind to beat Membership Brugge and squeeze into a spot within the play-offs, whereas Aston Villa and Arsenal joined Liverpool – who had lengthy booked their place – with computerized development to the final 16.
Celtic, who misplaced 4-2 to Aston Villa of their ultimate league recreation, be a part of Metropolis within the play-offs – all 5 British groups progressed by means of the league section.
These are the groups by means of to every stage:
Final 16: Liverpool, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille, Aston Villa.
Knockout section play-offs: Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Actual Madrid, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, PSV, Paris St-Germain, Benfica, Monaco, Brest, Feyenoord, Juventus, Celtic, Manchester Metropolis, Sporting, Membership Brugge.
And we have already got an thought of who might play who within the subsequent rounds – with Metropolis and Celtic specifically about to face enormous checks.
Which groups are within the play-off spherical?
The complete draw for the play-off spherical is as follows:
Brest v Paris St-Germain (first leg 11 February, second leg 19 February)
Juventus v PSV Eindhoven (first leg 11 February, second leg 19 February)
Manchester Metropolis v Actual Madrid (first leg 11 February, second leg 19 February)
Sporting v Borussia Dortmund (first leg 11 February, second leg 19 February)
Membership Brugge v Atalanta (first leg 12 February, second leg 18 February)
Celtic v Bayern Munich (first leg 12 February, second leg 18 February)
Feyenoord v AC Milan (first leg 12 February, second leg 18 February)
Monaco v Benfica (first leg 12 February, second leg 18 February)
Who might meet within the final 16?
Liverpool and Barcelona can’t meet till the ultimate now after ending within the high two of the league section.
The Reds will play certainly one of Monaco, Brest, PSG or Benfica within the final 16 – with Barca going through one other of these groups.
Arsenal, who completed third, will play Feyenoord, Juventus, AC Milan or PSV.
Aston Villa, who simply completed within the high eight after beating Celtic, will tackle Sporting, Membership Brugge, Atalanta or Borussia Dortmund.
These ties will happen on 4-5 and 11-12 March.
However they won’t know which group precisely till the last-16 draw takes place on 21 February.
Golf equipment will know their potential path to the ultimate by then – with the attracts for the quarters and semis additionally going down that day.
Which British golf equipment might meet additional down the road?
There’s a likelihood Liverpool and Aston Villa might meet within the quarter-finals in the event that they each win their last-16 ties.
Arsenal might meet Celtic or Manchester Metropolis in that spherical too.
However all of these potential fixtures depend upon which method the last-16 draw goes. Additionally it is doable British groups might meet within the semis or ultimate.
All ought to change into clearer after 21 February when the attracts for the final 16 onwards are made.
