Arsenal
and Chelsea have already qualified for the last 32 of the Europa League, but
who could they face? And will they play each other?
The Premier League pair have gone unbeaten in the group stages so far and
will go through as winners, with Chelsea winning every clash and Arsenal
drawing once. Scottish Premiership teams Rangers and Celtic are yet to
secure their path to the knockout rounds, but can do so during the final
round of games on Thursday.
Here are all the details for the last-32 draw, including who is already in
the hat and when the draw takes place…
When is the draw?
The draw will be on Monday December 17 in Nyon, Switzerland at 12pm GMT and
you will be able to follow it online with Sky Sports.
Who will be in the draw?
The top two teams from each of the 12 Europa League groups go into the
last-32 draw, along with the third-placed teams from the Champions League.
Seeded teams
Arsenal
Chelsea
Dinamo Zagreb
Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Frankfurt
Red Bull Salzburg
Zenit St Petersburg
Unseeded teams
Fernabache
Lazio
Sporting Lisbon
Qualified but position yet to be determined
Bayer Leverkusen
Real Betis
Zurich
Club Brugge (from the Champions League)
Valencia (from the Champions League)
Benfica (from the Champions League)
With 16 teams already confirmed for the knockout stages, half of the places
are still up for grabs on Thursday, with Celtic, Rangers and AC Milan all
able to make it into the next round.
There could also be some big names joining them from the Champions League
with Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham still able to finish third
in their respective groups.
How does the draw work?
The 12 group winners, plus the four best third-placed teams from the
Champions League, will go into the draw as seeded teams. The runners-up and
remaining Champions League sides are the unseeded teams.
Seeded teams are drawn against unseeded sides with the first leg at the home
of the unseeded teams, before a second leg at the home stadium of the seeded
side a week later.
Teams from the same group or same country cannot be drawn together for the
round of 32, meaning Arsenal and Chelsea will not be playing each other.
However, should Rangers and Celtic qualify, they could be drawn against the
Premier League clubs.
When are the last-32 ties?
The first legs will be played on February 14 before the second leg a week
later on 21 February.
What happens next?
The round of 16 draw will be made on February 22 with the ties being played
on March 7/14.
The quarter-final and semi-final draws will be on March 15 with the
quarter-finals being played on April 11/18.
The semi-finals will be on May 2/9 before the final on Wednesday May 29 at
the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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