Champions League Round of 16 draw: Who Premier League sides will face after knockout phase play-offs

The Champions League play-offs are upon us and Newcastle are heading to Azerbaijan.

Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham all automatically qualified for the knockout stages in Europe and are awaiting confirmation of their Round of 16 opponents.

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It meant only Newcastle were left to face a play-off match.

Eddie Howe‘s side will be taking on Qarabag, who are the first team from Azerbaijan to ever reach the knockouts.

Elsewhere in the play-off draw, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid and Juventus found out their fixtures.

Real will face off with Jose Mourinho’s Benfica again after their dramatic final gameweek meeting, with PSG taking on Monaco, Atletico facing Club Brugge and Juve coming up against Galatasaray.

As for those who finished in the top eight, they already knew who they could be facing in the round of 16 next month.

Arsenal will be coming up against either Borussia Dortmund, Atalanta, Olympiakos or Bayer Leverkusen.

As for Chelsea, they will face PSG, Monaco, Qarabag or Newcastle, in what would be an all-Premier League affair.

For Liverpool, they’ll meet Club Brugge, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray or Juventus, depending on the winners.

That is the same group of potential opponents as Tottenham.

And finally, Man City will end up facing one of Benfica, Real Madrid, Bodo/Glimt or Inter in the last 16.

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Champions League knockout phase play-off draw in FULL

The full draw for the knockout phase play-offs is below.

Tuesday, February 17

• Galatasaray vs Juventus, 17:45 
• Benfica vs Real Madrid, 20:00 – LIVE on talkSPORT 2
• Monaco vs Paris Saint-Germain, 20:00
• Borussia Dortmund vs Atalanta, 20:00

Wednesday, February 18

• Qarabag vs Newcastle, 17:45 – LIVE on talkSPORT 2
• Bodo/Glimt vs Inter Milan, 20:00
• Club Brugge vs Atletico Madrid, 20:00
• Olympiakos vs Bayer Leverkusen, 20:00

Tuesday, February 24

• Atletico Madrid vs Club Brugge , 17:45
• Newcastle vs Qarabag, 20:00
• Inter Milan vs Bodo/Glimt, 20:00
• Bayer Leverkusen vs Olympiakos, 20:00

Wednesday, February 25

• Atalanta vs Borussia Dortmund, 17:45
• Juventus vs Galatasaray, 20:00
• Real Madrid vs Benfica, 20:00 – LIVE on talkSPORT 2
• Paris Saint-Germain vs Monaco, 20:00

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When is the draw for the last 16?

Once the play-offs are complete, the winning teams will progress through to the last 16 and another draw will take place.

On February 27, the Champions League round of 16 ties, quarter-finals and semi-finals will all be determined.

The last 16 fixtures are then scheduled to be played across March 10-11 and March 17-18.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will be right across the next draw and following matches throughout the rest of the campaign.

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