Europa League draw LIVE: AC Milan and Roma discover fates for play-off round
The Champions League third-place finishers take on the Europa League group stage runners-up in a play-off clash to see which teams will reach the last 16
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Your support makes all the difference.The draw for the Europa League play-off round takes place today as the teams who finished second in their groups will take on the clubs dropping down from the Champions League for a spot in the last-16.
There are eight play-offs and the Champions League clubs falling down into the Europa League play-offs include big names like Galatasaray, Benfica and Feyenoord. They will be pitched up against the likes of Sporting, Marseille and Roma.
The Europa League play-off draw decides which club plays which, and the eight winners of those matches will progress to the last-16 draw, where they will join the eight Europa League group winners in the latter knockout stages.
Follow all the updates from the draw below and get the latest betting offers right here:
Who is through to the last-16?
Group winners:
- Manchester City
- Bayern Munich
- Arsenal
- Real Sociedad
- Real Madrid
- Atletico Madrid
- Borussia Dortmund
- Barcelona
When is the Champions League last-16 draw?
The draw will take place on Monday 18 December. It will start from 11am GMT and will take place in Nyon, Switzerland.
Champions League last-16 draw
Follow all the latest updates from the Champions League round-of-16 draw right here ahead of the main event at 11am GMT.
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