After an exciting finish to group stage, the final groups left within the UEFA Champions League await their knockout destiny in Monday’s draw for the spherical of 16. The group winners can be seeded and drawn towards the unseeded runners-up as they discover out their subsequent Champions League fixtures. This is what to know earlier than tuning into the draw.
How you can watch
- Date: Monday, Dec. 18 | Time: 6 a.m. ET
- Location: European Home of Soccer — Nyon, Switzerland
- Reside stream: Paramount+
- Pre-draw and post-draw protection: CBS Sports activities Golazo Community
Champions League spherical of 16 groups
Seeded groups
- Arsenal
- Atletico Madrid
- Barcelona
- Bayern Munich
- Borussia Dortmund
- Manchester Metropolis
- Actual Madrid
- Actual Sociedad
Unseeded groups
- Copenhagen
- Inter
- Lazio
- Napoli
- Paris Saint-Germain
- Porto
- PSV
- RB Leipzig
The no-draw listing
This is a listing of which sides the seeded groups will be unable to play within the Champions League spherical of 16.
- Arsenal: PSV Eindhoven
- Atletico Madrid: Lazio
- Barcelona: Porto
- Bayern Munich: Copenhagen, RB Leipzig
- Borussia Dortmund: Paris Saint-Germain, RB Leipzig
- Manchester Metropolis: RB Leipzig
- Actual Madrid: Napoli
- Actual Sociedad: Inter
Unseeded groups to keep away from
Indisputably, Serie A leaders Inter and French champions PSG are the groups the seeded groups would somewhat not obtain in Monday’s draw. The Italian facet completed second on a tiebreaker in Group D and have steadily carried out all through the season, which means a headline-grabbing spherical of 16 matchup might be within the playing cards for them. As for the Parisians, they might have been inconsistent all through the group stage however with the likes of Kylian Mbappe and Zaire-Emery, PSG boast the expertise to oust any crew from the competitors.
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Seeded groups to fret about
The group winners did properly to earn their spots, however there are a few groups that can doubtless encourage much less worry from the unseeded sides than others — Dortmund and Actual Sociedad. The Germans have been essentially the most strong facet in a topsy-turvy Group F however have been inconsistent at occasions this season, which might stop them from making a deep run in Europe. Actual Sociedad, in the meantime, have handled the Champions League like a reprieve from their common marketing campaign up to now in La Liga, which might catch as much as them relying on the opposition.
Leipzig’s slim draw
Since a lot of the groups from the identical nation ended up in matching pots, a lot of the sides left are eligible to play one another within the spherical of 16. That isn’t precisely the case for RB Leipzig, although, who can be restricted to simply 5 opponents come Monday — Arsenal and the Spanish quartet of Atleti, Barcelona, Actual Madrid and Actual Sociedad.
