Overview
- UEFA will conduct the draw at 11:00 GMT on Friday, February 27, in Nyon, setting last‑16 pairings and the potential quarter‑final and semi‑final paths.
- An unprecedented six English sides are in the last 16 — Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle — after the playoff round completed the field.
- Seeding leaves each club with two possible opponents: Arsenal face Bayer Leverkusen or Atalanta; Liverpool and Tottenham get Atletico Madrid or Galatasaray; Man City draw Real Madrid or Bodo/Glimt; Chelsea meet Newcastle or Paris Saint‑Germain; Newcastle face Chelsea or Barcelona.
- UEFA’s knockout calendar is fixed with first legs on March 10–11 and second legs on March 17–18, quarter‑finals in early and mid‑April, semi‑finals in late April and early May, and the final on May 30 in Budapest; seeded teams host the second leg.
- The Premier League says fixtures such as Arsenal vs Everton on March 15 and West Ham vs Manchester City on March 14 may be moved at short notice because UEFA has not provided scheduling guarantees.