{"id":251661,"date":"2026-01-22T12:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/251661\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T12:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:05:07","slug":"who-can-arsenal-fc-face-in-champions-league-last-16-knockout-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/251661\/","title":{"rendered":"Who can Arsenal FC face in Champions League last-16 knockout stage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Arsenal<\/p>\n

In the new league phase format, which came into play last season, the top eight teams progress straight through to the last 16 and avoid a two-legged knockout play-off tie.<\/p>\n

Still, Mikel Arteta<\/a>\u2019s side beat the Serie A leaders 3-1 at the San Siro to confirm a top two finish, meaning they are assured of hosting the second legs in their knockout matches.<\/p>\n

With a dead-rubber against Kairat to follow next Wednesday, the north London outfit require a point to seal top spot in the league phase, though that will not have any impact on the potential teams they can face in the knockout phase.<\/p>\n

Who can Arsenal face in Champions League last-16?<\/p>\n

Arsenal\u2019s progression straight through to the last-16 means they will not face a fixture congestion on February.<\/p>\n

The last-16 draw will take place on Friday, February 27. The first leg of those ties will be played on either March 10 or March 11, with the return fixtures a week later.<\/p>\n

As a result of finishing first or second in the league phase, Arsenal will either face the winners of the knockout phase play-off between the 15th and 16th seeds, or the 17th and 18th seeds.<\/p>\n

Currently, those four teams are Juventus, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray and Qarabag. Of course, with one more round of fixture to go, the picture could change drastically.<\/p>\n

All will be confirmed after the knockout phase play-off draw on Friday, January 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the new league phase format, which came into play last season, the top eight teams progress straight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,25908,105],"class_list":["post-251661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}