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The Champions League<\/a> last 16 draw is fast approaching and the quarter-final and semi-final path will become clearer.<\/p>\n Following the conclusion of the knockout phase playoffs, the stage is set as 15 teams aim to dethrone Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at the Puskas Arena in Budapest<\/p>\n The holders are safely through to the last 16 but, once again, required a play-off to overcome fellow Ligue 1 side Monaco, 5-4 on aggregate, due to finishing 11th in the league phase format.<\/p>\n Galatasaray and Bodo\/Glimt have also progressed after knocking out Juventus and Inter Milan respectively, but Atalanta’s comeback win over Borussia Dortmund spared it being a nightmare week for the Italian sides.<\/p>\n Vinicius Jr fired Real Madrid to victory over Benfica in the knockout phase play-off<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Meanwhile, it has been a period of rest from European competition for the teams that finished in the top eight as five Premier League teams – Arsenal<\/a>, Liverpool<\/a>, Tottenham, Chelsea<\/a> and Manchester City – did not have to navigate a two-legged tie having qualified straight through to the last 16.<\/p>\n So ahead of Friday’s draw, who will be paired with who?<\/p>\n Well, the eight seeded sides each have two possibilities based on the final rankings from the league phase and a Champions League knockout stage simulator has determined their potential opponents in the round of 16 and it’s safe to say the results are quite fascinating.<\/p>\n In this simulation, Premier League leaders Arsenal will take on Atalanta in the last 16.<\/p>\n Furthermore, Liverpool have been paired with Atletico Madrid, which means Tottenham face Galatasaray. Chelsea have been drawn against holders PSG in a repeat of the Club World Cup final last summer, while Newcastle take on Barcelona.<\/p>\n The simulator hasn’t been as kind to Man City as they’ve been paired with Real Madrid.<\/p>\n Though the simulator has thrown up some interesting fixtures such as an all-German showdown between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen as well as Bodo\/Glimt taking on Sporting CP.<\/p>\n A simulator has been used to determine the Champions League last 16 draw<\/p>\n DrawSimulator<\/p>\n Simulated Champions League last 16 draw in full:<\/p>\n Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool<\/p>\n Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich<\/p>\n This particular scenario also means that four Premier League representatives are on the silver path of the draw. Therefore, Tottenham could meet Chelsea in one quarter-final with Man City facing Arsenal in the other if the quartet get that far.<\/p>\n On the other side, a Newcastle vs Liverpool quarter-final tie is a possibility if this simulation becomes a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Champions League last 16 draw is fast approaching and the quarter-final and semi-final path will become clearer.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[46919,49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-447219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-champions-league-draw","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SEI286785129.jpeg\")
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