Champions League draw: Barcelona likely to face English club after seedings completed
Updated 27/08/2015 at 08:01 GMT
The Champions League seedings for the group stage draw have been revealed following Wednesday night’s qualifying ties.
The top eight teams were known already, with the champions of the top eight leagues - Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, PSG, Benfica, Zenit and PSV Eindhoven - in Pot 1.
The remaining seeds are based on UEFA’s coefficient ranking with each group to contain one team from each pot.
The draw takes place on Thursday at 4.45pm (BST) - and you can follow it live on Eurosport.co.uk.
Arsenal, Manchester City and Manchester United all take their place in Pot 2, alongside Spanish clubs Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Valencia. Leverkusen and FC Porto complete the pot.
With teams from the same country unable to be drawn against each other, one of the English clubs is likely to face daunting ties against Barcelona - who can only be drawn against Arsenal, City, United, Leverkusen or Porto from Pot 2.
THE POTS IN FULL
Pot 1: Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Paris, Zenit, PSV Eindhoven
Pot 2: Real Madrid, Atletico, Porto, Arsenal, Man. United, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Man. City
Pot 3: Shakhtar Donetsk, Sevilla, Lyon, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympiacos, CSKA Moscow, Galatasaray, Roma
Pot 4: BATE Borisov, Borussia Monchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Gent, Malmo, Astana
WHAT ABOUT A POTENTIAL GROUP OF DEATH?
How about a group containing Barcelona, Manchester United, Roma and Wolfsburg?
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