The Europa League group levels are over – and we have got an thought of who will play who within the knockouts. What does the trail appear like for Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers?
Rangers averted a late scare in opposition to Union SG and booked their place within the spherical of 16 in opposition to the chances by ending eighth. They may will face certainly one of Anderlecht, Bodø/Glimt, Fenerbahçe, or Twente.
Manchester United completed third within the Europa League group section after Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo’s introductions impressed a 2-0 win at Steaua Bucharest.
United will advance on to the final 16 and can face certainly one of Actual Sociedad, Galatasaray, AZ Alkmaar or Midtjylland on March 6 and 13.
Tottenham will play certainly one of Midtjylland, AZ Alkmaar, Actual Sociedad or Olympiakos within the final 16 after they beat Elfsborg 3-0.
Because of the construction of the draw, Spurs and Manchester United can not meet till the ultimate.
When is the Europa League draw?
The draw for the Europa League play-offs will probably be held on Friday January 31 at roughly 12am UK and Irish time.
You may observe it on Sky Sports activities digital and the Sky Sports activities App from 10.30am.
Draw format
Groups ending between ninth and sixteenth within the league will probably be seeded for the play-off spherical.
They may face an unseeded crew that completed between seventeenth and twenty fourth within the desk – with the seeded crew additionally having the advantage of taking part in the second leg at residence.
Sides can even be paired collectively within the draw, that means that the 2 sides who completed ninth and tenth will probably be drawn in opposition to both the twenty third or twenty fourth positioned sides.
Groups who completed eleventh and twelfth will probably be drawn in opposition to both the twenty first or Twenty second-placed sides, and so forth.
The eight winners from the play-offs will meet the groups who completed within the high eight from the preliminary league section within the final 16, the place the acquainted theme of knockout rounds will run all the way in which to the ultimate.
When are the knockout levels?
- The Europa League play-offs will happen over two legs on the weekdays of February 13, in addition to February 20.
- Final-16 video games will probably be performed on March 6, with the second legs occurring on March 13.
- The quarter-finals are on April 10, with the return legs on April 17.
- The semi-finals will happen on Could 1, with second legs on Could 8.
- The 2024/25 Europa League last will probably be performed on the Estadio de San Mames in Bilbao, Spain, on Could 21 2025.
Who will British groups play within the subsequent spherical – and who may they face within the final 16?
Manchester United (Ranked No 3)
Spherical of 16: vs Midtjylland, AZ Alkmaar, Actual Sociedad or Olympiakos.
Tottenham (Ranked No 4)
Spherical of 16: vs Midtjylland, AZ Alkmaar, Actual Sociedad or Olympiakos.
Rangers (Ranked No 8)
Spherical of 16: vs Anderlecht, Bodø/Glimt, Fenerbahce or Twente.
Who’re all of the groups by way of to the following spherical?
Confirmed in spherical of 16
Lazio, Bilbao, Man Utd, Tottenham, Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiakos, Rangers.
Confirmed in knockout section play-offs
Bodø/Glimt, Anderlecht, Steaua, Ajax, Actual Sociedad, Galatasaray, Roma, Plzen, Ferencváros, Porto, Midtjylland, AZ Alkmaar, Union Saint-Gilloise, PAOK, Twente, Fenerbache.
Eradicated
Braga, IF Elfsborg, Hoffenheim, Besiktas, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Good, Qarabag, Ludogorets, Malmo, Slavia Prague, RFS.
