The Europa League group phases are over – and we have an concept of who will play who within the knockouts. What does the trail seem like for Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Rangers?
Rangers prevented 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 are going to will face one in every of Anderlecht, Bodø/Glimt, Fenerbahçe, or Twente.
Manchester United completed third within the Europa League group part 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 one in every of Actual Sociedad, Galatasaray, AZ Alkmaar or Midtjylland on March 6 and 13.
Tottenham will play one in every of Midtjylland, AZ Alkmaar, Actual Sociedad or Olympiakos within the final 16 after they beat Elfsborg 3-0.
As a result of 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 can be held on Friday January 31 at roughly 12am UK and Irish time.
You may comply with 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 can be seeded for the play-off spherical.
They are going to face an unseeded group that completed between seventeenth and twenty fourth within the desk – with the seeded group additionally having the advantage of taking part in the second leg at dwelling.
Sides may even be paired collectively within the draw, which means that the 2 sides who completed ninth and tenth can be drawn in opposition to both the twenty third or twenty fourth positioned sides.
Groups who completed eleventh and twelfth can 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 prime eight from the preliminary league part 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 phases?
- 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 can 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 ultimate can 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 might 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 via to the subsequent spherical?
Confirmed in spherical of 16
Lazio, Bilbao, Man Utd, Tottenham, Frankfurt, Lyon, Olympiakos, Rangers.
Confirmed in knockout part 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.
