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Manchester City and Arsenal will not have to wait long until they find out who they will be playing in the Champions League last-16. 

Pep Guardiola’s side made it six wins in as many games following their win over Red Star Belgrade. The Premier League giants finished top of their group – six points ahead of RB Leipzig.

Arsenal are also in the draw for the next round of the competition after finishing top of Group B. The Gunners drew with Dutch side PSV in their final group stage match.

Mail Sport breaks down everything you need to know ahead of the Champions League last-16 draw. 

Manchester City won't have to wait long until they find out who they will play in the Champions League last-16

Manchester City won't have to wait long until they find out who they will play in the Champions League last-16

Manchester City won’t have to wait long until they find out who they will play in the Champions League last-16

Arsenal also booked their place in the last-16 after finishing top of Group B

Arsenal also booked their place in the last-16 after finishing top of Group B

Arsenal also booked their place in the last-16 after finishing top of Group B

When is the draw?

The draw for the round of 16 set to take place on Monday, December 18. 

It is scheduled to get underway at 11am GMT (12pm local time). 

The draw for the last-16 stage will take place in Nyon, Switzerland.

How can you watch it?

Fans will be able to watch the Champions League last-16 draw for free on UEFA’s official website.

Mail Sport will also be providing live updates of the last-16 draw so you can keep up to date with all the updates here.

The draw for the round of 16 set to take place on Monday, December 18

The draw for the round of 16 set to take place on Monday, December 18

The draw for the round of 16 set to take place on Monday, December 18

Who has qualified?

As alluded to, Premier League sides Arsenal and Manchester City will both be competing in the last-16. 

Real Madrid, along with City, were the only teams to win all six of their group stage matches. Fellow Spanish side Barcelona will also be playing in the next round of the competition.

Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern Munich finished top of Group A and will be hoping for a comfortable knockout tie. 

The draw will work with the winners of each group being put into a seeded pot. The runners-up in each group will go into a second unseeded pot.

They will be drawn against each other with seeded sides playing the first leg of each tie away, before returning home for the second match of the tie.

Premier League sides Arsenal and Man City cannot play each other as they are from the same national association.

Teams cannot face any team they played in the group stage. Therefore, Arsenal cannot play PSV and City cannot face RB Leipzig. 

The full list of teams who have qualified for the last-16 is as follows:

Arsenal (ENG)*

Atlético de Madrid (ESP)*

Barcelona (ESP) *

Bayern (GER)*

Copenhagen (DEN)**

Dortmund (GER)*

Inter (ITA)**

Lazio (ITA)**

Leipzig (GER)**

Manchester City (ENG)*

Napoli (ITA)**

Paris (FRA)**

Porto (POR)**

PSV Eindhoven (NED)**

Real Madrid (ESP)*

Real Sociedad (ESP)*

*Confirmed as group winners

**Confirmed as group runners-up

Manchester City are the current holders of the competition after they defeated Inter Milan back in June

Manchester City are the current holders of the competition after they defeated Inter Milan back in June

Manchester City are the current holders of the competition after they defeated Inter Milan back in June

When will the matches be played?

The last-16 will be played over the course of four weeks. 

First legs: 13/14/20/21 February 2024

Second legs: 5/6/12/13 March 2024

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