How the draw works
There's bound to be some confusion around the Champions League knockout phase play-off draw.
So we've tried our best to explain it for you...
The draw will include the teams that finish from ninth down to 24th in the league - which has now been decided.
Those 16 teams are going to be separated into two groups of eight, with teams ranked ninth to 16th being seeded and teams 17th to 24th unseeded.
Seeded sides will then be paired up with another seeded side, while it’s the same in the unseeded group of teams.
So, 24th and 23rd will form a pair, 22nd and 21st will form a pair and so on…
The pairs will be placed in a total of eight bowls which will correspond to their league phase rankings, so 23rd and 24th-ranked teams will be in the bowl marked 23/24.
The draw will begin with the unseeded teams, with a ball taken from their corresponding bowl and that time being placed on one side of the bracket.
In this new format, there is a blue bracket and a silver bracket, and pairs will already be given predetermined places (as shown by the image above).
The first teams drawn from the unseeded bowls will be on the silver side and the second takes a place on the blue side.
Once all pairs from 23rd and 24th to 17th and 18th and drawn and in their places in the play-off bracket, the draw continues with the seeded teams.
In the same fashion, the seeded teams will be drawn from their corresponding bowls and placed into their predetermined places, with the first drawn in silver and second in blue.
The draw will finish with the seeded teams who finished ninth or tenth being drawn and slotting in to face the 23rd or 24th-placed finishers respectively.
Seeded clubs will play the first leg of their play-off away and the second leg at home.