THERE’S JUST ONE more evening of football before we know the identity of all 32 teams that will take their places in the group stages of this year’s Uefa Champions League.
The draw takes place in Monaco on Thursday morning.
And regarding tomorrow night’s fixtures, there’s one big question that remains unanswered: what pot will Celtic be drawn in?
But Brendan Rodgers’ side are used to being the fourth seeds in a four-team group. However, they’ll be keeping a very close eye on what happens on Wednesday night at Anfield.
Because, should Liverpool be eliminated at the hands of Bundesliga side Hoffenheim (the tie is currently 2-1 in the Reds’ favour), it means the Scottish giants will be drawn from Pot 3 and, in theory, get a more favourable draw.
Should Jurgen Klopp’s side progress, Celtic will drop to Pot 4 and face a pretty daunting task of getting out of their group or even making it into the Europa League.
Pot 1
Real Madrid
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Benfica
Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk
Monaco
Spartak Moscow
Pot 2
Barcelona
Atletico Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain
Borussia Dortmund
Sevilla
Manchester City
FC Porto
Manchester United
Pot 3
Napoli
Tottenham
FC Basel
Olympiakos
Anderlecht
Roma
Besiktas
Liverpool or Celtic
Pot 4
Celtic or Hoffenheim
Feyenoord
NK Maribor
RB Leipzig
CSKA Moscow or Young Boys
FC FCSB (formerly Steaua Bucharest) or Sporting CP
FC Koebenhavn or Qarabag FK
Slavia Prague or APOEL Nicosia
Wednesday fixtures
CSKA Moscow v Young Boys (1-0)
FC FCSB v Sporting CP (0-0)
FC Koebenhavn v Qarabag FK (0-1)
Liverpool v Hoffenheim (2-1)
Slavia Prague v APOEL Nicosia (2-0)
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