The Champions League correct is almost again on our screens. With the ultimate spherical of qualifiers set to conclude this night, all eyes shall be on Monaco’s Grimaldi Discussion board tomorrow for the league stage draw.
The draw for the league stage will happen tomorrow, Thursday, August 28, in Monaco at 5PM UK time (6PM CEST).
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For viewers within the UK, the draw shall be broadcast on TNT Sports activities and in Italy, it will likely be proven on Sky. World wide, in addition to within the UK and Italy, the draw may even be proven dwell at no cost on .
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What are the pots and who might Serie A sides be drawn in opposition to?
Inter are the one Italian facet in pot one, due to their spectacular performances during the last 4 seasons, together with .
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Atalanta and Juventus will discover themselves in Pot 2 for the draw while Napoli, regardless of profitable the Scudetto final season, will begin from Pot 3, as a consequence of their absence from European competitions final season.
CASTEL DI SANGRO, ITALY – AUGUST 14: Kevin De Bruyne of Napoli in motion through the pre-season pleasant match between Napoli and Olympiacos at Stadio Teofilo Patini on August 14, 2025 in Castel di Sangro, Italy. (Picture by Giuseppe Bellini/Getty Pictures)
Every crew will face two sides from every pot, one at dwelling and one away and groups can’t be drawn in opposition to different golf equipment from the identical nation, nor can they be drawn in opposition to greater than two sides from the identical nation.
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Pot one is, clearly, harmful, irrespective of who you get drawn in opposition to. Alongside Inter, the primary pot consists of PSG, Actual Madrid, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Barcelona, Manchester Metropolis, Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund.
Nevertheless, pot two can’t be underestimated both. Arsenal, Atlético Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen posing a severe risk for whoever will get drawn in opposition to them.
Champions League 25-26 draw: Full Pots
Pot 1: PSG, Inter, Bayern, Liverpool, Barcelona, Man Metropolis, Chelsea, Dortmund
Pot 2: Arsenal, Leverkusen, Atletico, Atalanta, Villarreal, Juventus, Eintracht Frankfurt
Pot 2 or 3 (topic to qualifiers): Tottenham
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Pot 3: PSV, Ajax, Napoli, Sporting, Olympiacos, Slavia Prague, Bodo/Glimt, Marseille
Pot 4: Monaco, Galatasaray, Union Saint-Gilloise, Athletic Bilbao, Newcastle, Pafos, Almaty
MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 11: The UEFA Champions League trophy is displayed on a plinth along with the pitch previous to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Spherical of 16 Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and Feyenoord at on March 11, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
There are additionally 4 qualifying matches left to complete for the ultimate spots within the league part. Qarabag will look to e book their place within the competitors correct after they took a 1-0 win away from Hungarian facet Ferencvaros within the first leg. Basel and Copenhagen and Fenerbahce and Benfica each drew their first leg matches and so all is to play for this night. Lastly, Scottish facet Rangers suffered a 3-1 dwelling thrashing by Belgian outfit Membership Brugge, leaving the SPFL facet with all of it to do in Belgium tonight.