Champions League: who’s by means of, who’s out and who wants what in closing fixtures?

IN THE AUTOMATIC SPOTS

1 Liverpool: Pts 21 GD+13

Assured a spot within the final 16 and a top-two end. Closing fixture: PSV (a)

2 Barcelona: Pts 18 GD+15

Assured a spot within the final 16. Closing fixture: Atalanta (h)

3 Arsenal: Pts 16 GD+12

Want a degree to ensure a last-16 spot however aim distinction means solely an unlikely set of outcomes would push them out of the highest eight in the event that they misplaced. Each membership from Arsenal right down to Celtic in 18th inclusive are assured a playoff place in the event that they fail to complete within the high eight. Closing fixture: Girona (a)

4 Inter: Pts 16 GD+7

Require a draw to make sure of going by means of routinely. Closing fixture: Monaco (h)

5 Atlético Madrid: Pts 15 GD+5

A win would make a top-eight end sure. They face one of many 9 golf equipment who’ve been eradicated. Closing fixture: RB Salzburg (a)

6 Milan: Pts 15 GD+4

Want a victory to make sure of going by means of routinely. Closing fixture: Dinamo Zagreb (a)

7 Atalanta: Pts 14 GD+14

Additionally require a win to ensure a spot within the final 16. Closing fixture: Barcelona (a)

8 Bayer Leverkusen: Pts 13 GD+6

May very well be bumped out of the highest eight even when they win as a result of 5 different groups are on 13 factors, which means it might boil right down to aim distinction. And if aim distinction can’t separate groups then it comes right down to, on this order: larger variety of objectives scored, larger variety of away objectives scored, larger variety of wins, larger variety of away wins within the league section. Leverkusen’s subsequent opponents have been eradicated. Closing fixture: Sparta Prague (h)

IN THE PLAYOFF SPOTS

9 Aston Villa: Pts 13 GD+5

Defeat at Monaco means even victory could not push them into the highest eight. They face a group whose one Champions League defeat got here – closely – at Dortmund. Closing fixture: Celtic (h)

10 Monaco: Pts 13 GD+3

Will certainly must win at higher-placed opponents to face an opportunity of going by means of routinely. Closing fixture: Inter (a)

11 Feyenoord: Pts 13 GD+2

Face the group instantly under them, whose solely defeat since 17 September was at Liverpool on Tuesday. Closing fixture: Lille (a)

12 Lille: Pts 13 GD+2

An equivalent report to Feyenoord’s, although the Dutch group have scored six extra objectives. Closing fixture: Feyenoord (h)

13 Brest: Pts 13 GD+2

Can the French membership pull off one other shock and beat the champions? Even then, wouldn’t it push them into the highest eight? Closing fixture: Actual Madrid (h)

14 Borussia Dortmund: Pts 12 GD+8

Final season’s overwhelmed finalists, who sacked Nuri Sahin on Wednesday, will want numerous outcomes to go their approach to sneak into the final eight routinely. Closing fixture: Shakhtar Donetsk (h)

15 Bayern Munich: Pts 12 GD+6

Face a group who’ve misplaced seven from seven however Vincent Kompany’s aspect are more likely to find yourself with a playoff after three defeats. Closing fixture: Slovan Bratislava (h)

16 Actual Madrid: Pts 12 GD+5

Document winners are additionally staring on the playoffs. They occupy the final of the eight seeded playoff spots – the groups who end ninth to sixteenth will face groups positioned seventeenth to twenty fourth. Closing fixture: Brest (a)

17 Juventus: Pts 12 GD+4

Considered one of 9 former champions within the playoff spots. They face one other. The total listing: Villa, Feyenoord, Dortmund, Bayern, Madrid, Juventus, Celtic, PSV and Benfica. Closing fixture: Benfica (h)

18 Celtic: Pts 12 GD+1

Most up-to-date look within the final 16 got here in 2012-13. May theoretically break into the highest eight however, extra realistically, can they safe a seeded playoff berth? Closing fixture: Aston Villa (a)

19 PSV: Pts 11 GD+3

A draw would assure a playoff spot however solely a wierd set of outcomes would push them out of the highest 24 even when they lose to the group with the one 100% report. Closing fixture: Liverpool (h)

20 Membership Brugge: Pts 11 GD-2

A degree would finish any doubt over a playoff place and eradicate their opponents, the 2023 champions. At residence they’ve drawn with Juventus and overwhelmed Villa. Closing fixture: Manchester Metropolis (a)

21 Benfica: Pts 10 GD+2

One other group who know a degree would assure a playoff. Closing fixture: Juventus (a)

22 Paris Saint-Germain: Pts 10 GD+2

Comeback towards Manchester Metropolis means a draw will realistically be sufficient for a playoff. Solely outcomes together with an 11-goal win for Dinamo Zagreb over Milan might eradicate PSG in the event that they get a degree. Closing fixture: Stuttgart (a)

23 Sporting: Pts 10 GD+1

Draw at residence to eradicated opponents would make certain of a playoff. Closing fixture: Bologna (h)

24 Stuttgart: Pts 10 GD-1

Realistically, if not mathematically, might be within the playoffs in the event that they draw. Solely a crazily massive Zagreb win at residence to Milan might threaten that. All of which suggests a Stuttgart draw at residence to PSG would go well with each golf equipment. Closing fixture: PSG (h)

OUTSIDE THE PLAYOFF SPOTS

25 Manchester Metropolis: Pts 8 GD+2

In an unimaginable place. A win would safe a playoff however some other end result will ship them out. Closing fixture: Brugge (h)

26 Dinamo Zagreb: Pts 8 GD-8

Should win to face an opportunity of a playoff. Closing fixture: Milan (h)

27 Shakhtar Donetsk: Pts 7 GD-6

Additionally should win to maintain alive playoff hopes. Closing fixture: Dortmund (a)

28-36 NINE ELIMINATED CLUBS

Bologna, Sparta Prague, RB Leipzig, Girona, Pink Star Belgrade, Sturm Graz, RB Salzburg, Slovan Bratislava, Younger Boys.

HOW THE PLAYOFFS WILL WORK

The groups positioned ninth to sixteenth might be seeded and can face a group positioned seventeenth to twenty fourth, with the seeded golf equipment at residence for the second leg.

When the draw is made on Friday 31 January golf equipment may have two attainable opponents: ninth and tenth will play both twenty third or twenty fourth; eleventh and twelfth will play twenty first or twenty second, thirteenth and 14th will play nineteenth or twentieth; fifteenth and sixteenth will play seventeenth or 18th.

From there paths will be plotted. Liverpool, by ending first or second, know, for instance, that they may face one of many groups who completed fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth or 18th.

Uefa’s web site, utilizing the prevailing placings, reveals the way it will work.