The Champions League has been whittled down to the final 16 teams for the knockout phase, as the likes of Arsenal, Aston Villa and Liverpoolawait their fate in Friday's draw from Nyon, Switzerland.
Manchester City were the only English side to fail to make it to the last-16 knockout stages after the 2022-23 winners were knocked out by holders Real Madrid, who triumphed 6-3 on aggregate.
The remaining Premier League trio can all look forward with excitement to finding out their potential opponents through the revamped Champions League draw for the knockout phase.
But who will they face in the draw? Express Sport explain how the new draw format will play out using an automated system to simulate the draw.
How the draw works
Unlike previous editions, the knockout bracket has been pre-determined based on a club's final position in the 36-team table. For instance, Liverpool and Barcelona, who finished first and second, could only be pitted against the teams that finished 15th to 18th: PSG, Benfica, Monaco or Brest. Now that Brest and Monaco have been eliminated, they can only face Benfica or PSG.
Under this new format, the draw places teams into a position in the bracket to create a fixture, rather than the usual method of drawing one team against another.
The round-of-16 draw sees the top eight teams go into one of two possible positions, which automatically creates not only the fixture but also the full bracket through to the final. The top eight are in pairs: 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 5th and 6th, 7th and 8th. The pairs will be drawn into opposite places, and can't play each other until the final.
The draw starts with 7th and 8th, Lille and Aston Villa, and works through the other three pairs in order: Atletico and Leverkusen, Arsenal and Inter, then Liverpool and Barcelona. The first team drawn out of Liverpool and Barcelona will be placed into the top half of the bracket, and thus play PSG. That automatically means the other club goes into the bottom half against Benfica.
As there is no specific draw for the quarter-finals or semis, the last-16 draw will determine which teams can face each other on the road to Munich in June.