Champions League draw: The first team will meet two Premier League teams

In the league stage of the Champions League next season, six non-English teams in the first tier will meet two Premier League teams.

England will have 6 teams playing in the Champions League next season: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea will advance through the league rankings, Newcastle will advance through the additional Champions League places, and Tottenham will advance through the UEFA Cup championship.

According to the rules of the competition, teams in the same association will not be drawn together, and each team may draw up to two other teams in the same association. If there are no more than 3 teams in the same level of China and England, this regulation will still be maintained.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City have been confirmed to enter the first gear and Arsenal has entered the second gear. Tottenham may enter third gear, while Newcastle enters fourth gear. With the two major conditions met, the first six non-English teams (Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Dortmund, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid) must face two Premier League teams. This will not directly affect Premier League teams, but it may affect the difficulty of the first non-English team schedule, some of which will have to face Arsenal, Tottenham or Newcastle in 2-4.

For example, Barcelona may draw Newcastle in the fourth gear, rather than Red Star Belgrade, Ferencvaros or Galatasaray. Likewise, Real Madrid may face third-place Tottenham, rather than Olympiacos, Slavia Prague or Bode shine. If Barcelona draws first-tier Bayern and Inter Milan, they may face two teams from Arsenal, Tottenham and Newcastle to meet the caps of the two England teams.

Premier League clubs have performed well in the European competition this season, so they have won an additional UEFA Champions League place. Among the first seed teams last season, Real Madrid drew an English team (Liverpool), Bayern drew Villa, Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain draw Manchester City and Arsenal respectively, Red Bull Leipzig met Villa and Liverpool, and Barcelona and Dortmund did not drew Premier League teams. In eight matches against Premier League teams, non-English teams have a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses.

draws lottery under the principle of avoidance of associations:

•The 3 Premier League teams in the first tier must play 6 games with the teams in the same tier, but they cannot meet each other.

•The first 6 non-Premier League teams will play 6 games with Premier League teams.

•Arsenal will draw two teams in the first tier, but will avoid teams from the Premier League. This has turned the number of matches between non-Premier League teams and Premier League teams into 8 games.

•Tottenham will draw two teams in the first tier and will also avoid the teams in this league. The number of matches between non-Premier League teams has become 10 games.

•Tottenham will draw two teams in the first tier and avoid the teams in this league. The number of matches between non-Premier League teams has become 12 games.

•This will ensure that the first 6 non-Premier League teams will play 12 games with Premier League teams, each team will encounter 2 Premier League teams.

Although UEFA has not fully determined the draw conditions for the 25-26 season, the above points are the only way for them to follow the rules of the tournament.

If Arsenal also enters the first gear, then the first gear will have 4 Premier League teams. In this case, UEFA will have to modify the draw conditions to allow Premier League teams to meet in the league stage.