The group winners advance directly to the last - 16, while the runners - up face an away play - off round
tie against those progressing through the domestic champions path.
Not exact matches
Arsenal took on Besiktas in the 2nd leg of their Champions League playoff
tie against Besiktas last night, needing an outright win to
progress through to the group stages of the competition for the 17th year running.
Champions League qualification For the second successive season, Arsenal were drawn
against a Turkish outfit, in the Champions League playoff
tie, with the winner
progressing to the group stages of Europe's elite club competition.
In fairness they have a home
tie against Cambridge to
progress to the 5th round and we have an away
tie to Brighton to do the same.
This is possible but it may be worth noting that after the 1 - 1 draw
against Barcelona at Stamford Bridge in the first leg of their current Champions league
tie, they now have to go to the Camp Nou and get a minimum of another 1 - 1 draw to have a chance to
progress.
Arsenal have certainly been impressive in the first leg of each of their knockout
ties, beating Ostersunds and Milan without conceding a goal to take the pressure off heading into the second game and they will hope for similar fortunes
against Atletico if they are going to
progress to the Final
A two - legged
tie against the French Principality side promises to be an intriguing spectacle, but while Arsenal will be considered strong favourites to
progress, they would be unwise to under - estimate their Ligue 1 opponents, despite them not being in the best of form leading up to the first leg at the Emirates.
The Gunners
progressed to the semi-finals of the Europa League after coming back to draw
against CSKA Moscow and win the
tie 6 - 3 on aggregate.
The second leg of their last - 32
tie against Swedish minnows Ostersunds produced a shock 2 - 1 defeat before a 3 - 1 second - leg win sealed their
progress against Milan.
Guardiola's team look assured of
progress to the quarter - finals at the Etihad, with the luxury of a 4 - 0 win
against their Swiss opponents in the first leg of their last - 16
tie.
The New Saints saw their hopes of Champions League
progress dented after a 2 - 0 away defeat
against Croatian side Rijeka in the first leg of their second qualifying round
tie.
A goal
against Newport County ensured Spurs
progress in the FA Cup fourth - round replay
tie, the impressive performance led to another surprise start in the Champions League
against Juventus in the first leg of the Round of 16 in Turin.
Hosts and five time World Champions Brazil were on the brink of elimination in the Round of 16
tie against Chile but Julio Cesar turned her in penalty shootout to help his side
progress.
Southampton will face Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem in the third qualifying round of the Europa League, while West Ham were handed a potential
tie against Scottish Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle should they both
progress.
After heroics back at home
against Olympiakos in the last round, their reward for
progressing to the last eight was a
tie against reigning european champions Bayern Munich.
• Arsenal have won the first leg at home in 17 UEFA competition
ties and have made further
progress on 15 of those occasions, including in all four knockout rounds en route to the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup final (
against Nantes, Deportivo La Coruña, Bremen and Lens).
Jessica - who
tied the knot with Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo last year - admitted she was
against getting the institution until her relationship with the fashion executive, who she met in 2012,
progressed.