Europa League Draw LIVE: Manchester United Face St Etienne, Spurs Draw Gent

Dec 12, 2016 at 6:09 PM

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Europa League Draw LIVE: Manchester United Face St Etienne, Spurs Draw Gent

So the draw ends here and the English teams will be confident of progressing through. Manchester Unite face Saint-Etienne, with whom plays a certain Florentin Pogba. He’s someone’s brother. The French team are eighth in Ligue 1, while Tottenham are up against Gent, who are fifth in the Belgian league. That’s all for today. Thanks for reading.

Who Face Whom:

PAOK v Schalke

Hapoel Beer Sheva v Besiktas

AZ Alkmaar v Lyon

Borussia Monchengladbach v Fiorentina

Krasnodar v Fenerbahce

FC Rostov v Sparta Prague

Gent v Tottenham

Olympiakos v Osmanlispor

Celta Vigo v Shakhtar Donetsk

Ludogorets v FC Copenhagen

Anderlecht v Zenit St Petersburg

Manchester United v St Etienne

Astra Giurgiu v Genk

Villarreal v Roma

Legia Warsaw v Ajax

The draw is about to begin…

Former Sweden defender Patrik Andersson is helping out with the draw. He was in Uefa’s team of the year in 2001.

Manchester United and Tottenham are set to learn their Europa League fate as the draw for the round of 32 takes place today.

Jose Mourinho’s side face the prospect of tricky ties against Roma or Shakhtar Donetsk, while Tottenham could meet Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal or Olympiakos.

Here’s all you need to know about the draw…

The Trophy…

europa league trophy

What time is the draw?

The draw will take place on Monday December 12 at 12pm GMT/ 5:30 PM IST.

How the draw works

There are two pots for Monday’s draw – teams are seeded and unseeded.

The 12 group winners in the Europa League and four teams best-ranked sides who finished third in the Champions League group stage, among which are Tottenham, are seeded.

The 12 group runners-up in the Europa League, which includes Manchester United, and remaining sides who finished third in the Champions League group stage are unseeded.

Seeded teams

Ajax, APOEL, Besiktas, Fenerbahce, Fiorentina, Genk, Kobenhavn, Lyon, Osmanlispor, Roma, Schalke, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sparta Prague, St Etienne, Tottenham, Zenit

Unseeded teams

Anderlecht, Astra Giurgiu, Athletic Bilbao, AZ Alkmaar, Borussia Monchengladbach, Celta Vigo, Gent, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Krasnodar, Legia Warszawa, Ludogorets Razgrad, Manchester United, Olympiakos, PAOK, Rostov, Villarreal

Key rules for the draw

No team can play a club from their UEFA Europa League group or a side from the same association. Other restrictions will be confirmed before the draw.

Who could Manchester United play?

Ajax, APOEL, Besiktas, Fiorentina, Genk, Kobenhavn, Lyon, Osmanlispor, Roma, Schalke, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sparta Praha, St-Etienne, Zenit

Who could Tottenham play?

Anderlecht, Astra Giurgiu, Athletic Club, AZ Alkmaar, Borussia Monchengladbach, Celta Vigo, Gent, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Krasnodar, Legia Warszawa, Ludogorets Razgrad, Olympiakos, PAOK, Rostov, Villarreal

When will the fixtures be played?

The ties will be played on Thursday 16 and Thursday 23 February at either 6pm or 8.05pm.

Seeded teams will be at home in the second leg.

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