Arsenal and Chelsea both booked their place in the last 16 of the Europa League last night with home victories
The Gunners beat BATE Borisov 3-0 to record a 3-1 aggregate win. A Zakhar Volkov own-goal put Arsenal in front after just four minutes and subsequent goals from defenders Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulos secured a routine victory a the Emirates
Chelsea eventually saw off Malmo with a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge, but were made to sweat with the game goalless at the break
The Blues led 2-1 from the first-leg, and made things more comfortable through second-half strikes from Olivier Giroud, Ross Barkley and Callum Hudson-Odoi
Celtic's campaign ended after a 1-0 defeat to Valencia made it 3-0 on aggregate to the Spanish side
Arsenal reached the semi-finals last year before losing to eventual winners Atletico Madrid
They know winning the tournament could be their best chance of getting a place in next season's Champions League
Chelsea could also be eyeing up that route, with a resurgant Manchester United now above them in the Premier League
Here's all you need to know about today's draw.When is the Europa League draw? The draw is made at 12pm UK time
That's 1pm in Nyon, Switzerland, where the draw is being made. Can Arsenal and Chelsea play each other? Yes they can
From this stage onwards their is no 'club protection' in the Europa League. That means a London derby could be on the cards at this stage, or in the quarter-finals, semi-finals or final should both clubs progress
The only Uefa stipulation is clubs from Ukraine and Russia can't be drawn to play each other
What teams are in the Europa League draw? Arsenal (England)Benfica (Portugal)Chelsea (England)Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)Inter Milan (Italy)Krasnodar (Rusia)Napoli (Italy)Rennes (France)Salzburg (Austria)Sevilla (Spain)Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)Valencia (Spain)Villarreal (Spain)Zenit (Russia) When will Europa League last 16 games be played? The first-leg matches take place on Thursday March 7
The reverse games take place a week later on Thursday March 14. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals takes place the following day
7 March: Round of 16, first leg14 March: Round of 16, second leg
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