CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAYOFF DRAW: MAN CITY TO FACE REAL MADRID, CELTIC MEET BAYERN [FULL FIXTURES]

January 31, 2025

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Reigning champions Real Madrid will face 2023 winners Manchester City in the play-off round of this season’s Champions League, following Friday’s draw.

It is the fourth year running in which the sides have been drawn against each other in a knockout tie, with Real emerging victorious in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals last season.

Celtic will face six-time European champions Bayern Munich in the play-off round of this season’s Champions League, following Friday’s draw for the start of the knockout phase.

The Scottish champions are into the knockout stage for the first time in 12 years and last faced Bayern in the group phase in 2017/18, losing home and away.

Champions League play-off draw: Full Fixtures
Paris Saint-Germain vs Stade Brestois

Benfica vs AS Monaco

Juventus vs PSV

Feyenoord vs AC Milan

Real Madrid vs Manchester City

Bayern Munich vs Celtic

Club Brugge vs Atalanta

Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund

When is the knockout playoff round fixtures
Following Friday’s Champions League draw, the fixture schedule are as follow:

First legs: February 11-12, 2025

Second legs: February 18-19, 2025 Each team will play one match on a Tuesday and the other on a Wednesday.