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Champions League League-Phase Finale: Six English Clubs Chase Top-Eight Byes Tonight

The new single-table format makes tonight’s simultaneous kickoffs decisive for byes, play-offs and eliminations.

Overview

  • All 36 teams play at 20:00 GMT in a final round that will confirm direct round-of-16 qualifiers, play-off entrants and those eliminated, with play-offs scheduled for February 17/18 and 24/25.
  • Arsenal and Bayern Munich have already secured top-eight places, leaving six remaining byes to be settled on matchday eight.
  • Liverpool can guarantee a top-eight finish by beating Qarabag, and Tottenham will do likewise with victory at eliminated Eintracht Frankfurt under interim coach Dennis Schmitt.
  • Chelsea start the day eighth before visiting Napoli and may need a win, and potentially a goal-difference swing, to avoid dropping into the February play-offs.
  • Manchester City sit 11th and must leapfrog rivals when hosting Galatasaray, while PSG versus Newcastle is a direct showdown likely to put the winner into the top eight.