The draw kicks off at 5pm (Picture: Getty) Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Aston Villa have learned their opponents for this season’s UEFA Champions League. The Gunners, last season’s runners up, will host Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid in one of their eight fixtures. Trips to Bayern Munich and Napoli also await Mikel Arteta’s side, with Borussia Dortmund among their other home opponents. United, back in Europe’s top competition after a two-year absence, will host Bayern Munich and travel to Atletico Madrid in the pick of their league phase ties. Michael Carrick’s side also face testing fixtures at home to AS Roma and RB Leipzig with trips to Sporting CP and Villarreal awaiting. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. Liverpool will host Atletico, Porto and Villarreal with Inter Milan away their toughest fixture on paper. Manchester City meanwhile will host champions PSG and will also head to the Camp Nou to face Barcelona. Aston Villa will also face last season’s champions and Barcelona away. Uefa will confirm the order of fixtures, dates and kick-off times on Saturday. 36 teams will compete in the initial league phase of the competition with the top eight sides automatically qualifying for the knockout stages of the competitions. Teams finishing between ninth and 16th will enter play-off games. This season’s final will take place at the Estadio Metropolitano, the home of Atletico Madrid, in May. Who are the English teams facing in the Champions League this season? Arsenal: Real Madrid (home), Bayern Munich (away), Borussia Dortmund (home), Real Betis (away), Lille (home), Napoli (away), Sabah (home), Slavia Prague (away) Aston Villa: PSG (home), Barcelona (away), Borussia Dortmund (home), Club Brugge (away), Fenerbahce (home), Galatasaray (away), Viking (home), Slavia Prague (away) Liverpool: Atletico Madrid (home), Inter Milan (away), Porto (home), Club Brugge (away), Villarreal (home), Fenerbahce (away), Lens (home), LASK (away) Manchester City: PSG (home), Barcelona (away), Sporting Club (home), Porto (away), Napoli (home), Leipzig (away), AEK Athens (home), Lens (away) Manchester United: Bayern Munich (home), Atletico Madrid (away), Roma (home), Sporting Club (away), Leipzig (home), Villarreal (away), Sabah (home), Como (away) Follow all the developments from today’s draw as we confirm Champions League fixtures and dates for the new season. Comment now Comments Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source
