Chelsea vs barcelona match date and time

Should Sporting triumph, then they could be reunited with their former prolific striker, Viktor Gyokeres, in the quarters. His Arsenal side face Bayer Leverkusen in the same section of the draw.

The immediate conclusion is that this is an extremely encouraging draw for Arsenal. If you were ranking the teams left in the tournament as Anantaajith Raghuraman did prior to this mornings draw only two of the eight strongest (Arsenal and Barcelona) have ended up on that side of the bracket.

Having drawn 2-2 at Qaraba on Matchday 4, Chelsea have won 14 of their last 17 European matches (D1 L2) and 12 of the last 14 in the group stageleague phase - the other exception a 3-1 Matchday 1 loss at Bayern Mnchen.

Anyone fancy predicting how this upcoming round-of-16 tie will go? Both are second in their respective leagues and chasing domestic titles, though Madrid have a new manager and some key players out injured.

The two sides have a near-identical record in Europe, with Barcelona sitting one spot above Chelsea in 11th place due to their superior goal difference. As things stand however, both sit out outside the top eight, thereby meaning they wont have a direct route into the quarterfinals.

Barcelona come into this clash on the high of returning to Spotify Camp Nou after more than a two-year absence at the weekend. They marked the occassion with a comfortable win over Athletic Bilbao to remain within a point of leaders Real Madrid.

Barcelona will face Newcastle for the second time in this seasons Champions League, after winning 2-1 at St James Park back in September. That game was enough for Hansi Flick to realise the threat posed by the Premier League side here is what he had to say in todays press conference.

Chelsea have lost only two of their last 61 European group stageleague phase matches at Stamford Bridge and are unbeaten in 16 (W12 D4), since a 0-1 Champions League defeat against Valencia in September 2019.