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Who could City, Celtic face in CL?
- Updated: August 4, 2016
The draw for the Champions League play-off round takes place on Friday, with Manchester City and Celtic among the teams looking to progress to the group stages.
Roma are among City’s potential opponents for the two-legged tie, while Celtic could come up against League of Ireland side Dundalk.
Here’s all you need to know about the draw, including who is seeded and who every team could face…
When and where is the draw?
The draw takes place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday, with proceedings set to get underway at 11am BST.
How does it work?
There are 20 teams involved in the draw, with 10 of them seeded.
However, the 20 teams are split into two sections – the ‘champions route’ (teams who got this far after winning their respective leagues) and the ‘league route’ (teams who have got this far after qualifying through their league position).
The seeds have then been determined by the five clubs with the highest coefficients, and they will each be drawn against a respective unseeded side.
So, Celtic are one of the five ‘champions route’ seeds and will face either Dinamo Zagreb, Ludogorets Razgrad, FC Copenhagen, Hapoel Beer-Sheva or Dundalk.
City are a ‘league route’ seed along with Porto, Villarreal, Ajax and …
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