The draw for the play-off round of the Champions League will take place on Friday, August 9 from 10.45am (UK time).
Following the second legs of the third qualifying round ties which took place on August 6 and 7, we now know the following:
- Arsenal will be seeded, meaning we cannot face any other seeded team
- Confirmed seeded teams: Arsenal, AC Milan, Schalke, Zenit St Petersburg and Lyon
- Arsenal will face one of the five teams in the unseeded pot
- Confirmed unseeded teams: Real Sociedad, Pacas de Ferreira, Fenerbahce, Metalist Kharkiv and PSV Eindhoven
Champions League play-off pots
| Seeded pot | Unseeded pot |
| Arsenal | Real Sociedad |
| AC Milan | Pacos de Ferreira |
| Schalke | Fenerbahce (subject to CAS ruling) |
| Zenit St Petersburg | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Lyon | PSV Eindhoven |
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