UEFA has placed PSG and Barcelona in pot two in the Champions League draw that will be conducted in Monaco on Thursday .
The two clubs are amongst the second seeds.
Reigning champions Real Madrid head the pot of top seeds which has the champions from the eight highest- ranked countries in the UEFA rankings.
Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Monaco, Benfica, Juventus, Spartak Moscow and Shakhtar Donetsk make up the rest of pot one.
Pot two has both Manchester clubs, Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and Porto in alongside PSG and Barca.
While Tottenham, Napoli and Roma are in pot three, with Liverpool potentially joining them if they get past Hoffenheim on Wednesday evening.
The final five qualifiers for the 32- team Champions League group stages will be known later on Wednesday.
Each outfit will be drawn into one of eight four – team groups where clubs from the same country are kept apart.
The draw will take place at 6 pm (1600 GMT) in Monaco.
Pot 1: Real Madrid (ESP/ champions), Bayern Munich (GER), Juventus (ITA ), Benfica (POR), Chelsea (ENG ), Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR), Monaco (FRA), Spartak Moscow (RUS)
Pot 2: Barcelona (ESP), Atletico Madrid (ESP ), Paris Saint- Germain (FRA), Borussia Dortmund (GER ), Sevilla (ESP), Manchester City (ENG ), Porto (POR ), Manchester United (ENG )
Pot 3: Anderlecht (BEL ), Basel (SUI ), Besiktas (TUR), Napoli (ITA ), Olympiakos (GRE ), Roma (ITA ), Tottenham (ENG ), plus one more
Pot 4 : Glasgow (SCO / possibly in pot 3 ), Maribor (SLO), Feyenoord (NED ), RB Leipzig (GER), plus four more teams Group stage fixtures: Matchday 1 : September 12 – 13 Matchday 2 : September 26 – 27 Matchday 3 : October 17- 18 Matchday 4 : October 31- November 1 Matchday 5 : November 21 – 22 Matchday 6 : December 5 – 6
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