Premiership duo among CL top seeds

Manchester United and Arsenal are among the eight top seeds in today's draw for the Champions League group stage in Monaco.

Manchester United and Arsenal are among the eight top seeds in today's draw for the Champions League group stage in Monaco.

Chelsea's victory over Slovakian side MSK Zilina means they will be one of the eight second-seeded sides in the draw in Monaco, while Celtic and Rangers are in the third-seeded pot.

The seedings are decided by UEFA's club coefficients - determined by a team's performances in European football over the last five years and the displays of club sides from the same country in the same period.

As top seeds, Manchester United and Arsenal will avoid holders AC Milan in the group stage as well as Real Madrid, Deportivo la Coruna, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Lazio.

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Despite the seeding there is still the possibility of United or Arsenal getting a very tough draw - it is possible they could be picked in a group with Inter Milan, Celtic and Real Sociedad.

Teams from the same country cannot be drawn together.

POT ONE

AC Milan (Italy)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Manchester United (England)
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Lazio (Italy)
Arsenal (England)
Juventus (Italy)
Deportivo Coruna (Spain)

POT TWO

Inter Milan (Italy)
Porto (Portugal)
Celta Viga (Spain)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
Olympique Lyon (France)
Panathinaikos (Greece)
Chelsea (England)
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)

POT THREE

Celtic (Scotland)
AEK Athens (Greece)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Olympiakos (Greece)
Rangers (Scotland)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Olympique Marseille (France)

POT FOUR

VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
Anderlecht (Belgium)
Real Sociedad (Spain)
Monaco (France)
Club Bruges (Belgium)
Besiktas (Turkey)
Partizan Belgrade
(Serbia & Montenegro)