The draw is scheduled for the knockout stages of the UEFA Conference League play-offs, which will take place on the 13th and 20th Biggest+. Heading to Wroclaw, Poland, a clash awaits between Ghent and Real Betis and Copenhagen faces Heidenheim.
The winners of these matches will face Chelsea or Vitoria Guimares, who were the best teams in the league stage and will face either side of the competition. Chelsea scored a whopping 26 goals, which is eight more than the next team, while Vitoria had a stout defense that only allowed one goal per match during group play.
After the knockout stages of the play-offs conclude, a draw for the round of 16 and beyond will take place on February 21, before kicking off on March 6 and 13. The final takes place on May 28 and Enzo Maresca and Chelsea will certainly expect to be there.
In the knockout stage draw, the teams that finished 9-16 in the league stage were seeded, while the teams that finished 17-24 were not seeded to be drawn against the seeded teams. In the Round of 16 draw, the teams that finish 1-8 will be seeded in the league stage, while the teams that make it to the play-offs of the knockout stage will be unseeded.
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Conference League Knockout Playoff Pairings
- Ghent vs Real Betis
- Vikingur Reykjavik vs Panathinaikos
- TSC vs. Jagiellonia Białystok
- Cell against APOEL
- Copenhagen vs Heidenheim
- Omonia vs Pafos
- Molde vs Shamrock Rovers
- Borac vs Olimpija