Champions League Draw 2014: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV and Seedings for Last 16

The draw for the last 16 in the UEFA Champions League means it's time to find out if Premier League trio Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester City are matched with the daunting giants of the Bundesliga and La Liga.

The list of potential teams Arsenal and City—who both finished in second place during the group phase—could face ominously reads like a who's who of Europe's elite.

Current holders Real Madrid will be fancied by many to begin their march toward a second Decima. Los Blancos will now step up their efforts to become the first team in Champions League history to retain the trophy in its current format.

But Los Merengues should be wary of Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich, the team they destroyed in last season's semi-final. Bayern are still dominating German football and have made three out of the last five finals.

Before taking a closer look at the last-16 draw and how it will be arranged, here's the schedule and viewing information:

Date: Monday, Dec.15 2014.

Time: 11 a.m. (GMT)

TV: Sky Sports 1

Live Stream: Sky Go.

Seeding

There are just two seeding pots for this draw and they break down simply: Group winners and group runners-up. UEFA.com provides a succinct reasoning for how some teams are separated: "No team can play a club from their own group or any side from their own association."

That last part means league to you and me. So there'll be no London derby between Arsenal or Chelsea, or no fresh edition of El Clasico between Madrid and Barcelona. At least not at this stage.

But there are still plenty of quality potential ties to savour. Here's how the pots break down:

Group	Team	Points	Can Play
A	Atletico Madrid	11	Arsenal, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke 04, Shakhtar Donetsk
B	Real Madrid	14	Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke 04, Shakhtar Donetsk
C	AS Monaco	11	Arsenal, Basel, Juventus, Manchester City, Schalke 04, Shakhtar Donetsk
D	Borussia Dortmund	13	Basel, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk
E	Bayern Munich	15	Arsenal, Basel, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain and Shakhtar Donetsk
F	Barcelona	15	Arsenal, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, Manchester City, Schalke 04, Shakhtar Donetsk
G	Chelsea	14	Basel, Bayer Leverkusen Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Shakhtar Donetsk
H	Porto	14	Arsenal, Basel, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke 04

Chelsea, Real and Barca can feel especially vindicated by their efforts during the group stage. They should each receive a favourable draw in the last 16.

That's only fair when the former pair were two of only three clubs not to suffer a defeat so far, per the tournament's official Twitter feed:

Only Porto appear unfavourably rewarded for their excellent form. The Portuguese club could still draw any one of four tough-looking opponents, including Juventus or Paris Saint-Germain. However, Porto are old hands in this tournament and have earned the right not to fear anybody.

Generally, as it so often does, this pot reveals the benefit of topping your group. That's a lesson the teams in the second pot will wish they'd taken more seriously:

Group	Team	Points	Can Play
A	Juventus	10	Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Monaco, Porto, Real Madrid
B	Basel	7	Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Porto
C	Bayer Leverkusen	10	Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Porto, Real Madrid
D	Arsenal	13	Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Monaco, Porto, Real Madrid
E	Manchester City	8	Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Monaco, Porto
F	Paris Saint-Germain	13	Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Porto, Real Madrid
G	Schalke 04	8	Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Monaco, Porto, Real Madrid
H	Shakhtar Donetsk	9	Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea, Monaco, Real Madrid

Arsenal have more reason than most to dread the draw. That's despite the Gunners ensuring a remarkable run of consistency in this competition, one detailed by Opta Joe:

Sadly, the proverbial gloss is somewhat taken off that achievement by the all-too familiar scenario of a second-place finish almost guaranteeing a nightmare draw in the first knockout phase.

In the last four seasons, Arsenal have drawn Barcelona, AC Milan, and Bayern Munich twice. It doesn't take the wonders of modern science to diagnose why Arsenal have't progressed from the last 16 in nearly half a decade.

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Gunners manager Arsene Wenger recently quipped he'd like to have somebody else do the draw, per David Hytner of the Guardian:

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Firstly, [we should] send a different guy for the draw,” Wenger said, with a smile. “Because if you look at our record, we have got always what you did not want. Look at who is qualified around Europe, and you know that you have many teams who are top level. There are three or four teams who maybe you don’t want to play.

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Given how much his teams have struggled against top-quality opposition in this tournament, Wenger may have only been half joking.

Whoever Arsenal or many of the rest of the field draw, it's still hard to look past Real as this year's dominant force. The holders simply have too much power and guile in attack in the form of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez and Isco.

Their dominance of the group stage was also an ominous sign for the rest:

But as good as Los Blancos are, a marquee draw against Arsenal, Manchester City, Juventus or Paris Saint-Germain would certainly highlight the last 16.