Europa League Draw 2018-19: Schedule of Dates for Round-of-32 Fixtures

Chelsea will face Swedish side Malmo in the last 32 of the 2018-19 UEFA Europa League, while Arsenal were paired with BATE Borisov in Monday's draw. 

Scottish champions Celtic have a tough clash with Valencia, and five-time winners Sevilla will be involved in arguably the tie of the round against Lazio. 

Meanwhile, three-time winners Inter Milan will face Rapid Vienna after dropping down from the UEFA Champions League, and fellow Italian side Napoli drew FC Zurich. 

Here is the lineup in full:

Teams named first will play the first leg at home.

The first legs will be played on Thursday, February 14, except Fenerbahce vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg (Tuesday, February 12). The second legs will be played on Thursday, February 21, except Sevilla vs. Lazio and Arsenal vs. BATE Borisov (both Wednesday, February 20). 

The inclusion of the third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage always makes for a fascinating change in dynamic in the first knockout round of the Europa League.

Rapid Vienna and FC Zurich have been handed potentially the toughest matches of all as both Napoli and Inter were a single goal away from advancing to the last 16 of the Champions League.

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Indeed, the three Italian sides in the competition will all have designs on winning the tournament this season, but Lazio will have to get past Europa League specialists Sevilla, who were the top scorers in the group stage with 18.

Both Chelsea and Arsenal will be heavy favourites to advance from their ties.

The Gunners reached the semi-finals of the competition last term before being ousted by eventual champions Atletico Madrid.

The away trip to Belarus will be a challenge, but as long as Arsenal are still in the tie for the home leg, they should not have any trouble.

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Chelsea also face a tough opening leg against a Malmo side that have lost just once at home in 2018.

But the Blues have more than enough quality in their squad with the likes of Eden Hazard, Willian, N'Golo Kante and Jorginho to better the Swedish outfit over 180 minutes.

Chelsea also have fine recent pedigree in the Europa League having won the competition the last time they were involved in it in 2013.