Champions League Draw 2019-20: Schedule of Dates for Round-of-16 Fixtures

The order of play for this season's UEFA Champions League round of 16 has been decided, with defending champions Liverpool set to face Atletico Madrid in the first knockout stage.

Jurgen Klopp's side are currently in Doha, Qatar, for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup and discovered their next European foe as they prepare to face Monterrey in that competition's semi-finals on Wednesday.

Premier League rivals Manchester City also topped their Champions League group, and the Citizens will take on Real Madrid in the last 16. They're hoping to build momentum in Europe after falling 14 points below leaders Liverpool in the Premier League, with Pep Guardiola under pressure to advance to the last eight.

Barcelona were drawn opposite Napoli and hope to make up for recent disappointments during the knockout stages.

Paris Saint-Germain beat Real Madrid to first place in Group A and will take on Borussia Dortmund in the last 16. Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus are on a collision course with Lyon in the next round.

Five-time winners Bayern Munich will meet Chelsea in a reimagining of the 2011-12 Champions League final, when the Blues won 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw after extra time.

The round-of-16 first-leg fixtures are scheduled to take place on February 18-19 and February 25-26. The second-leg fixtures begin on March 10-11, and the final round-of-16 games will take place on March 17-18.

Here is a look at the round-of-16 matchups:

Visit the UEFA website to see the full schedule.

Preview

Liverpool will return to the scene of last season's Champions League final triumph when they visit the Wanda Metropolitano in the first leg of their last-16 clash opposite Atletico.

Almost nine months will have passed since their European triumph in the Spanish capital, and Klopp may welcome a swift return to such a treasured location:

City's draw opposite Real has the makings to be the best fixture of the round, pitting Pep Guardiola against Zinedine Zidane in what will be their first meeting as managers.

Guardiola is well-versed against Los Blancos, however, following his four years in charge at Barcelona, per OptaJoe:

Real won three successive European titles between 2016 and 2018, but they're at risk of successive last-16 exits after they lost 5-3 on aggregate to Ajax at this stage of last season's Champions League.

Commentator Andy West said much will depend on which version of Zidane's side shows up home and away:

Football writer Carlo Garganese called it a great draw as far as Italian sides Juventus and Atalanta are concerned, though Gennaro Gattuso's Napoli will be less than joyful after drawing Barcelona:

Ronaldo will rate his chances of making it back to the Champions League quarter-finals ahead of Lyon, a team against whom he's lost just once in 10 meetings. The Portuguese averages one direct goal involvement per game against the French team (four goals, six assists), though they haven't met since November 2011.

Dortmund's clash against PSG also has the potential to be a classic affair, with Thomas Tuchel set to return to the Westfalenstadion for the first time since he left in 2017.

Sky Sports News' Michael Bridge warned Jose Mourinho's Tottenham Hotspur ahead of their clash with RB Leipzig, a team that seemed somewhat overlooked among the top-seeded teams:

Mourinho is back in the spotlight of European knockout football but could see his campaign extinguished prematurely should last season's Champions League runners-up fail to beat Leipzig.

Spurs lost home and away to German giants Bayern during the group stage, but they'll hope for more luck against the incumbent Bundesliga leaders.