Arsenal's reward for topping their Europa League group is a bye to the round of 16 stage which means they will avoid two extra games when the competition resumes next month.
The north London outfit will discover their opponents after the Europa League knockout play-off round ties - which include Barcelona vs Manchester United and Bayer Leverkusen vs AS Monaco - have been concluded as the draw is scheduled to take place on February 24.
Furthermore, as Arsenal will be seeded, they can only face one of the eight unseeded knockout round play-off winners. Although, they can't face PSV Eindhoven having been in the same group or Manchester United as they are from the same national association. Of course, that's if both teams progress.
