All-Spanish tie and Manchester City facing 2023 repeat as UEFA Champions League draw simulated

Manchester City saw themselves placed against Bayern Munich in a repeat of the 2023 UEFA Champions League quarter-final when City Xtra simulated this week’s draw.

It was a relatively comfortable route into this season’s last-eight for the reigning champions of Europe, as Pep Guardiola and his players dismissed of Danish side FC Copenhagen across two-legs via a 6-2 aggregate scoreline.

A 1-3 win at Parken in the Danish capital, despite a first-half scare from the hosts courtesy of a Magnus Mattsson equaliser, saw City return to the Etihad Stadium and secure themselves an identical result thanks to goals from Manuel Akanji, Julian Alvarez, and Erling Haaland.

The round of 16 outcomes have lined up a mouthwatering prospect in the quarter-final stage of this season’s competition, with almost all of Europe’s premier clubs featuring in the final-eight stage of the competition.

With UEFA now opening up the draw without any country protection, Manchester City not only face the possibility of a clash against English opposition, but a direct match-up with Premier League title rivals Arsenal in the quarter-finals.

This Friday’s draw will also see UEFA plot out a direct route to the showpiece final hosted at Wembley Stadium in London in early June, with the semi-final draw also taking place this week.

Full details on the UEFA Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw can be found below.

Potential opponents, how to watch live, fixture dates – UEFA Champions League quarter-final and semi-final draw details

Ahead of this week’s highly-anticipated European draw, City Xtra took to our simulator to find out what would happen if we took on the draw proceedings. The result? A repeat of the 2023 quarter-final stage for Manchester City.

Simulated UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw

Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain vs Arsenal

Bayern Munich vs Manchester City

Real Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund

Simulated UEFA Champions League semi-final draw

Paris Saint-Germain or Arsenal vs Bayern Munich or Manchester City

Barcelona or Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid or Borussia Dortmund

When are quarter-final matches due to be played?

The first-leg ties of the Champions League quarter-finals are scheduled to take place on either Tuesday 9th or Wednesday 10th of April, meanwhile second-leg ties are scheduled to take place on either Tuesday 16th or Wednesday 17th April.

When are semi-final matches due to be played?

The first-leg ties of the Champions League semi-finals are scheduled to take place on either Tuesday 30th April or Wednesday 1st of May, meanwhile second-leg ties are scheduled to take place on either Tuesday 7th or Wednesday 8th May.