UEFA Europa League playoffs fixtures and

The 2022/23 Europa League playoff draw threw up some tantalising ties, not least Barcelona vs Manchester United, which saw the Red Devils triumph 3-2 in a pulsating tie.Juventus were also involved at this stage and defeated Nantes over two legs, while Jose Mourinho's Roma got past RB Salzburg.The teams that advanced from the knockout playoffs will join Dwight Gooden Jersey the eight Europa League group winners who earned direct berths in the tournament's Round of 16. That Round of 16 draw will take place on February 24.In addition to the prestigious trophy and the prize money that comes with the Europa League, there's also an automatic berth at stake in the following season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Admi sion to that lucrative competition represents a welcome boost for clubs who fail to qualify for it via their domestic league finish.MORE: Both legs of the Europa League playoffs will be played on a Thursday as is customary for the tournament.With eight matches on the same day, four will be held in the early time slot (17:45 GMT / 12:45 ET) with the other four in the later window (20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET). As is also customary for competitive balance, the four matchups that feature in the early time window for the 1st leg will kick off in the later window for the 2nd leg.Europa League Knockout Playoffs 1st Leg resultsDateMatch resultTime(BST / ET)Thu, Feb. 16Barcelona 2-2Manchester United17:45/ 12:45Thu, Feb. 16Juventus 1-1Nantes20:00 / 15:00Thu, Feb. 16Sporting CP 1-1Midtjylland20:00 / 15:00Thu, Feb. 16Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1Rennes17:45/ 12:45Thu, Feb. 16Ajax 0-0Union Berlin17:45/ 12:45Thu, Feb. 16Bayer Leverkusen 2-3Monaco20:00 / 15:00Thu, Feb. 16Sevilla 3-0PSV20:00 / 15:00Thu, Feb. 16Salzburg 1-0Roma17:45/ 12:45Europa League Knockout Playoffs 2nd LegsDate Match Time Darryl Strawberry Jersey (BST/ET)Thu, Feb. 23Manchester United 2-1 Barcelona20:00 / 15:00Thu, Feb. 23Nantes 0-3 Juventus17:45 / 12:45Thu, Feb. 23Midtjylland 0-4 Sporting CP17:45 / 12:45Thu, Feb. 23Rennes 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk (4-5 on pens)20:00 / 15:00Thu, Feb. 23Union Berlin 3-1 Ajax20:00 / 15:00Thu, Feb. 23Monaco 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen (3-5 on pens)17:45 / 12:45Thu, Feb. 23PSV 2-0 Sevilla17:45 / 12:45Thu, Feb. 23Roma 2-0 Salzburg20:00 / 15:00MORE: The Europa League knockout playoffs will determine the eight teams that will join the eight Europa League group winners in the competition's Round of 16.That Europa League Round of 16 draw will take place the day after the conclusion of the knockout playoffs round: Friday, February 24, 2023 at 13:00 CET / 12:00 GMT / 07:00 ET.For purposes of this Round of 16 draw, the Europa League group winners will be considered the seeded teams. The qualifiers from the knockout round playoffs will form the unseeded group.The only restriction attached to the Round of 16 draw is that teams from the same country cannot be drawn together. That restriction disappears in the Europa League quarterfinal and semifinal draws which both take place on March 17, 2023.Pot 1Europa LeagueGroup WinnersPot 2Europa Playoff RoundTeamsArsenal (ENG)Juventus (ITA)Fenerbahce (TUR)Bayer Leverkusen (GER)Ferencvaros (HUN)Man United (ENG)Feyenoord (NED)Roma (ITA)Freiburg (GER)Sevilla (SPA)Real Betis (SPA)Sporting CP (POR)Real Sociedad (SPA)Union Berlin (GER)Union Saint-Gilloise ( Jacob DeGrom Jersey BEL)Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)MORE: It's a busy Europa League schedule in 2023 with a fresh round completed every month between February and May.There's a short turnaround for the teams that make the final. The semifinal second legs will be held on May 18 and the Europa League final comes just 13 days later and will be played at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on May 31.Knockout Playoffs: Feb. 16 (1st Leg), Feb. 23 (2nd Leg)Round of 16: March9 (1st Leg), March 16 (2nd Leg)Quarterfinals:April 13 (1st Leg), April 20 (2nd Leg)Semifinals: May 11 (1st Leg), May 18 (2nd Leg)Final:Wednesday, May 31, 2023 The away goals tiebreaker, which had been a feature of the knockout rounds in European cup tournaments since 1965,with UEFA citing sporting justice among other reasons.For over 50 years, the away goals tiebreaker came into play when teams were level on total goals scored at the conclusion of the second leg of a two-leg series. In that case, the first tiebreaker was the number of away goals scored, with the idea being that it encouraged road teams to attack instead of sitting back, thus improving the spectacle. Only if teams were also level on away goals did the teams proceed to extra time and penalty kicks (if nece sary) to determine a winner.Nowadays, If teams are level on total goals scored after the conclusion of the second leg, then a 30-minute extra time period is played, and if nece sary, a penalty shootout is used to determine a winner should the deadlock persists through the extra se sion.There were four series in the 2021/22 Europa League knockouts that required extra time and Matt Harvey Jersey one that went to penalty kicks: Portuguese side Sporting Braga ousted Moldova's Sheriff Tiraspol in the knockout playoffs. The Europa League final also went to penalty kicks with Eintracht Frankfurt emerging victorious over Rangers. Before the knockout draw, the betting market said that it will be a club from England, Spain or Italy that will likely claim the 2023 Europa League crown in Budapest.The two English clubs Arsenal and Manchester United are among the top three favorites.Below that are a pair of Italian powers in Juventus and Roma, who won the Europa Conference League trophy last season under Mourinho.SC Freiburg are deemed most likely to make a run at the silverware among the three German clubs, Lenny Dykstra Jersey with Stade Rennes deemed the best candidate among the three French clubs. As would be expected, Ajax were the highest rated of the three Dutch clubs, but they were eliminated byUnion Berlin.Odds below updated as of the eve of playoff draw in November 2022:Club USA( )Canada( )UK(SkyBet)Australia(Ladbrokes)Arsenal (ENG)+4003.864/15.00Barcelona (SPA)+4004.029/25.50Man United (ENG)+6006.366/17.00Real Betis (SPA)+10009.0014/115.00Juventus (ITA)+120011.5814/115.00AS Roma (ITA)+140012.0020/119.00Ajax (NED)+160011.5812/117.00Real Sociedad (SPA)+180013.0014/115.00SC Freiburg (GER)+180013.0020/121.00Sevilla (SPA)+180016.1116/115.00B. Leverkusen (GER)+250019.8916/117.00Stade Rennes (FRA)+250026.0040/141.00FC Salzburg (AUS)+330025.9433/134.00Sporting CP(POR)+