EL: Arsenal draw Sporting; Man Utd face Real Betis | West Ham vs Larnaca in ECL

Arsenal have been drawn against Sporting Lisbon in the last 16 of the Europa League, with Manchester United facing Real Betis.Mikel Arteta's Gunners side, who were beaten finalists in the 2018/19 edition of the competition and reached the semi-finals in 2020/21, will travel to Lisbon next month to face Ruben Amorim's side, who are fourth in the Primeira Liga at present, in the first leg. The pairing of the clubs brings potential for a reunion between Arsenal and former defender Hector Bellerin, with the Spaniard having joined the Portuguese club in January after a short return to boyhood club Barcelona. Europa play-off round-up | Europa League fixturesGet Sky Sports | Download the Sky Sports AppIn terms of where the tie fits into the north London club's schedule, they welcome Bournemouth to the Emirates before the away tie at Sporting. A trip to Craven Cottage to play Fulham comes between the two legs, before the visit of Crystal Palace follows the second leg. Manchester United, meanwhile, who have lost just once in all competitions since November , welcome Real Betis, managed by ex-Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, to Old Trafford for the first leg. In the lead-up to that match, United travel to Anfield to play Liverpool. They then play Southampton at home before making the trip to Brighton following the second leg, which will be played at Betis' Estadio Benito Villamarin. Elsewhere, Bundesliga title candidates Union Berlin take on Union Saint-Gilloise, while Roma - who occupy third place in Serie A - face Real Sociedad. The first legs of the last-16 fixtures will take place on Thursday March 9, with the second legs a week later on Thursday March 16. The draw for the quarter-finals will take place on Friday March 17.Europa League last-16 draw:Union Berlin vs Union Saint-GilloiseSevilla vs FenerbahceJuventus vs FreiburgBayer Leverkusen vs FerencvarosSporting Lisbon vs ArsenalManchester United vs Real BetisRoma vs Real SociedadShakhtar Donetsk vs FeyenoordWest Ham drawn to play Larnaca in ECLWest Ham will face AEK Larnaca in the last 16 of the Europa Conference League. David Moyes' Hammers - who reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last season - will make the long trip to Cyprus to face the leaders of the Cypriot First Division next month. It will also be the third away trip in nine days for the club, who face Manchester United in the FA Cup on Wednesday March 1 and Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday March 4.Europa Conference League last-16 draw in full:AEK Larnaca vs West HamFiorentina vs SivassporLazio vs AZ AlkmaarLech Poznan vs DjurgardensFC Basel vs Slovan BratislavaSheriff Tiraspol vs NiceAnderlecht vs VillarrealGent vs Istanbul Basaksehir

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Jul 3, 2023 - 20:21

EL: Arsenal draw Sporting; Man Utd face Real Betis | West Ham vs Larnaca in ECL

Arsenal have been drawn against Sporting Lisbon in the last 16 of the Europa League, with Manchester United facing Real Betis.

Mikel Arteta's Gunners side, who were beaten finalists in the 2018/19 edition of the competition and reached the semi-finals in 2020/21, will travel to Lisbon next month to face Ruben Amorim's side, who are fourth in the Primeira Liga at present, in the first leg.

The pairing of the clubs brings potential for a reunion between Arsenal and former defender Hector Bellerin, with the Spaniard having joined the Portuguese club in January after a short return to boyhood club Barcelona.

In terms of where the tie fits into the north London club's schedule, they welcome Bournemouth to the Emirates before the away tie at Sporting. A trip to Craven Cottage to play Fulham comes between the two legs, before the visit of Crystal Palace follows the second leg.

Manchester United, meanwhile, who have lost just once in all competitions since November , welcome Real Betis, managed by ex-Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini, to Old Trafford for the first leg.

In the lead-up to that match, United travel to Anfield to play Liverpool. They then play Southampton at home before making the trip to Brighton following the second leg, which will be played at Betis' Estadio Benito Villamarin.

Elsewhere, Bundesliga title candidates Union Berlin take on Union Saint-Gilloise, while Roma - who occupy third place in Serie A - face Real Sociedad.

The first legs of the last-16 fixtures will take place on Thursday March 9, with the second legs a week later on Thursday March 16. The draw for the quarter-finals will take place on Friday March 17.

Europa League last-16 draw:

Union Berlin vs Union Saint-Gilloise

Sevilla vs Fenerbahce

Juventus vs Freiburg

Bayer Leverkusen vs Ferencvaros

Sporting Lisbon vs Arsenal

Manchester United vs Real Betis

Roma vs Real Sociedad

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Feyenoord

West Ham drawn to play Larnaca in ECL

West Ham will face AEK Larnaca in the last 16 of the Europa Conference League.

David Moyes' Hammers - who reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last season - will make the long trip to Cyprus to face the leaders of the Cypriot First Division next month.

It will also be the third away trip in nine days for the club, who face Manchester United in the FA Cup on Wednesday March 1 and Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday March 4.