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Europa League last-32: Manchester United draw Club Brugge, Arsenal face Olympiakos

Plus Wolves vs Espanyol, Rangers vs Braga and FC Copenhagen vs Celtic

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Image: Manchester United will travel to Brugge for the first leg of their last-32 tie

Manchester United have drawn Club Brugge in the last 32 of the Europa League, while Arsenal will face Champions League drop-outs Olympiakos.

Scottish champions Celtic are against FC Copenhagen, Rangers welcome Braga and Wolves will play Spanish side Espanyol.

United, who won the tournament in 2017, will travel to Belgium for the first leg on February 20, with the return leg at Old Trafford seven days later.

Brugge, who have an eight-point lead at the top of the Belgian top flight, came third in Group A of the Champions League behind Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid despite winning none of their six matches.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Image: Arsenal face Olympiakos, who drew 2-2 with Tottenham in Greece earlier this year

Last year's beaten finalists Arsenal travel to Greece to face Olympiakos, who entered the draw as an unseeded team after finishing third behind Bayern Munich and Tottenham in their Champions League group.

Wolves' opponent Espanyol qualified as Group H winners but are currently bottom of La Liga.

Rangers, who finished second in Group G behind Porto, return to Portugal to meet 2011 runners-up Braga. The second leg will be played on Wednesday February 26 due to a clash with Porto's second leg against Bayer Leverkusen, which takes place on Thursday February 27.

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Braga finished above Wolves in Group K but have struggled domestically and sit ninth in the Primeira Liga.

FC Copenhagen are second in the Danish Superliga, seven points off leaders Midtjylland, and finished as runners-up in the group stages of this competition behind Malmo.

The last-32 ties in full:

Wolves vs Espanyol

Sporting Lisbon vs Istanbul Basaksehir

Getafe vs Ajax

Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Porto

FC Copenhagen vs Celtic

Apoel vs FC Basel

Cluj vs Sevilla

Olympiacos vs Arsenal

AZ Alkmaar vs LASK

Club Brugge vs Manchester United

Ludogorets vs Inter Milan

Eintracht Frankfurt vs FC Salzburg

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Benfica

Wolfsburg vs Malmo

Roma vs Gent

Rangers vs Braga

    Opposition form

    Emmanuel Bonaventure chips Courtois for Club Brugge's second at the Bernabeu.
    Image: Emmanuel Bonaventure scored twice for Club Brugge in their 2-2 draw at Real Madrid in the Champions League in October
    • Club Brugge vs Man Utd - Top of Belgian top flight by eight points with a game in hand, came third in CL group A behind PSG and Real Madrid, but above Galatasaray. Won none of their six games.
    • Olympiakos vs Arsenal - Top of Greek league on goal difference after 14 games. Finished third in Group B behind Bayern and Spurs, above Red Star. Took four points from six games.
    • Wolves vs Espanyol - Bottom of La Liga, but finished top of Group H ahead of Ludogorets, Ferencvaros and CSKA Moscow.
    • Rangers vs Braga - Ninth in Portuguese league, finished top of Europa League group K above Wolves Slovan Bratislava and Besiktas.
    • Copenhagen vs Celtic - Second in Danish league, seven points off Midtjylland. Finished second in Europa League group B behind Malmo, picking up nine points from six games.

    When are the last-32 ties?

    20 February: First leg

    27 February: Second leg

    28 February: Round of 16 draw, Nyon

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