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Tom Clark

Everything you need to know about the Europa League last-16 draw and who West Ham could face

West Ham will find out their Europa League last-16 opponent on Friday morning when the draw takes place in Switzerland at 11am.

The Hammers cruised through the group stages, topping their table with a game to spare and securing themselves a seeded spot in today's draw.

As a result of being one of the eight seeded teams the Hammers will play their first leg away from home with the return taking place on Thursday, March 17 at the London Stadium.

With that in mind football.london has a rundown of everything you need to know about this morning's draw.

When is the Europa League last 16 draw?

The draw will begin at 11am UK time on Friday, February 25.

How can I follow the draw?

UK viewers can watch the draw live on BT Sport 1 from 11am. UEFA will also be screening the draw via their website and football.london will have a live blog running throughout the morning.

Which teams are in the last-16?

Following the completion of the play-off round on Thursday night, the 16 teams have been finalised.

The draw is a seeded one with West Ham as group winners amongst the seeds.

Seeded teams

Crvena zvezda (Red Star Belgrade) (SRB)
Eintracht Frankfurt (GER)
Galatasaray (TUR)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Lyon (FRA)
Monaco (FRA)
Spartak Moscow (RUS)
West Ham (ENG)

Unseeded teams

Atalanta (ITA)
Barcelona (ESP)
Real Betis (ESP)
Braga (POR)
RB Leipzig (GER)
Porto (POR)
Rangers (SCO)
Sevilla (ESP)

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When will the ties take place?

The first leg will take place at the unseeded team's home ground on Thursday, March 10 at 7:45pm UK time. However, due to fixture clashes, Porto and Real Betis will play their ties on Wednesday, March 9.

All second legs take place on Thursday, March 17 at 7:45pm UK time.

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