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Europa League draw live as Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton learn last-16 ties

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Europa League draw live as Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton learn last-16 ties
Europa League draw live as Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton learn last-16 ties

Premier League leaders Liverpool will face Sparta Prague in the last 16 of the Europa League, while Brighton face another glamour tie against Roma.

The Reds will travel to the Czech capital for the first leg on March 7, before a return at Anfield a week later in a competition Liverpool have won three times in the past.

Brighton’s maiden European campaign takes them to the Italian capital after they topped Group B containing Marseille, Ajax and AEK Athens. Europa Conference League holders West Ham face German team Freiburg, while Rangers are up against two-time European champions Benfica from Portugal. The Europa League final will take place in Dublin on May 22.

Next up... The UEFA Conference League draw, including Aston Villa and Dutch giants Ajax.

You can follow the draw as it happens LIVE right here.

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Thanks for joining us

That's it for our coverage of the Europa and Conference League draws.

Stay tuned to Mirror Football for all your top stories ahead of the last-16 ties.

Henderson back in England

Jordan Henderson will return to England with Ajax, as they take on Aston Villa.

He could be in for a frosty reception...

Europa League draw live as Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton learn last-16 ties (NESimages/Raymond Smit/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Full Conference League draw confirmed

The first legs will take place on Thursday, March 7, with the second legs being played a week later.

  • Servette vs Viktoria Plzen
  • Ajax vs Aston Villa
  • Molde vs Club Brugge
  • Union St. Gilloise vs Fenerbahce
  • Dinamo Zagreb vs PAOK
  • Sturm Graz vs Lille
  • Maccabi Haifa vs Fiorentina
  • Olympiakos vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Olympiakos vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv

And there we have it!

Maccabi Haifa vs Fiorentina

One more to go...

Sturm Graz vs Lille

Two more to go after this...

Dinamo Zagreb vs PAOK

PAOK will be hoping to reach the final in their homeland.

Union Saint-Gilloise vs Fenerbahce

The Istanbul giants will head to Brussels.

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Molde vs Club Brugge

Can the Norweigan side pull off an upset?

Ajax vs Aston Villa

Jordan Henderson will be heading back to England...

Servette vs Viktoria Plzen

The Geneva side will face Viktoria Plzen, the only team who won all six of their group-stage matches.

Conference League begins

Here we go.

Almost ready

Final ambassador Kostas Katsouranis is here.

This year's Conference League final will take place in Athens on Wednesday, May 29.

Coming up: Conference League draw

We'll have the draw for the last 16 of the Conference League from 12pm, so stay tuned.

Liverpool heading back to Prague

There'll be plenty of Liverpool fans scouring the internet this morning for flights to Prague.

Sparta have only ever faced the Reds twice and both ties came in the Europa League round-of-32 back in 2011.

Liverpool won the second leg at Anfield 1-0, as Dirk Kuty got the winner after a goalless first meeting.

Will history repeat itself for Jurgen Klopp's side?

Europa League draw live as Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton learn last-16 ties (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Italian homecoming for De Zerbi

Although he was born in Brescia, Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi must be relishing his side's trip to face Roma.

Could the Seagulls go on and win it?

Europa League draw live as Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton learn last-16 ties (Mark Enfield/IPS/REX/Shutterstock)

Reminder of the dates

Each Premier League side will play away first on Thursday, March 7, while the returns legs are a week later on March 14.

The first leg between Sporting Lisbon vs Atalanta, however, will be played on Tuesday, March 5 due to a same-city clash with Benfica.

Full draw confirmed

  • Sparta Prague vs Liverpool
  • Marseille vs Villarreal
  • Roma vs Brighton
  • Benfica vs Rangers
  • Freiburg vs West Ham
  • Sporting Lisbon vs Atalanta
  • AC Milan vs Slavia Prague
  • Qarabag vs Bayer Leverkusen

Qarabag vs Bayer Leverkusen

Qarabag made history last night and the Azerbaijan club are gifted with a tie against Xabi Alonso's Bundesliga leaders.

And yet another tie from the same group!

AC Milan vs Slavia Prague

That's the penultimate tie.

Sporting Lisbon vs Atalanta

Due to Benfica being the higher ranked UEFA side in Lisbon, this first leg will be played on Tuesday, March 5.

Another same-group reunion.

Freiburg vs West Ham

They've already played each other in the group stage!

Benfica vs Rangers

That's a juicy tie.

Roma vs Brighton

What a tie from Brighton!

The Stadio Olimpico calls and a homecoming of sorts for Roberto De Zerbi.

Marseille vs Villarreal

The 2021 winners will head to France.

Sparta Prague vs Liverpool

First out and it's a trip to Prague for Jurgen Klopp's side!

They'll play away first, as will each of the Premier League sides.

Draw begins

Right then, here we go.

Almost there

Giorgio Marchetti is now out and we're minutes away from the draw actually starting.

Former Manchester United defender John O'Shea is this year's final ambassador.

Never tedious, these draws...

Here we go

Pedro Pinto is here for the last-16 draw, which is being held in Nyon.

T-minus five

We've only got five minutes to wait until the Europa League draw ceremony begins!

What will it hold for Liverpool, West Ham and Brighton?

Nathan Ridley

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