Everything you need to know about the UCL draw: The teams in each pot, best and worst case scenarios and more

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The draw for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage will take place from 5pm BST on Thursday, where the Reds will find out which three opponents they will face.

As champions of Europe, the Reds are in pot one alongside the likes of Barcelona and Manchester City, who are there as champions of their domestic leagues.

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There are four pots in all, with the eight groups made up of one team from each pot. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against one another at this stage of the competition.

There are still qualifying ties to take place this week, but the pots are shaping up ahead of the draw. Below are the confirmed placings so far:

Pot one: Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester City, Juventus, Bayern Munich, PSG, Zenit

Pot two: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Shakhtar Donetsk, Tottenham, Benfica

Pot three: Bayer Leverkusen, Red Bull Salzburg, Valencia, Inter Milan

Pot four: Galatasaray, RB Leipzig, Atalanta, Lille

Depending on the remaining qualifiers, Lyon could make pot two or three, while Lokomotiv Moscow and Genk will be in pot three or four.

Whoever the Reds get, Jurgen Klopp will be confident of progressing, but a nice, kind draw would be nice to be able to get through quickly and then focus on the Premier League.

Best case draw: Liverpool, Benfica, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille

Worse case draw: Liverpool, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Galatasaray 

The first match of the group stage is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 17. This year’s final will take place in Istanbul.

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