The draw for the knockout playoff round of the new-look UEFA Europa League has been made.  But how does this feed into the round-of-16 ties? When is the next draw? How does it all knit together? And why were those league phase positions so important?

Four-time Champions League winners Ajax, who also lifted this trophy back in 1991/92, travel to neighbouring Belgium to take on Union Saint-Gilloise in the first game of a two-legged tie. There will be a couple of visits from Istanbul to the Lowlands as Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce take on Anderlecht and Galatasaray face AZ Alkmaar.