The four Premier League teams in the UEFA Champions League action discovered their eight league stage opponents as the draw was made in Monaco for the 36 participating clubs.
Manchester City and Arsenal will each face Internazionale Milano and Paris Saint-Germain. Man City will face Inter at home in a repeat of the 2022/23 final, while Arsenal will travel to Italy and vice versa for their matches with PSG.
Both of last season’s top two in the Premier League have also got two Italian opponents, with City also facing Juventus, while Arsenal travel to Atalanta.
Liverpool have been given a tough draw, facing the champions of Spain and Germany, Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen, at home, while also travelling to RB Leipzig and AC Milan.
Aston Villa will face Bayern Munich, whom they beat in 1981 to win the European Cup, as it was known then.
Premier League clubs’ opponents
Man City: Inter (H), PSG (A), Club Brugge (H), Juventus (A), Feyenoord (H), Sporting (A), Sparta Prague (H), Slovan Bratislava (A).
Arsenal: PSG (H), Inter (A), Shakhtar Donetsk (H), Atalanta (A), Dinamo Zagreb (H), Sporting (A), Monaco (H), Girona (A).
Liverpool: Real Madrid (H), Leipzig (A), Bayer Leverkusen (H), AC Milan (A), Lille (H), PSV (A), Bologna (H), Girona (A).
Aston Villa: Bayern (H), Leipzig (A), Juventus (H), Club Brugge (A), Celtic (H), Young Boys (A), Bologna (H), Monaco (A).
The order and the dates of the matches will be determined on Saturday after the draws for the league stages of the UEFA Europa League and Conference League on Friday.
How the new Champions League format works
Each team will play eight matches in total, four home and four away, facing two teams from each of the four seeded pots.
The top eight teams when the league stage finishes in February will automatically qualify for the last 16 knockout round. The 16 clubs placed ninth to 24th will enter a two-legged playoff round where they will play each other for the final eight knockout places. Those teams finishing 25th or lower will be eliminated.
UEFA Champions League group phase dates
MD 1: 17-19 September 2024
MD2: 1-2 October 2024
MD3: 22-23 October 2024
MD4: 5-6 November 2024
MD5: 26-27 November 2024
MD6: 10-11 December 2024
MD7: 21-22 January 2025
MD8: 29 January 2025
Champions League knockout stage dates
Knockout round playoffs: 11-12 and 18-19 February 2025
Round of 16: 4-5 and 11-12 March 2025
Quarter-finals: 8-9 and 15-16 April 2025
Semi-finals: 29-30 April and 6-7 May 2025
Final: 31 May 2025, Munich