It might feel like there isn't much to play for in tonight’s Champions League action. But, in case there's any confusion, we have sifted through UEFA's guide to potential outcomes and filtered it down to a nice, easy to comprehend key to who will be playing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after Christmas, who is destined for 3e's Thursday night primetime slot and who will be slinking off to domestic banality for another 8-9 months, at least.

Qualified for the last 16

FC Porto

Paris Saint-Germain FC

FC Schalke 04

Arsenal FC

Málaga CF*

AC Milan

Borussia Dortmund*

Real Madrid CF

FC Shakhtar Dontesk

FC Bayern München

Valencia CF

FC Barcelona*

Manchester United FC*

*Qualified as group winners

 

Can still qualifyfor last 16

Juventus or Chelsea FC

SL Benfica or Celtic FC

Galatasaray AÅž or CFR 1907 Cluj

Europa League qualifiers

FC Dynamo Kyiv

Olympiacos FC

FC BATE Borisov

 

Can qualify for UEFA Europa League

FC Zenit St Petersburg or RSC Anderlecht

AFC Ajax or Manchester City FC

 

Eliminated from Europe

GNK Dinamo Zagreb

Montpellier Hérault SC

FC Nordsjælland

FC Spartak Moskva

LOSC Lille

SC Braga

 

Group A

Porto finish top with a win or draw

PSG are in last 16, but need 3 points to win the group

Dynamo Kyiv will be in the Europa League

Dinamo Zagreb will finish bottom of the group

 

Group B

Schalke through to last 16, win group with win or if Arsenal fail to win.

Arsenal in last 16- need to win and hope Schalke fail to win to finish top of group

Olympiacos go to Europa League

Montpellier out of European competition

 

Group C

Malaga group winners

Milan runner up

Zenit must match Anderlecht result as GD will take them through

Anderlecht must better Zenit’s result, or improve GD significantly

 

Group D

Borussia Dortmund through as group winners due to head to head results against Madrid

Real Madrid through as runner up

Ajax are in the Europa League

Manchester City are out of Europe