THE league phase of the Champions League has reached a thrilling finale.
Matchday eight sees 18 fixtures kick off simultaneously, with so much still to play for.
Arsenal have already secured automatic qualification to the last-16 as they head into their final match against Kairat with a 100% record.
The five other English sides in the Champions League are in a more precarious position, with all of them in danger of missing out on the top eight.
SunSport brings you the latest league standings as sides battle it out for a spot in the last-16 TONIGHT.
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Champions League LIVE table
Champions League LIVE table:
1 Arsenal – 24pts
2 Bayern Munich – 19pts
3 Liverpool – 18pts
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4 Real Madrid – 16pts
5 Man City – 16pts
6 Spurs – 15pts
7 PSG – 14pts
8 Newcastle – 14pts
9 Atletico Madrid – 14pts
10 Atalanta – 14pts
11 Inter – 13pts
12 Chelsea – 13pts
13 Barcelona – 13pts
14 Sporting – 13pts
15 Juventus – 13pts
16 Dortmund – 12pts
17 Bayer Leverkusen – 12pts
18 Athletic – 11pts
19 Napoli -11pts
20 Copenhagen – 11pts
21 Galatasaray – 10pts
22 Club Brugge – 10pts
23 Qarabag – 10pts
24 Monaco – 10pts
25 PSV – 9pts
26 Marseille – 9pts
27 Pafos – 9pts
28 Olympiacos – 9pts
29 Bodo/Glimt – 7pts
30 – Pafos – 7pts
31 Union SG – 7pts
32 Ajax – 7pts
33 Frankfurt – 5pts
34 – Slavia Prague – 4pts
35 Villarreal – 1pts
36 Kairat – 1pts
How the Champions League table works
Under the league phase system, the top eight automatically go through to the last 16, with the top four claiming home advantage for the second leg of the next stage and the quarter-finals, should they make it.
The top two teams in the table will also be given second-leg home advantage in the semi-finals.
Those finishing ninth to 24th will battle it out for a spot in the last-16 in the play-offs.
While teams that finish 25th to 36th are eliminated from Europe.
Champions League table tiebreakers
Should teams finish on the same ammount of points after eight games played, the following tiebreakers will come into effect:
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Away goals scored
- Wins
- Away wins
- Higher number of points obtained collectively by league phase opponents
- Superior collective goal difference of league phase opponents
- Higher number of goals scored collectively by league phase opponents
- Lower disciplinary points total (direct red card or expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point)
- UEFA club coefficient
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Play-off teams
*Teams in the play-offs will be confirmed following the conclusion of matchday eight
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