Newcastle United's Champions League knockout stage permutations | OneFootball

The Magpies currently sit in seventh place on 13 points and have already secured a top-half finish amongst the play-off teams if they were to slip out of the top eight.

This means United would be away from home in the first leg of any play-off tie, which would take place on either Tuesday, 17th February or Wednesday, 18th February.

A win for Eddie Howe's side, unbeaten in their last two encounters with PSG, could secure a top-four finish were two of Real Madrid, Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur to drop points in their respective fixtures.

A draw against PSG could still be enough for Newcastle to progress into the last 16 stage. However, they will be relying on Tottenham to lose away at Eintracht Frankfurt and six of Chelsea, FC Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Manchester City, Atlético Madrid, Atalanta, Inter Milan and Juventus failing to win their matches.

UEFA Champions League Matchday 8 Fixtures:

Athletic Club vs Sporting Lisbon

Liverpool vs Qarabağ FK

FC Barcelona vs F.C. Copenhagen

AS Monaco vs Juventus

Ajax vs Olympiacos

Paris Saint-Germain vs Newcastle United

Borussia Dortmund vs Inter Milan

Napoli vs Chelsea

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham Hotspur

Atlético Madrid vs Bødo/Glimt

Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Villarreal

Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty

Pafos FC vs SK Slavia Prague

Manchester City vs Galatasaray

Club Brugge vs Olympique de Marseille

Benfica vs Real Madrid

Union Saint-Gilloise vs Atalanta

PSV Eindhoven vs Bayern Munich