Arsenal's best & worst-case UCL draw with Feyenoord ties and Bayern repeat

Arsenal will discover their Champions League opponents on this afternoon when the group stage draw is made, but what would be the best and worst-case scenario for Mikel Arteta's side?

Champions League group stage draw day has finally arrived. For Arsenal, it's a return to Europe's top table for the first time in seven seasons and they'll be keen to make up for lost time.

While the group phase doesn't commence for another 18 days, supporters will be able to start planning their trips across Europe later this evening once the draw has taken place from the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco with proceedings due to begin at 5pm as Mikel Arteta's primary target will surely be to ensure the Gunners qualify for the knockout round.

However, it certainly won't be easy given the teams they can potentially come up against in the group stage. As a result of finishing second in the Premier League and thanks in part to a bit of luck with regard to the coefficient rankings, Arsenal are in Pot 2 for the UEFA Champions League draw.

This means they can be paired with Sevilla, Barcelona, Napoli, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica or Feyenoord from Pot 1, whilst Shakhtar Donetsk, Red Bull Salzburg, AC Milan, Braga, PSV Eindhoven, Lazio, Red Star Belgrade and Copenhagen are the options from Pot 3.

So with all that in mind, what would represent the best-case and worst-case outcome for Arsenal when all is said and done and the Champions League group stage draw has concluded? football.london takes a look.

There is always the argument that easy games in the Champions League group stage simply do not exist and whilst that might be true, Feyenoord and Benfica are perhaps the two teams Arsenal would prefer to be paired with from Pot 1 when looking at