Champions League last-16 power rankings as Premier League trio all make top four

You know that 2022 is motoring along when the Champions League swings back into action, with the last-16 ties starting on Tuesday night in Paris and Lisbon.

After an initial hiccup, four Premier League sides join clubs from Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Portugal, Austria and the Netherlands in the knockout stages, but who is best placed to go all the way?

Once again we've rolled out our Champions League power rankings as we take into account things like current form, fixture difficulty and squad strength to determine who could reach and win the St Petersburg final in May.

So, who have you got down as your potential winners?

Well first, the last-16 fixtures:

Now, who is best placed to taste glory in Russia?

Here's our last-16 Champions League power rankings:

It was an up-and-down group stage for the Portuguese giants, who ultimately edged out Borussia Dortmund with a crucial 3-1 win over them in Matchday 5.

Sporting also scored four in each of their two matches with Besiktas to prove that they really know where the net is, however the concession of nine goals across their two fixtures with Ajax doesn't bode well ahead of a meeting with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, who are desperate to make up for last year's final heartbreak.

Three wins and a draw was enough to get the Austrians out of a group which included Lille, Sevilla and Wolfsburg, but the task is about to get a whole lot harder.

Bayern Munich lie in wait for a squad which has evolved greatly over the past few years as players have gone on to prove themselves elsewhere, with current key man Karim Adeyemi seeming set to follow the Erling Haaland route to Borussia Dortmund come the end of the season.

He'll want to to impress against Dortmund's rivals, but