When is the Champions League draw as Celtic go into the hat and could be joined by Rangers? Live stream and pots details

The Champions League group stage draw is upon us once again.

Managers and players will always tell you they take one game at a time. But it will be impossible to avoid tuning in later this week This time Celtic are defeinitely in the draw and Rangers could also be in the hat as the Glasgow giants wait to find out who they will be facing. The draw will feature 26 automatic qualifiers and six play-off round winners - which involves Gio van Bronckhorst 's side - and will be confirmed on August 23 and 24.

The group stage is taking place over a condensed eight week period this year over the Autumn because of the World Cup. The top two teams in each group advance to the round of 16. While the third placed team drops down into the Europa League. Celtic qualified automatically after winning the Scottish Premiership but Rangers still need to negotiate a finely poised playoff second leg against PSV Eindhoven to secure their fate on Europe's elite stage.

Record Sport looks at what teams will line up in the draw.

The teams are going to be split into four seeding pots. Pot 1 will consist of the current holders, the Europa League winners and the champions of the six highest-ranked nations who did not qualify via one of the 2021/22 continental titles.

While pots 2 to 4 will be determined by the club coefficient rankings. And that's where the Scottish contingent will come in.

Pot 1: Real Madrid (Champions League holders), Eintracht Frankfurt (Europa League holders), Manchester City, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, and Ajax.

Other team included: Celtic, Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, RB Leipzig, Tottenham Hotspur, Borussia Dortmund, Salzburg, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter,