Updated: The draw for the Champions League Round of 16 has been made - and the dates and kick-off times have been confirmed for the clash against Porto. 

With the 2024 final set to be held at Wembley Stadium next May excitement is growing at the prospect of the showpiece event being held in the capital. 

Former captain of Arsenal's London rivals Chelsea, John Terry, conducted the draw in Nyon, Switzerland on Monday morning (December 18).

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal topped Group B with four wins and a draw from their five matches, ending the stage four points ahead of runners-up PSV. 

As group winners the Gunners were seeded, and faced an opponent who were runners-up in their Group - which saw Arsenal drawn against Porto

Champions League last-16 draw in full:

FC Porto v Arsenal

Napoli v Barcelona

Paris St-Germain v Real Sociedad

Inter Milan v Atletico Madrid

PSV Eindhoven v Borussia Dortmund

Lazio v Bayern Munich

FC Copenhagen v Manchester City

RB Leipzig v Real Madrid

Back to the Douro Valley it is then. Did the 2010 Champions League game at the Estadio Dragao when Arsenal lost 2-1 only to beat Porto 5-0 in North London in the second leg. Porto is a wonderful city. Already looking forward to this trip pic.twitter.com/U8zxK9Gr8n

— Layth (@laythy29) December 18, 2023

Arsenal confirmed the dates in a statement later on Monday. 

"We will be heading to the Estadio do Dragao for the first leg, which will take place on Wednesday, February 21.

"We then host the second leg at Emirates Stadium three weeks later on Tuesday, March 12.

"Both matches will kick off at 8pm UK time."

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Arsenal's Head to head record vs Porto 

Played 6

Won: 3

Drawn: 1

Lost: 2

The Portuguese side finished runners-up in their group behind Barcelona, level on points with the Catalan club having won four and drawn two of their group games.

It is the fourth time we have drawn against Porto in the competition. In 2006/07 we won 2-0 at home before drawing 0-0 away, while in 2008/09 we were victorious by a 4-0 scoreline before losing 2-0 away from home.

Those ties were in the group stage, and the last time we locked horns was in the round of 16 the following season, when we overturned a 2-1 loss in the first leg with an emphatic 5-0 win at Emirates Stadium to advance.

The round of 16 will be played over four weeks in the spring. The first legs will be February 13-14 or February 20-21 2024, while the return fixtures will be on either March 5-6 or March 12-13.  

For the record the seven teams the North Londoners could have faced, included: Copenhagen, Napoli, Inter Milan, Lazio, PSG, RB Leipzig and Porto