Hello world! We have 10 late Europa League games to get our teeth into tonight, plus eight in the Conference League and a token effort from Mansfield and Oxford in League One, any of which we might get distracted by if they look exciting enough. Bournemouth’s Marco Rose is hoping his team recover from the “real slap” they suffered at the hands of Chelsea at the weekend against Sturm Graz, while Celtic’s fans wait to find out if Camilo Duran’s child has been born in time for the Colombian to make it to Lisbon to play Benfica. Elsewhere, two classic names of European club football face each other as Anderlecht, former Uefa Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup winners, head to Dinamo Zagreb, former Fairs Cup winners and Cup Winners’ Cup semi-finalists, for what surprisingly is only a fifth meeting, while Celta Vigo and Juventus play for the third time, with both previous encounters having ended in home wins.
Tonight’s fixtures in full, then (all 8pm unless they obviously aren’t):
Europa League
Benfica v Celtic Bournemouth v Sturm Graz Celta Vigo v Juventus Dinamo Zagreb v Anderlecht Ferencvaros v Plzen Hoffenheim v Besiktas Jagiellonia Bialystock v Ararat Armenia Marseille v Olympiacos NEC v Levski Sofia Rennes v OFI
And the earlier 5.45pm BST kick-offs:
AZ v Hapoel Beer Sheva CM Celje v Omonia Nicosia Lech Poznan v Bayer Leverkusen Lyon v Crystal Palace Red Bull Salzburg v Milan Sparta Prague v Lillestrom Torreense v Sunderland Union Saint Gilloise v Real Sociedad
Conference League
Atalanta v AE Pafos Brann v Lincoln Red Imps Brighton v Kauno Zalgiris Copenhagen v Braga Freiburg v Jablonec Hearts v Nordsjaelland Sint-Truiden v Iberia 1999 Twente v Thun
And the earlier, 5.45pm kick-offs:
CSKA Sofia v Monaco Egnatia v Midtjylland Gent v AGF Hajduk Split v Ajax KuPS v Trabzonspor Lugano v Red Star Belgrade Mjallby AIF v Inter D’Escalde Panathinaikos v Borac Riga v Kairat Universitatea Craiova v Getafe
