The Europa league take center stage today being Thursday 3rd of Octeober 2019 with some exciting matches across venues. Matches will be play in group A to group L. A total number of 24 matches will be played today.
In group A, F91 Dudelange will take on Qarabag FK at Stade Josy Barthel at 20:00. The F91 Dudelange will be looking for a perfect run in this competition after picking 3 maximum point away in their first match to vote level on point with Sevilla. For Qarabag another loss will further condemn them to the bottom of the table.
Sevilla will be confidence playing at home against APOEL Nicosa who lost their first game at home. Sevilla will also be banking on their experience in the competition as they will be favorite to progress to the next stage with ease.
Group B matches will be between Lugano, Dynamo Kyiv, Malmo FF and FC Koebenhavn. This group on paper look balance between the teams, although certain advantages will be given to the team from Ukraine considering their consistency in Europe club football over the years. With FC Koebenhavn and Dynamo Kyiv having three points each after first game, the group may as well be thrown wide open if Malmoe FF or Lugano can win their respective matches later today.
Getafe, FC Kransnodar, Tranzonspor and Basel are teams that will battle each other for the available two slots to progress to the next stage of this competition. On paper, both Basel and Getafe should progress to the knockout stage of the Europa league. The experience of Basel in Champions league will be key for their progression while Getafe will need to up their game as any slip off may give Trabzonspor the opportunity to claimed one of the two available ticket.
Group D matches will be an handful one as some of the Europe best teams in the like of Rosenborg, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting CP and LASK will have the opportunity to put this right haven't failed to qualify for the money spinning champions league. Sporting CP may have to watch pot if they wish to progress, failure for them to pick the three maximum point today against LASK will be a bad result.
Celtic versus Cluj and Lazio against Renne will be be a worthy match for a beautiful evening especially with two club from this group having one point each. Lazio and Rennes match today will be winner takes all as any team that wins this clash will not only claim three point but also send message to the other team in the group.
Group F is another group where the likes of Arsenal, Standard Liege, Victoria De Guimaraes and Eintracht Frankfurt will fight to the finish. Today's match between Arsenal and Standard Liege may as well turn out to be first decider in this group, a win for Arsenal will give the Gunners six points and if the Liege wins, they will as well gained six point vice versa. Arsenal may have put themselves in an advantage by defeating Eintracht Frankfurt in the first game.
