#europa-league

#europa-league

The draw for the knockout rounds of the Europa League will be completed this week as teams including Aston Villa and possibly Nottingham Forest learn their potential route to May's final in Istanbul. Tonight's midweek play-off matches will send eight teams though to the last 16 to join the clubs who finished in the top eight of the league phase, with the likes of Porto, Roma and Lyon joined by Premier League high-flyers Villa.

Bagging a quartet of strikes and returning to the MHPArena holding a commanding advantage, Die Roten will be looking to extend on their Europa League adventure with another public statement. Despite eventually having to settle for an action-packed 3-3 stalemate away at Heidenheim over the weekend, Thursday's guests have suffered just a single defeat from any of their previous eight appearances across all competitions.

Lille's Europa League hopes are in the balance after they suffered a 1-0 defeat at home to Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade in the first leg of their play-off tie. Franklin Tebo Uchenna scored the only goal of Thursday's game at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, bundling the ball home in first-half stoppage time after good work from Tomas Handel and Jay Enem.

A poor clearance from Schmeichel led to Celtic falling behind in the 15th minute, though Stuttgart still had plenty to do after seizing possession, with Deniz Undav's glorious backheel volley picking out Bilal El Khannouss, who drilled home left-footed. Celtic equalised six minutes later thanks to a mistake at the other end, as Atakan Karazor attempted a blind pass while facing his own goal, which deflected kindly for Benjamin Nygren to round Alexander Nubel to tap in.

With the first leg taking place in Thessaloniki, PAOK will recognise the importance of establishing control before next week's return fixture. Razvan Lucescu's team arrive on the back of a goalless draw with AEK Athens-a result that extended their unbeaten run but also underlined a slight dip in attacking sharpness. PAOK have nonetheless demonstrated resilience in recent weeks. Three wins and two draws from their last five matches across all competitions reflect a team capable of grinding out results.

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Nübel started for Stuttgart away to AS Roma in the Europa League on Thursday. He had two saves in the first half and conceded one goal to go down 1-0 at halftime. In the second half, he did not face another shot on goal until he conceded a second goal late in stoppage time to put Stuttgart's comeback chances away. Their attack could not help Nübel out, and they fell 2-0.