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Extending on their Europa League adventure on February 26th as they secured a 3-1 aggregate victory against PAOK, Claudio Giraldez's side have won each of their other four appearances across all competitions. Likewise, despite suffering major heartbreak at the hands of Los Blancos last time out, Celta should be excited by their overall success on home soil.

NO. F***ING. FIGHTING. In the opening leg of United's Europa League clash with Real Sociedad last season, Rasmus Hojlund and Diogo Dalot were on the verge of clashing after Dalot chose not to square the ball to Hojlund, who was poised for a simple tap-in. Amid an 18-game goal drought, the Danish forward reacted angrily to the squandered chance, throwing his arms up in frustration before directing a stream of stern words at his team-mate.

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.

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.

Let's start by asking you to name every Everton player to go to a major tournament with England since 2000 and every West Ham United player to go to the World Cup or European Championship with England since 1966? We also want you to name all of these players who share three of the same clubs and every manager of Newcastle United since 1992 including caretakers and interim bosses.

Bologna midfielders Tommaso Pobega and Lewis Ferguson are both looking forward to the game against AC Milan, which is scheduled for Tuesday. Bologna participated in some mid-week action as they faced Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Europa League, winning the game 3-0. That earned them a good position ahead of the knockout phase play-offs, drawn against the Norwegian side Brann for the two-legged tie.