Europa League Matchday 1 Preview











Thursday 20th September Europa League Matchday 1 Preview 

Britain have 4 hopes of winning silverware in the Europa League this season, with 2 clubs from England, and 2 from Scotland. 

England's hopes currently begin with Arsenal and Chelsea, but we could see other English teams drop into the competition through the Champions League 3rd place, and Scottish hopes rest on the Glasgow clubs Celtic and Rangers


Todays Games

Akhisar Belediye vs Krasnodar
Besiktas vs Sarpsborg
Dynamo Kiev vs Astana
Genk vs Malmo FF
Lazio vs Apollon Limassol
MOL Vidi FC vs BATE Borisov
Marseille vs Eintracht Frankfurt
PAOK Salonika vs Chelsea
Rapid Wien vs Spartak Moscow
Rennes vs FK Jablonec
Sevilla vs Standard Liege
Villarreal vs Rangers
AEK Larnaca vs FC Zurich
Arsenal vs Vorskla Poltava
Celtic vs Rosenborg
Dinamo Zagreb vs Fenerbahce
F91 Dudelange vs AC Milan
FC Copenhagen vs Zenit St. Petersburg
FC Spartak Trinova vs Anderlecht
Ludogorets vs Bayer Leverkusen
Olympias’s FC vs Real Betis
RB Leipzig vs Red Bull Salzburg
Slavia Prague vs Bordeaux
Sporting Lisbon vs Qarabag FK

PAOK vs Chelsea
Eden Hazard has not travelled with Chelsea to Greece where the Blues get their Europa League campaign underway against PAOK.
The Belgian superstar has featured in every of Chelsea's Premier League game so far this season, and scored a hat-trick against Cardiff on Saturday, but was left out of the Blues' travelling party due to tiredness.
As well as Hazard, David Luiz, Mateo Kovacic and Emerson Palmieri have also been left back home in the UK by Chelsea and will not feature. Whilst Danny Drinkwater is not in the Europa League squad, due to UEFA regulations.
Sarri refused to confirm if Ruben Loftus-Cheek would be involved from the start on Thursday while Gary Cahill could also make his first appearance of the season for the Blues.
There are some familiar faces among the PAOK squad. Chuba Akpom joined the club from Arsenal last summer and has played alongside Chelsea striker Olivier Giroud. Belgian midfielder Omar El Kaddouri also played at Napoli under Sarri and alongside Jorginho.


Prediction – PAOK 1-3 Chelsea




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