West Ham, Brighton Advance In The Europa League. Atalanta Makes Round Of 16 – News18

Tomáš Souček struck late once more to assist West Ham beat TSC Bačka Topola 1-0 and advance to the knockout stage of the Europa League on Thursday.

The midfielder met Maxwel Cornet’s cross on the far put up to volley residence the winner within the 89th minute in Serbia.

Souček, who has scored in 5 straight video games, had snatched a 2-1 victory for West Ham in opposition to Burnley with a stoppage-time winner Saturday within the Premier League.

West Ham is tied atop Group A with Germany’s Freiburg, which routed Olympiacos 5-0. Michael Gregoritsch had a hat trick by the thirty sixth minute. Kiliann Sildillia and Ritsu Doan additionally socred. The winners each have 12 factors.

The Hammers want solely a degree in opposition to Freiburg on Dec. 14 in London to win the group and keep away from a two-legged playoff in February.

Brighton superior from Group B after João Pedro transformed from the spot for a 1-0 win over 10-man AEK in Athens.

Pedro was fouled within the field earlier than sending goalkeeper Cican Stankovic the flawed approach for his fifth objective of the marketing campaign. The hosts misplaced midfielder Mijat Gaćinović to a second yellow card within the sixty fifth minute.

Brighton took a provisional group lead with 10 factors with a sport to go, main Marseille — which hosts Ajax later Thursday — by two factors. AEK stays on 4 factors in third.

The eight group winners in Europe’s second-tier competitors earn a direct place within the final 16 of the competitors whereas ending in second solely will get a workforce a playoff in opposition to the golf equipment who drop into the Europa League as third-place finishers in Champions League teams.

Atalanta superior on to the spherical of 16 regardless of 1-1 draw at residence with Sporting Lisbon. Sporting substitute Marcus answered Gianluca Scamacca’s opening objective. Atalanta gained Group D with 11 factors. Sporting is second with eight.

In Group C, Lukáš Haraslín’s second-half curling shot from the sting of the world led Sparta previous Real Betis 1-0 in Prague to maintain the Czech workforce’s residence for a high-two end alive.

Maccabi Haifa remained winless in final place in Group F after a 3-0 loss to Rennes in a sport performed on the Puskas Arena in Budapest as a result of Israel shouldn’t be allowed to host UEFA-sanctioned matches because of the struggle with Hamas.

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Viktoria Plzeň stays the one workforce to date to be assured first place in its group within the third-tier league. The Czechs gained 1-0 at Ballkani to make it 5 wins from 5 in Group C.

Club Brugge thumped Besiktas 5-0 in Turkey to guide Group D with 13 factors. Bodo/Glimt trails by three after a 5-2 win over Lugano.

A primary-place end earns a direct spot within the final 16, whereas ending in second takes golf equipment right into a playoff with third-place finishers within the Europa League.

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