Tottenham v Elfsborg, Rangers v Union Saint-Gilloise, and more: Europa League – live | Europa League

GOAL! Ferencvaros 2-0 AZ (Traore 34). Adama Traoré has just scored an absolute gem for Robbie Keane’s side. He takes a couple of strides down the inside-right channel before unleashing a rising drive towards the top-right corner. The ball pings off the underside of the crossbar, close to the junction of bar and post, down and in. You’ll not see a better goal tonight.

Rangers 1-0 Union Saint Gilloise. Actually, there might have been an offside among all that mayhem too. Either way, Rangers came very close to conceding a very poor goal.

Rangers 1-0 Union Saint Gilloise. Charles Vanhoutte curls a free kick into the Rangers box from the right. The home side fail to win a couple of headers, and Franjo Ivanovic nutmegs Jack Butland from six yards. Such a messy goal … but it won’t stand, because there’s been some pushin’ and a-shovin’ amid the melee. That’s a bit soft, but VAR has come to Rangers’ rescue there.

GOAL! Midtjylland 1-0 Fenerbahce (Diao 27). A cross swung in from the left. Ousmane Diao rises highest and heads home. Jose Mourinho’s men won’t qualify as things stand.

GOAL! Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Plzen (Williams 25). A mere 90 seconds after Dani Vivian has a goal disallowed, Iñaki Williams steams down the right and crosses for his younger brother, who can’t miss.

GOAL! Ajax 1-0 Galatasaray (Traore 23). Brian Brobbey, attempting to hold the ball up while being wrestled to the ground, manages to send Chuba Akpom away down the left with a hook from the floor. Akpom shoots. Fernando Muslera parries but Bertrand Traore, haring in from the right, slams home. Survival for the Dutch giants is on!

James Tavernier, running back up the left wing after a slightly miscued corner, swivels and whips a glorious cross to the far stick. Nicolas Raskin arrives on the right-hand corner of the D and steers a fine header back across goal and into the left-hand side of the net. Ibrox launches into space! Rangers love this competition.

GOAL! Anderlecht 1-0 Hoffenheim (Vazquez 18). A stunning goal by Luis Vazquez, who glides in from the right touchline before curling an unstoppable shot across the keeper and into the top left. Hoffenheim’s campaign hanging by a thread.

Ajax 0-0 Galatasaray. Ajax need a win to guarantee more European action this season. They’re fortunate they’re not behind already, with Barış Alper Yılmaz crossing dangerously from the right, Victor Osimhen flashing a header wide right.

Rangers 0-0 Union Saint-Gilloise. Leon King picks up a concussion and is forced to make way for Ross McCausland.

Slavia Prague 0-0 Malmo. The ball pings onto Slavia defender David Zima’s hand, and the referee points to the penalty spot (after a little help from VAR). Erik Botheim scuffs the penalty towards the bottom left, and it’s a laughably easy claim for Prague’s Aleš Mandous.

Roma 0-0 Eintracht Frankfurt. Roma need to win to make sure of survival. They’ve just spurned a huge chance, Evan N’Dicka crossing from the left for Artem Dovbyk, who hoicks over from six yards.

GOAL! Ferencvaros 1-0 AZ (Ben Romdhane 9). Robbie Keane’s team take an early lead in style. Adama Traoré cuts in from the right and crosses long for Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, who slams a header home from close range. What an inviting cross that was.

GOAL! Braga 1-0 Lazio (Horta 6). Victor Gómez advances down the right and cuts back for his captain Ricardo Horta, who whips into the bottom left. A lovely goal, and so Braga are on for the win they need to survive. Lazio, the table toppers, have little or nothing to play for.

Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Elfsborg. A sprightly start for Spurs as Mikey Moore spins in from the right touchline and attacks the visiting defence. The ball’s switched to Son Heung-Min on the other flank. A scuffed shot. But a promising early attack.

It’s chaos o’clock. Lights, whistles, action.

All across the continent, teams take to the field. There are muscles to be stretched, corporate anthems politely listened to, hands shaken, coins tossed, pennants swapped, whistles sounded, hopes realised and dreams shattered. We’ll be off in a couple of minutes. “With apologies to Elfsborg, I think Spurs could start to turn things around if they beat their opponents tonight. But given their form, that is a big IF.” Peter Oh, ladies and gentlemen. He’s here all week. Try the smörgåsbord.

Jeopardy Corner. There’s not a lot of it about. Lazio are the only team to have already guaranteed their place in the last 16. Manchester United and Tottenham can both join them in giving the play-offs the bodyswerve: wins tonight will make sure of their last-16 spot; draws may be enough. Like United and Spurs, Rangers are at least certain of making the play-off round; a win may be enough for a top-right spot, but they’d need quite a few results elsewhere to go their way. But there are some continental behemoths in serious peril: Ajax, Real Sociedad and Roma are not too far above the 24th-placed cut-off line, while Porto are just under it.

Here’s how the mega-table looks going into the final matchday of the league phase. There are 36 clubs playing 18 fixtures to determine which eight qualify automatically for the Round of 16 and which 16 go into the play-off round. Enjoy, enjoy.

FCSB (or Steaua Bucharest in the old money): Tarnovanu, Mihai Popescu, Ngezana, Dawa, Cretu, Edjouma, Sut, Radunovic, Tanase, Birligea, Miculescu.
Subs: Udrea, Stefanescu, Daniel Popa, Chiriches, Toma, Baluta, Pantea, Musi, Alhassan.

Manchester United: Bayindir, Mazraoui, De Ligt, Martinez, Dalot, Collyer, Mainoo, Malacia, Eriksen, Fernandes, Hojlund.
Subs: Heaton, Onana, Lindelof, Maguire, Zirkzee, Yoro, Diallo, Garnacho, Casemiro, Ugarte.

There’s a proper pukka MBM for this one: let Michael Butler be your guide. We recommend a two-window / two-tab system so you don’t have to choose! Toggle away between us like billy-o.

Tottenham Hotspur: Austin, Porro, Van de Ven, Davies, Gray, Bergvall, Bentancur, Sarr, Moore, Richarlison, Son.
Subs: Forster, Whiteman, Cassanova, Dragusin, Hardy, Bissouma, Olusesi, Kyerematen, Ajayi, Kulusevski, Scarlett, Lankshear.

Elfsborg: Petterson, Holmen, Henriksson, Yegbe, Hedlund, B Zeneli, Thomasen, Hult, Rapp, Abdullai, Qasem.
Subs: Uppenberg, Sorensen, Aronsson, A Zeneli, Gudmundsson, Holten, Larsson, Frick, Kaib, Richtner, Ostman, Ibrahim.

Tottenham have made three changes to their starting XI in the wake of the 2-1 home loss to Leicester. Brandon Austin replaces Antonín Kinský – who along with Djed Spence, Sergio Reguilon and Yang Min-Hyeok, is ineligible – while 17-year-old Mikey Moore gets a runout up front and Micky van de Ven returns from injury. Radu Drăgușin and Dejan Kulusevski drop to the bench.

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, King, Propper, Jefte, Cerny, Raskin, Diomande, Bajrami, Dessers, Igamane.
Subs: Kelly, Hutton, Nsio, Curtis, Lovelace, Rice, McCausland, Lawrence, Souttar, Munn.

Union Saint Gilloise: Moris, Khalaili, Mac Allister, Sykes, Leysen, Sadiki, Van De Perre, Vanhoutte, Fuseini, Ivanovic, Niang.
Subs: Berradi, Asri, Rodriguez, Ait El Hadj, Rasmussen, Chambaere, Imbrechts.

Rangers make two changes to their starting XI after the 3-1 Scottish Premiership victory at Dundee United. Václav Černý and Leon King step up; Ianis Hagi and Clinton Nsiala miss out altogether.

We ride again. Just in case last night’s Champions League chaos wasn’t enough to whet your appetite for widespread disorder, here’s what’s happening in the Europa League this evening …

• Ajax v Galatasaray

• Anderlecht v Hoffenheim

• Athletic Bilbao v Plzen

• Braga v Lazio

• Dynamo Kyiv v Rigas FS

• FCSB v Man Utd

• Ferencvaros v AZ

• Lyon v Ludogorets

• Maccabi Tel-Aviv v FC Porto

• Midtjylland v Fenerbahce

• Nice v Bodo/Glimt

• Olympiacos v Qarabag FK

• Rangers v Union Saint Gilloise

• Real Sociedad v PAOK

• Roma v Eintracht Frankfurt

• Slavia Prague v Malmo FF

• Tottenham Hotspur v IF Elfsborg

• Twente v Besiktas

It all gets going at 8pm GMT. Loss of thread, narrative, news, concentration, perspective, balance, will to live, etc., begins at 8.01pm, but hey, we’ll do our best to power on through. It’s on!