UCL

EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND-UP: Feyenoord beat Zorya Lugansk while Sparta Prague top Group K after beating Hapoel Be’er Sheva

Feyenoord beat Ukrainian side Zorya Lugansk 1-0 at De Kuip with a goal from Nicolai Jorgensen on 55 minutes.

They now have six points, and lead Manchester United in Group A on head-to-head record.

Sparta Prague are top of Group K after a 1-0 win away to Israeli side Hapoel Be’er Sheva, ahead of Southampton, who lost away from home against Inter Milan.

Maccabi Tel Aviv are only two points behind Dundalk in second in Group D after beating AZ Alkmaar 2-1 courtesy of a late goal from Eyal Golasa. Zenit top the group after beating the Irish side.

In Group B, Young Boys came from behind to beat Apoel Nicosia 3-1 with a hat-trick from Guillaume Hoarau.

The Cypriots are still top, though, level on six points with Olympiakos who recorded a 4-1 win over Kazakh side Astana with a brace from Junior Seba.

Three teams are now locked on five points at the top of Group C.

Mainz and Anderlecht drew 1-1 while St Etienne secured a 1-0 home win over Gabala, who are bottom without a point.

Austria Vienna battled to a 3-3 draw at Roma, with both teams level on five points at the top of Group E.

Stephan El Shaarawy scored twice for the Italians, but late goals from Dominik Prokop and Olarenwaju Kayode secured a dramatic draw. Astra Giurgiu won 2-1 at Plzen.

In Group F, Genk beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 at home to move two points clear after Rapid Vienna and Sassuolo played out a 1-1 draw.

In Thursday’s earlier ties, Shakhtar Donetsk maintained their 100 per cent start to Group H as they thrashed Gent 5-0, while Konyaspor and Braga drew 1-1.

Schalke also have three wins from three in Group I after a 1-0 away win over Russian side Krasnodar.

Nice collected a first win of the Europa League campaign, 1-0 at Red Bull Salzburg.

Fiorentina stayed top of Group J with a 3-1 win away at Slovan Liberec, where Nikola Kalinic scored twice in the first half.

Qarabag beat PAOK Salonika 2-0 to move above the Greeks into second place.

Villarreal remain leaders of Group L after battling back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw away at Turkish side Osmanlispor, who saw substitute Mehmet Guven sent off.

Zurich are second, level on four points with Osmanlispor, after they drew 1-1 away at Steaua Bucurest.

Celta Vigo and Ajax shared four goals in an entertaining 2-2 draw to keep themselves at the head of Group G.

It was also 2-2 between Standard Liege and Panathinaikos in Belgium.

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