Shocking away victories: Europa League play-off results

On Thursday, February 19, the first play-off matches of the Europa League for the right to play in the 1/8 finals of the tournament took place. In 8 matches, the hosts won only 1 victory, another 1 match ended in a draw, and the guests won the rest of the matches.

This is reported by “Pryamiy” .

It is noted that the play-off matches are played by clubs ranked 9th to 24th in the overall standings of the main stage of the Europa League. In the first games, the teams from lower positions hosted their opponents on their own fields.

Results of the first play-off matches of the Europa League:

• “Brann” (Norway) — “Bologna” (Italy) — 0:1 ;
• “Dinamo” Zagreb (Croatia) – “Genk” (Belgium) – 1:3 ;
• PAOK (Greece) — Celta (Spain) — 1:2 ;
• “Fenerbahce” (Turkey) — “Nottingham Forest” (England) — 0:3 ;
• Lille (France) — Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) — 0:1 ;
• “Ludogorets” (Bulgaria) – “Ferencvaros” (Hungary) – 2:1 ;
• “Panathinaikos” (Greece) – “Viktoria” Plzen (Czech Republic) – 2:2 ;
• Celtic (Scotland) — Stuttgart (Germany) — 1:4 .

It is worth adding that the return matches are scheduled for February 26 .

Also known are the teams that advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Europa League:

• “Lyon” (France);
• Aston Villa (England);
• “Midtjylland” (Denmark);
• “Betis” (Spain);
• “Porto” (Portugal);
• “Braga” (Portugal);
• “Freiburg” (Germany);
• “Roma” (Italy).

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