Europa League

15 games were played on Thursday as the Europa League's Round of 32 reached the midway point.



At Dortmund, Germany:



Michy Batshuayi scored twice (65', 90'+1) as Borussia Dortmund took the opening match of their series with Italy's Atalanta 3-1 at home.

At Nice, France:



Manuel Fernandes produced a natural hat trick (PK-45', 69', 77') as Lokomotiv Moscow erased a two-goal deficit to knock off OGC Nice 3-2 on the road in their series opener.



At Copenhagen, Denmark:



Kevin Gameiro scored the winning goal in the 37th minute as Atletico Madrid dominated FC Copenhagen 4-1 on the road in game one.



At Moscow:



Aritz Aduriz scored twice (22', 39') to carry Athletic Bilbao to a series-opening 3-1 road win over Spartak Moscow.



At Athens:



Astrit Ajdarevic's goal in the 80th minute enabled AEK Athens to salvage a 1-1 series-opening home draw with Dynamo Kiev.

Viktor Tsyhankov scored at 19 minutes for the Ukrainian club.

At Glasgow, Scotland:



Callum McGregor scored the game's only goal in the 79th minute as Celtic defeated visiting Zenit Saint Petersburg 1-0 in their series opening-contest.

At Naples, Italy:



Timo Werner tallied twice (61', 90'+3) as RB Leipzig knocked off Napoli 3-1 on the road in their series opener.



At Decines-Charpieu, France:



Nabil Fekir scored the winning goal in the 49th minute as Lyon defeated visiting Villarreal 3-1 in their series opener.



At San Sebastian, Spain:



Mikel Oyarzabal (OG-27') and Takumi Minamino (90'+4) each scored once as FC Red Bull Salzburg gained a series-opening 2-2 road draw with Real Sociedad.

Alvaro Odriozola (57') and Adnan Januzaj (80') provided the goals for the hosts.



At Bucharest, Romania:



Harlem Gnohere scored the only goal of the match in the 29th minute to carry Steaua Bucharest to a 1-0 series-opening home victory over Lazio.



At Razgrad, Bulgaria:



Patrick Cutrone (45'), Ricardo Rodriguez (PK-64'), and Fabio Borini (90's+2) each scored once as AC Milan dominated their series-opening match with Ludogorets Razgrad 3-0 on the road.



At Astana, Kazakhstan:



Gelson Martins scored the winning goal in the 50th minute as Sporting CP knocked off Astana 3-1 on the road in the opening match of their two-game series.



At Ostersund, Sweden:



Nacho Monreal (13'), Sotirios Papagiannopoulos (OG-24'), and Mesut Ozil (58') each scored once as Arsenal dominated their series opener with Ostersund 3-0 on the road.



At Marseilles, France:



Valere Germain scored twice (4', 69') as Marseille dominated visiting SC Porto 3-0 in game one.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Radim Reznik's equalizer in the 81st minute lifted FC Viktoria Plzen to a series-opening 1-1 road draw with Partizan Belgrade.

Leandre Tawamba scored for the hosts in the 58th minute.