UEFA Cup Group Stage, MatchDay # 4: FC Twente, Metalist, Galatasaray, Standard de Liege, Udinese Clinch Knockout Round Berths

Wednesday marked the opening of MatchDay #4 in UEFA Cup group stage play.

Group A:

At Manchester, England:

Visiting Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City played to a 0-0 draw. The Citizens have already clinched a berth in the knockout stage, which starts in February with the Round of 32.

At Enschede, Netherlands:

Thanks to goals from Rob Wielaert (2') and Kenneth Perez (54'), FC Twente locked up a knockout stage berth with a 2-1 home win over FC Schalke 04.

GROUP A STANDINGS:

1. Manchester City* (GP: 3; GD: +3; PTS: 7)
2. FC Twente* (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 6)
3. FC Schalke 04 (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 4)
4. Racing Santander (GP: 3; GD: -1; PTS: 2)
5. Paris Saint-Germain (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 2)

*Advanced to the UEFA Cup knockout stage

Group B:

At Kharkov, Ukraine:

Edmar scored the game's lone goal at 88 minutes as FC Metalist Kharkiv clinched a knockout round berth with a 1-0 home win over Olympiacos.

At Berlin:

Milan Baros' successful 69th-minute penalty kick sealed a knockout round berth for Galatasary as they won 1-0 on the road over Hertha Berlin.

GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Galatasaray* (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 9)
2. FC Metalist Kharkiv* (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 7)
3. Olympiacos (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
4. SL Benfica (GP: 3; GD: -6; PTS: 1)

*Advanced to UEFA Cup knockout stage

Group C:

At Liege, Belgium:

Royal Standard de Liege, powered by goals from Igor De Camargo (23'), Oguchi Oneywu (35'), and Milan Jovanovic (43'), sealed a spot in the Round of 32 with their 3-0 pasting of visiting Sampdoria.

At Seville, Spain:

Luis Fabiano's double (PK-32', 73') helped lift Sevilla to a 3-0 home beatdown of playing-out-the-string Partizan Belgrade.

GROUP C STANDINGS:

1. Standard de Liege* (GP: 3; GD: +5; PTS: 9)
2. Sevilla (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 6)
3. VfB Stuttgart (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 4)
4. Sampdoria (GP: 3; GD: -2; PTS: 4)
5. Partizan Belgrade# (GP: 4; GD: -7; PTS: 0)

*Advanced to UEFA Cup group stage
#Eliminated from European competition

Group D:

At Moscow:

Thanks to goals in the waning minutes courtesy of Jhon van Beukering (84') and Lasse Schone (87') lifted NEC Nijmegen to a 2-1 come-from-behing road win over Spartak Moscow.

At Udine, Italy:

Fabio Quagliarella (5') and Christian Obodo (78') provided the scoring as Udinese locked up a knockout stage berth at home by beating Dinamo Zagreb 2-1, as the Croatian club's European campaign ended.

GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. Udinese* (GP: 3; GD: +6; PTS: 9)
2. Tottenham Hotspur (GP: 3; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
3. NEC Nijmegen (GP: 3; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
4. Spartak Moscow (GP: 3; GD: -1; PTS: 3)
5. Dinamo Zagreb# (GP: 4; GD: -5; PTS: 3)

*Advanced to UEFA Cup knockout stage
#Eliminated from European competition