Europa League

The second match day of Europa League group-stage action took place with 24 games contested on Thursday.

Group A:

At Moscow:

Samuel Eto'o  provided both goals (62', PK-90') as FC Anzhi Makhachkala blanked visiting BSC Young Boys 2-0.

At Liverpool, England:

Giovanni Pasquale scored what proved to be the winning goal in the 72nd minute as Udinese knocked off Liverpool 3-2 on the road.

GROUP A STANDINGS:

1. FC Anzhi Makhachkala (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
2. Udinese (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. Liverpool (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
4. BSC Young Boys (GP: 2; GD: -4; PTS: 0)

Group B:

At Coimbra, Portugal:

Omer Damari's stoppage-time equalizer (90'+1) lifted Hapoel Tel Aviv to a 1-1 road draw with Academica de Coimbra.  Salim Cisse scored for the hosts in the 47th minute.

At Madrid:

Cristian Rodriguez scored the only goal of the match in second-half stoppage time (90'+3) as Atletico Madrid defeated visiting FC Viktoria Plzen 1-0.

GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Atletico Madrid (GP: 2; GD: +4; PTS: 6)
2. FC Viktoria Plzen (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Hapoel Tel Aviv FC (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)
4. Academica de Coimbra (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)

Group C:

At Marseille, France:

Loic Remy scored twice (76', 90'+3) as Marseille smothered visiting AEL Limassol 5-1.

At Monchengladbach, Germany:

Cristian Baroni scored twice (25', 87') as Fenerbahce doubled-up Borussia Monchengladbach 4-2 on the road.

GROUP C STANDINGS:

1. Marseille (GP: 2; GD: +4; PTS: 4)
2. Fenerbahce (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
3. Borussia Monchengladbach (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)
4. AEL Limassol (GP: 2; GD: -4; PTS: 1)

Group D:

At Bruges, Belgium:

Carlos Bacca (57') and Bjorn Vleminckx (71') provided the scoring as Club Brugge  blanked visiting CS Maritimo 2-0.

At Newcastle upon Tyne, England:

Shola Ameobi (16'), Carlos Henrique dos Santos Souza (OG-40'), and Papiss Cisse (49') provided the goals as Newcastle United dominated visiting Bordeaux 3-0.

GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. Newcastle United (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 4)
2. Bordeaux (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Club Brugge (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 3)
4. CS Maritimo (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)

Group E:

At Molde, Norway:

Jo Inge Berget (58') and Daniel Chima (88') provided the scoring that carried Molde FK to a 2-0 home blanking of VfB Stuttgart.

At Bucharest, Romania:

Ragnar Sigurdsson's own goal in the 83rd minute proved fatal as Steaua Bucharest defeated visiting FC Copenhagen 1-0.

GROUP E STANDINGS:

1. Steaua Bucharest (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
2. FC Copenhagen (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
3. Molde FK (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
4. VfB Stuttgart (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)

Group F:

At Solna, Sweden:

Yevhen Seleznyov scored the winning goal in the 83rd minute as Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk came from behind and defeated AIK Solna 3-2 on the road.

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Jermain Lens (19'), Dries Mertens (41'), and Marcelo Antonio Guedes Filho (52') provided the tallies as PSV Eindhoven dominated visiting Napoli 3-0.

GROUP F STANDINGS:

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 6)
2. PSV Eindhoven (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Napoli (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
4. AIK Solna (GP: 2; GD: -5; PTS: 0)

Group G:

At Basel, Switzerland:

Marco Streller scored twice in the final half-hour (PK-70', 85') as FC Basel erased a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 home draw with KRC Genk.  Benjamin De Ceulaer (10) and Jelle Vossen (38') each scored once for the visiting Belgian club.

At Szekesfehervar, Hungary:

Paulo Vinicius (15'), Filipe Oliveira (21'), and Nemanja Nikolic (35') each scored once during a three-goal first half as Videoton manhandled visiting Sporting CP 3-0.

GROUP G STANDINGS:

1. KRC Genk (GP: 2; GD: +3; PTS: 4)
2. Videoton FC (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
3. FC Basel (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
4. Sporting CP (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

Group H:

At Baku, Azerbaijan:

Philippe Coutinho (10'), Joel Obi (30'), and Marko Livaja (42') each delivered a goal as Inter Milan defeated Neftchi Baku 3-1 on the road.

At Kazan, Russia:

Gokdeniz Karadeniz (45') and Aleksandr Ryazantsev (48') delivered the goals as FC Rubin Kazan blanked visiting Partizan Belgrade 2-0.

GROUP H STANDINGS:

1. FC Rubin Kazan (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
2. Inter Milan (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
3. Neftchi Baku PFC (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)
4. Partizan Belgrade (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)

Group I:

At Haifa, Israel:

Gueida Fofana scored twice (17', 90'+2) as Lyon defeated Ironi Kiryat Shmona 4-3 on the road in a wild contest.

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Tomas Zapotocny (26'), Bekim Balaj (41'), and Josef Husbauer (PK-56') provided the scoring touch that lifted Sparta Prague to a 3-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao.

GROUP I STANDINGS:

1. Lyon (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 6)
2. Sparta Prague (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)
4. Athletic Bilbao (GP: 2; GD: -2; PTS: 1)

Group J:

At Rome:

Ederson Honorato Campos scored the only goal of the match in the 62nd minute as Lazio defeated visiting NK Maribor 1-0.

At Athens:

Toche delivered the equalizer in the 79th minute as Panathinaikos came from behind to gain a 1-1 home draw with Tottenham Hotspur.  Michael Dawson scored in the 35th minute for Spurs.

GROUP J STANDINGS:

1. Lazio (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
2. NK Maribor (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
3. Tottenham Hotspur FC (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
4. Panathinaikos (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 1)
  Group K:

At Kharkiv, Ukraine:

Edmar Aparecida (66') and Cleiton Xavier (80') provided the scoring as FC Metalist Kharkiv blanked visiting Rapid Vienna 2-0.

At Trondheim, Norway:

Stefan Kiessling scored the only goal of the match in the 76th minute as Bayer Leverkusen defeated Rosenborg 1-0 on the road.

GROUP K STANDINGS:

1. FC Metalist Kharkiv (GP: 2; GD: +2; PTS: 4)
2. Bayer Leverkusen (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
3. Rosenborg BK (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
4. Rapid Vienna (GP: 2; GD: -3; PTS: 0)

Group L:

At Hanover, Germany:

Didier Ya Konan scored the winning goal in the 49th minute as Hannover 96 defeated visiting Levante 2-1.

At Helsingborg, Sweden:

Rasmus Bengtsson (74') and Douglas Franco Teixeira (88') provided the late scoring that enabled FC Twente to come back from two goals down to gain a 2-2 road draw with Helsingborg.  Nikola Dudric scored both of the hosts goals in the 7th and 43rd minutes.

GROUP L STANDINGS:

1. Hannover 96 (GP: 2; GD: +1; PTS: 4)
2. Levante (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 3)
3. FC Twente (GP: 2; GD: 0; PTS: 2)
4. Helsingborgs IF (GP: 2; GD: -1; PTS: 1)