Not exact matches
In what is undoubtedly the
tie of the
round, Milan will take on Arsenal as the two sides will see this competition as their best hope of
qualifying for the Champions League next season.
Although the Patriots have already wrapped up a first -
round bye, this
qualifies as a «must - win» game for the Jets who are currently
tied with the Steelers and Chiefs for the final two wild - card spots.
Galatasaray suffered a surprise 2 - 0 defeat to Ostersunds in the first leg of their Europa League second
qualifying round tie on Thursday.
But Stephen Kenny's side are still well in the third
qualifying round tie following a 1 - 0 loss, with substitute Mikhail Gordeichuk the only man able to beat an inspired Gary Rogers in the Dundalk goal.
Welsh Premier League side The New Saints beat Tre Penne of San Marino 2 - 1 in the first leg of their Champions League first
qualifying round tie at Park Hall Stadium.
The New Saints saw their hopes of Champions League progress dented after a 2 - 0 away defeat against Croatian side Rijeka in the first leg of their second
qualifying round tie.
• The Biancocelesti have never previously recorded a 4 - 2 first - leg win in Rome, but when they have triumphed at home by a two - goal margin they have gone on to win the
tie two times out of three, most recently against Benfica (3 - 1 home, 1 - 0 away) in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League third
qualifying round.
Southampton will face Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem in the third
qualifying round of the Europa League, while West Ham were handed a potential
tie against Scottish Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle should they both progress.
The journey began on a warm August evening with a final
qualifying round tie against Panathinaikos of Greece to decide who would play in the competition proper.
When CSKA Moscow lineup to play AEK Athens in Tuesday night's UEFA Champions League third
qualifying round tie, it will be a familiar sight, yet the manner of performance to come will hopefully be very different.
Grabbing positive results on their last two Champions League
tie suddenly gave CSKA Moscow a shot in
qualifying into the next
round of that competition, but in achieving it they must picked up all three points against AS Roma this upcoming midweek.
Be able to improve in the competition, and you will see a Pot 1 placement, where it is more likely the club will
qualify for the knock - out stages and also top their
qualifying group, resulting in an easier
tie in the next
round.
Ligue 1 side Monaco recorded a 3 - 1 victory over Young Boys in the first leg of their Champions League third
qualifying round tie on Tuesday night.
Inverness lost their Europa League
qualifying tie to Romanian side Astra Giurgiu, who also accounted for West Ham United in the next
round.
The Hammers should have been starting this
tie at home, but they had to switch things up because of the Anniversary Games being hosted at their new home, so they had to reverse the fixtures in this UEFA Champions League third
qualifying round match.
Rule 3 -9-6 now allows all
ties for place finishes and / or determining
qualifiers for a subsequent
round to be broken using timing to one one - thousandths of a second.