Already assured of playing at least the play-offs (top 24) before the kick-off of the 7th and penultimate day of the league phase of the Europa League, Anderlecht will travel to the Czech Republic to play Viktoria Plzen on Thursday (6:45 p.m.) . For its part, Union Saint-Gilloise will host the Portuguese from Braga at 9:00 p.m.
Third with 14 points and still undefeated, the Mauves can still dream of direct qualification even though they already have a record of 4 wins for 2 shares. David Hubert’s men will, however, have to be wary of the Czechs, currently 2nd in their championship and who have only lost twice this season. For USG, 20th with 8 points, the objective will be simple: a victory to try to secure its place in the next phase. Apart from the 5-1 elimination in the Cup against Antwerp, the Unionists have not lost a match since the end of October. Braga is only 25th with seven units.
The 7th day will begin on Tuesday with the trip of Dynamo kyiv, the only club guaranteed elimination, to Galatasaray of Michy Batshuayi and Dries Mertens (4:30 p.m.). On Wednesday, Besiktas will host Athletic Bilbao (4:30 p.m.) before Thursday’s 16 matches including a first half at 6:45 p.m. and the visit of Lyon and Malick Fofana to Fenerbahce. Les Gones are currently 4th with 13 points on the clock. At around 9:00 p.m., the Rangers of Philippe Clement and Nicolas Raskin (8th, 11pts) will meet at Old Trafford for the clash against Manchester United (7th, 12pts).
In the other matches at the start of the evening, AZ Alkmaar of Maarten Martens receives AS Roma of Alexis Saelemaeckers while Alec Van Hoorenbeeck and Twente will travel to Malmö. Later, Eintracht Frankfurt, with Arthur Theate, will face Ferencvaros with Philippe Rommens in its ranks and Mika Godts’ Ajax will travel to the RFS.
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