Europa Conference League: Start Of Second Half Of Group-Stage Play

The second half of Europa Conference League group-stage play commenced with sixteen contests on Thursday.

GROUP A:

At Istanbul, Turkey:

Stefano Okaka scored twice (45', 72') as Istanbul Basaksehir defeated visiting RFS 3-0.

At Florence, Italy:

Nicolas Gonzalez scored twice (32', PK-79') as Fiorentina demolished visiting Heart of Midlothian 5-1.

Group A Standings:

1. x-Istanbul Basaksehir (GP: 4; GD: +10; PTS: 10)

2.    Fiorentina (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 7)

3.    Heart of Midlothian (GP: 4; GD: -9; PTS: 3)

4.    RFS (GP: 4; GD: -5; PTS: 2)

x-Clinched at least a berth in the knockout-stage playoffs with a shot at advancing outright to the Europa Conference League's Round of 16

GROUP B:

At Bucharest, Romania:

Sebastian Jorgensen scored twice (68', 70) as Silkeborg destroyed homestanding FCSB 5-0.

At London:

Jarrod Bowen scored he winning goal in the 30th minute as West Ham United defeated visiting RSC Anderlecht 2-1.

Group B Standings:

1. x-West Ham United (GD: 4; GD: +5; PTS: 12)

2.     Silkeborg (GP: 4; GD: +8; PTS: 6)

3.     RSC Anderlecht (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 4)

4.     FCSB (GP: 4; GD; -12; PTS: 1)

x-Clinched at leas a berth in the Europa Conference League's knockout-stage playoffs

GROUP C:

At Vienna, Austria:

Jackson Nicolas came through for Villarreal as his goal in the 87th minute carried the visiting Yellow Submarine to a 1-0 victory over Austria Vienna to clinch a berth in the ECL's knockout stage.

At Beersheba, Israel:

Filip Szymczak's equalizer in the 44th minute lifted Lech Poznan to a 1-1 road draw with Hapoel Beersheba.

Tomad Hemed converted a penalty kick for the hosts in the ninth minute.

Group C Standings:

1.x-Villarreal (GP: 4; GD: +8; PTS: 12)

2.    Lech Poznan (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 5)

3.    Hapoel Beersheva (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 3)

4.    Austria Vienna (GP: 4; GD: -9; PTS: 1)

x-Clinched berth in Europa Conference League knockout stage

GROUP D:

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Fousseni Diabate (15') and Ricardo Gomes (52') each scored once as Partizan Belgrade blanked visiting FC Cologne 2-0.

At Nice, France:

Petr Reinberk scored the game winner at 86 minutes as Slovacko knocked off ten-man homestanding Nice 2-1.

Group D Standings:

1. Partizan Belgrade (GP: 4; GD: +3; PTS: 8)

2. OGC Nice (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 5)

3. FC Cologne (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 4)

4. Slovacko (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 4)

GROUP E:

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Valentine Roberge scored the only goal of Apollon Limassol's 1-0 victory over visiting AZ Almaar in the 32 minute.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Artem Dovbyk scored the stoppage-time winner (90'+1) as Dnipro-1 knocked off hosts FC Vaduz 2-1.

Group E Standings:

1. AZ Alkmaar (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 9)

2. Dnipro-1 (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 7)

3. Apollon Limassol (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 4)

4. FC Vaduz (GP: 4; GD: -4; PTS: 2)

GROUP F:

At Stockholm, Sweden:

Gustav Wikheim scored twice (42', 46') as Djurgarden doubled up visiting KAA Gent 4-2.

At Dublin, Republic of Ireland:

David Fofana (33') and Kristian Eriksen (69') held Molde FK blank Shamrock Rovers 2-0 on the road and knock the Irish club out of European competition.

Group F Standings:

1. x-Djurgarden (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 10)

2.    Molde FK (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 7)

3.    KAA Gent (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 4)

4. e-Shamrock Rovers (GP: 4; GD: -8; PTS: 1)

x-Clinched at least a berth in the Europa Conference League's knockout-stage playoffs

e-Eliminated from European competition 

GROUP G:

At Cluj-Napoca, Romania:

Ciprian Deac (PK-11) and Yuri Matias (85') each scored once as CFR Cluj blanked visiting Slavia Prague 2-0.

At Pristina, Kosovo:

Karol Angielski scored the winning goal in the 81st minute as Sivasspor upended Ballkani 2-1 on the road.

Group G Standings:

1. Sivasspor (GP: 4; GD: +1; PTS: 7)

2. CFR Cluj (GP: 4; GD: +2; PTS: 7)

3. Slavia Prague (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 4)

4. Ballkani (GP: 4; GD: -1; PTS: 4)

GROUP H:

At Bratislava, Slovakia:

Darian Males (PK-29'), Andy Diouf (65'), and Andi Zeqiri (72') each scored once to guide FC Basel to an exciting 3-3 road draw with Slovan Bratislava.

Vladimir Weiss (PK-45'+2), Juraj Kucka (49'), and Aleksandar Covric (53') each tallied once for the hosts.

At Vilnius, Lithuania:

Renan Oliveira scored the game winner at 42 minutes as Zalgiris held off visiting Pyunik 2-1.

It was the first-ever victory in a group-stage match in any European club tournament for a club from Lithuania.

Group H Standings:

1. FC Basel (GP: 4; GD: +1; PTS: 7)

2. Pyunik (GP: 4; GD: +1; PTS: 6)

3. Slovan Bratislava (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 5)

4. Zalgiris (GP: 4; GD: -2; PTS: 4)