Europa Conference League

 The group stage of the Europa Conference League reached its' halfway point on Thursday with sixteen games.

GROUP A:

At Edinburgh, Scotland:

Rolando Mandragora (4'), Christian Kouame (42'), and Luka Jovvic (79') each scored once as Fiorentina dominated ten-man hosts Heart of Midlothian 3-0.

At Riga, Latvia:

RFS and visiting Istanbul Basaksehir battled to a 0-0 stalemate.

Group A Standings:

1. Istanbul Basaksehir (GP: 3; GD: +7; PTS: 7)

2. Fiorentina (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS; 4)

3. Heart of Midlothian (GP: 3; GD: -5; PTS: 3)

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

GROUP B:

At Brussels, Belgium:

Gianluca Scamacca scored the only goal of West Ham United's 1-0 road win over RSC Anderlecht in the 79th minute.

At Silkeborg, Denmark:

Five players, starting with Anders Klynge in the third minute as Silkeborg destroyed visiting FCSB 5-0.

Group B Standings:

1. West Ham United (GP: 3; GD: +4; PTS: 9)

2. RSC Anderlecht (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 4)

3. Silkeborg (GP: 3; GD: +3; PTS: 3)

4. FCSB (GP: 3; GD: -7; PTS: 1)

GROUP C:

At Poznan, Poland:

Hapoel Beer-Sheva held hosts Lech Poznan to a 0-0 deadlock.

At Valencia, Spain:

Jose Morales produced a hat trick (78', 80', 88') to complete Villarreal's 5-0 fist beating of visiting Austria Vienna.

Group C Standings:

1. Villarreal (GP: 3; GD: +7; PTS: 9)

2. Lech Poznan (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 4)

3. Hapoel Beer-Sheva (GP: 3; GD: -1; PTS: 2) 

4. Austria Vienna (GP: 3; GD: -9; PTS: 1)

GROUP D:

At Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic:

Nicolas Pepe's goal in the 54th minute carried OGC Nice to a nice 1-0 road win over Slovacko.

At Cologne, Germany:

Svetozar Markovic scored the only goal of the match in the ninth minute as Partizan Belgrade upended homestanding FC Cologne 1-0.

Group D Standings:

1. Partizan Belgrade (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 5)

2. OGC Nice (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 5)

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

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

GROUP E:

At Kosice, Slovakia (due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine):

Artem Dovbyk (5') and Oleksandr Pikhalyonok (78') each scored once to secure a 2-2 draw for Dnipro-1 against visiting FC Vaduz.

Fabio Fehr (26') and Cedric Gasser (47') each scored once for the visitors from Liechtenstein.

At Alkmaar, Netherlands:

Karl Karlsson scored the game winner in the 85th minute minute as AZ Alkmaar defeated visiting Apollon Limassol 3-2.

Group E Standings:

1. AZ Alkmaar (GP: 3; GD: +5; PTS: 9)

2. Dnipro-1 (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 4)

3. FC Vaduz (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 2)

4. Apollon Limassol (GP: 3; GD: -3; PTS: 1)

GROUP F:

At Molde, Norway:

Ola Brynhildsen scored twice (10', 49') as Molde FK dominated visiting Shamrock Rovers 3-0.

At Ghent, Belgium:

Marcus Danielson scored the game's lone goal in the 37th minute as Djurgarden knocked off KAA Gent 1-0 on the road.

Group F Standings:

1. Djurgarden (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 7)

2. Molde FK (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 4)

3. KAA Gent (GP: 3; GD: +2; PTS: 4)

4. Shamrock Rovers (GP: 3; GD: -6; PTS: 1)

GROUP G:

At Sivas, Turkey:

Ermal Krasniqi's winner at the death carried Ballkani to a 4-3 road win over Sivasspor.

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Rangelo Janga scored the game winner at 45 minutes as CFR Cluj defeated Slavia Prague 1-0 on the road.

Group G Standings:

1. Ballkani (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 4)

2. Sivasspor (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 4)

3. Slavia Prague (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 4)

4. CFR Cluj (GP: 3; GD: 0; PTS: 0)

GROUP H:

At Yerevan, Armenia:

Junino (43') and Yusuf Otubanjo (61') each scored once as Pyunik blanked visiting Zalgiris 2-0.

At Basel, Switzerland:

Lukas Pauschek (35') and Aleksandar Cavric (45'+1) each scored once as Slovan Bratislava blanked ten-man hosts FC Basel 2-0.

Group H Standings:

1. FC Basel (GP: 3; GD: +1; PTS: 6)

2. Pyunik (GP: 3; GD; +2; PTS: 6)

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

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