The final matches of the Europa League playoff round are set to play out on Thursday as spots in the tournament’s group stages will be up for grabs.
UEFA Europa League 2013: Places in the group stages will be decided
Tottenham and Swansea City are basically in the group stages but they still have to finish the job and there is plenty of work for others to do as the second legs of the Europa League playoff round take place on Thursday.
Stu Forster
Teams like Tottenham, Swansea City, Sevilla and SV Salzburg having all been making plans since the first leg thanks to their large victories but they still have to finish the tie and avoid an embarrassing collapse.
Most of the ties remain close with several notable sides needing a result in the second leg to survive. Spartak Moscow returns home tied on aggregate with St. Gallen, Real Betis and Fiorentina both have a one goal lead after playing away in the first leg.
Udinese are in serious trouble after falling at home in the first leg 3-1 against Czech side Liberec. Besiktas and Nice both must overcome a one-goal deficit after losing away in the first leg.
Enjoy a full list of matches. The score from the first leg is in parenthesis.
11:00am ET
FK Rubin Kazan vs. Molde (Kazan leads 2-0)
Spartak Moscow vs. St Gallen (Tied 1-1)
12:00pm ET
Dila Gori vs. Rapid Vienna (Rapid lead 1-0)
Dynamo Kiev vs. Aktobe Lento (Dynamo lead 3-2)
FC Astra Ploiesti vs. Maccabi Haifa (Maccabi leads 2-0)
FC Nordsjaelland vs. Elfsborg (Tied 1-1)
VfB Stuttgart vs. Rijeka (Rijeka leads 2-1)
12:30pm ET
Trabzonspor vs. FK Kukesi (Trabzonspor leads 2-0)
1:00pm ET
Apoel Nicosia vs. Zulte-Waregem (Tied 1-1)
AZ Alkmaar vs. Atromitos (Alkmaar leads 3-1)
Liberec vs. Udinese (Liberec leads 3-1)
Sheriff Tiraspol vs. Vojvodina (Tied 1-1)
St Etienne vs. Esbjerg (Esbjerg leads 4-3)
1:30pm ET
Besiktas vs. Tromso (Tromso leads 2-1)
Petrolul Ploiesti vs. Swansea City (Swansea leads 5-1)
2:00pm ET
FC Thun vs. Partizan Belgrade (Partizan leads 1-0)
Nice vs. Apollon Limassol (Apollon leads 2-0)
Racing Genk vs. FH Hafnarfjordur (Genk leads 2-0)
Skenderbeu vs. Chornomorets (Chornomorets lead 1-0)
2:30pm ET
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk vs. Nomme Kalju (Dnipro leads 3-1)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. FK Qarabag (Eintracht leads 2-0)
FC Pasching vs. Estoril (Estoril leads 2-0)
Standard Liege vs. Minsk (Standard leads 2-0)
VMFD Zalgiris vs. SV Salzburg (Salzburg leads 5-0)
2:45pm ET
Slask Wroclaw vs. Sevilla FC (Sevilla leads 4-1)
3:00pm ET
Feyenoord Rotterdam vs. Kuban Krasnodar (Kuban leads 1-0)
Fiorentina vs. Grasshoppers (Fiorentina leads 2-1)
3:05pm ET
Tottenham Hotspur vs. Dinamo Tbilisi (Tottenham leads 5-0)
3:30pm ET
Braga vs. Pandurii Targu-Jiu (Braga leads 1-0)
Real Betis vs. Jablonec (Betis leads 2-1)
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