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Thursday 10 December S10 V1

M1 Sparta Prague vs AC Milan: Milan are now unbeaten in seven matches against Sparta with five wins and have kept clean sheets in each of their three matches in Prague.

M2 Glasgow Celtic vs Lille: Celtic's underwhelm­ing UEFA Europa League Group H campaign ends with a home game against Lille, who have already booked their passage to the knockout phase and have their sights set on a third successive away win.

M3 Dinamo Zagreb vs CSKA Moscow: Already through to the knockout phase as Group K winners, Dinamo Zagreb will be eyeing a piece of Europa League history. The Croatian champions have not conceded a goal in their five group matches and no club has yet completed a Europa League group with six clean sheets.

M4 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs AA Gent: Top plays bottom in Group L as Hoffenheim, confirmed group winners, host Ghent. The visitors have suffered five defeats out of five and will want to avoid joining the small band of teams who have suffered a Europa League whitewash.

M5 Leicester City vs AEK Athens: Having surrendere­d their unbeaten record in the Europa League on Matchday 5, Leicester City will be keen to make it three home wins out of three in Group G as they host eliminated AEK Athens.

M6 Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Sivasspor:

Maccabi Tel Aviv and Sivasspor go head to head with a place in the round of 32 at stake as Group I runners-up. The Israeli champions have eight points, two more than Sivasspor. Maccabi will therefore qualify if they avoid defeat, whereas the Turkish group-stage debutants can only leapfrog their hosts into second place with a victory.

M7 PFC Ludogorets Razgard vs LASK Linz: While Ludogorets and LASK are both out of contention in the Europa League, the Bulgarian champions will want to avoid exiting the competitio­n with another Europa League defeat. They have lost all five of their Group J fi xtures.

M8 Sporting Braga vs Zorya Luhansk: Braga have already qualified for the round of 32 in Europa League and will be looking to close their Group G campaign with a fourth victory as they host Zorya Luhansk, who are eliminated but have won their last two group games.

M9 Tottenham Hotspur vs Antwerp:

Tottenham and Antwerp have both already sealed their place in the next round of Europa League, but this game will decide who finishes top of Group J. Spurs must make it three home wins out of three to top the group, whereas Antwerp have to avoid a first away defeat to hold on to their position.

M10 Wolfsburge­r AC vs Feyenoord

Rotterdam: Wolfsburge­r moved ahead of Feyenoord into second place in Group K last week and will advance in the Europa League for the first time if they can avoid defeat against the famous Dutch club, who must win to qualify.

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