AZ Alkmaar v Manchester United, Besiktas v Wolves: Europa League – live!

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“Good spot from Nigel,” says Matt Dony. “I might drive a couple of towns over and follow the MBM from The Wolfe Inn, Wolfscastle. (Partly because it’s fitting, but also because everything is better in Pembrokeshire, and I still feel a little dirty having crossed county lines.) is Ricky Van Wolfswinkel playing?”

I beg your pardon?

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AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Man Utd Boadu has a goal rightly disallowed for offside.

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AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Man Utd United’s team is not quite as expected. Daniel James is playing up front, with Gomes left, Greenwood right and Mata in the hole.

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Oleksandria 0-1 Gent The former Huddersfield forward Laurent Depoitre has given Gent the lead in Ukraine.

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AZ Alkmaar 0-0 Man Utd Nothing much to report so far. The plastic pitch looks very fast, but United have started pretty well.

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Ferencvaros 0-1 Ludogorets An early goal in Hungary, with Jody Lukoki given Ludogorets the lead.

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“After a cracking Premier League result on Saturday, which has lifted the relegation gloom, I’m looking for a big win tonight for Wolves,” says Pete Higginson. “Though we’ll miss Jota, I predict a 3-1 win for us.”

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Louis van Gaal, who won the Eredivisie with AZ in 2009 and the FA Cup with United, is at their match. Only one of his signings, Marcos Rojo, is in United’s starting line-up.

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5.51pm BST17:51

“What a coincidence,” says Nigel in Toronto. “Three games at the same time involving Wolfsburg, Wolfsberger and Wolverhampton.”

And in the spirit thereof, I’m trying to wolf down my supper before those matches kick off.

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There’s one early game in Group L, which is Manchester United’s group. The half-time score is Astana 0-1 Partizan Belgrade.

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Besiktas v Wolves team news

Besiktas (4-3-3) Karius; Douglas, Vida, Uysal, Pedro Rebocho; Tokoz, Elneny, Ljajic; Lens, Yalcin, Nkoudou.
Subs: Roco, Mehmet Nayir, Ozyakup, Hutchinson, Gonul, Erkin, Yuvakuran.

Wolverhampton (3-4-2-1) Rui Patricio; Boly, Coady, Saiss; Doherty, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Jonny; Gibbs-White, Pedro Neto; Raul Jimenez.
Subs: Vallejo, Bennett, Cutrone, Ruddy, Ruben Vinagre, Dendoncker, Traore.

Referee Harald Lechner (Austria)

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AZ Alkmaar v Man Utd team news

The young left-back Brandon Williams makes his first start for United, while Mason Greenwood is up front.

AZ Alkmaar (4-3-3) Bizot; Sugawara, Vlaar, Wuytens, Wijndal; Midtsjoe, de Wit, Koopmeiners; Stengs, Boadu, Idrissi.
Subs: Chatzidiakos, Ouwejan, Druijf, Aboukhlal, Clasie, de Boer, Reijnders.

Man Utd (4-2-3-1) de Gea; Dalot, Lindelof, Rojo, Williams; Fred, Matic; Mata, Gomes, James; Greenwood.
Subs: Maguire, Rashford, Lingard, Romero, Tuanzebe, McTominay, Chong.

Referee Gediminas Mazeika (Lithuania)

Brandon Williams starts for United. Photograph: Paul Currie/BPI/Shutterstock

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Young Boys v Rangers team news

Young Boys (4-4-2) Ballmoos; Janko, Sorensen, Zesiger, Garcia; Fassnacht, Aebischer, Lustenberger, Gaudino; Assale, Nsame.
Subs: Wolfli, Petignat, Ngamaleu, Burgy, Mambimbi, Lotomba, Schupbach.

Rangers (4-1-4-1) McGregor; Tavernier, Helander, Goldson, Barisic; Kamara; Arfield, Jack, Davis, Ojo; Morelos.
Subs: Barker, Defoe, Foderingham, Halliday, Katic, Stewart, King.

Referee Manuel Schuettengruber (Austria)

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Preamble

Hello. You’ll not believe this, but there’s more football on tonight. Yep, it’s time for Matchday 2 of the Europa League, with 24 games in all. It’s too early to talk of must-win game for anyone, though Wolves could do with at least a draw in Turkey after their disappointing defeat to Braga in the opening game. And Manchester United would like to win in the Netherlands to take a bit of heat off Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, whose pitiful inability to instantly turn someone else’s sow’s ear into a silk purse has been exposed.

The storm damage to Alkmaar’s home ground means the match will be played on a synthetic pitch at ADO Den Haag’s ground. Alkmaar are a good side, only one point behind Ajax and PSV in the Eredivisie, and are generously priced to win this game. We’ll have team news for all the 5.55pm kick-offs any minute now.