Europa League Matchday 2 preview: Stats, team news, key games

October 2, 2019 By Ali M.

Topics: TV Schedules, Arsenal, Standard Liege, AZ Alkmaar, Manchester United, Feyenoord, Porto, Besiktas, Wolves, UEFA Europa League

Arsenal will play their first European home game of the season while Man United will make the trip to AZ Alkmaar. Check out our preview for more info,

2019/20 UEFA Europa League Matchday 2 fixtures - time and date

Thursday, October 03, 2019

Astana vs Partizan at 10:50 ET/14:50 GMT
Young Boys vs Rangers at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Feyenoord vs Porto at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Saint-Etienne vs Wolfsburg at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Oleksandria vs Gent at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
CSKA Moskva vs Espanyol at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Ferencvaros vs Ludogorets at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Istanbul Basaksehir vs Borussia M’gladbach at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Wolfsberger AC vs Roma at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Besiktas vs Wolverhampton Wanderers at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Sporting Braga vs Slovan Bratislava at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
AZ vs Man United at 12:55 ET/16:55 GMT
Vitoria Guimaraes vs Eintracht Frankfurt at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Lazio vs Rennes at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Celtic vs CFR Clug at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Arsenal vs Standard Liege at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Sevilla vs APOEL at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
F91 Dudelange vs Qarabag at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Malmo FF vs Kobenhavn at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Lugano vs Dynamo Kyiv at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Krasnodar vs Getafe at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Trabzonspor vs Basel at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Sporting CP vs LASK Linz at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT
Rosenborg vs PSV at 15:00 ET/19:00 GMT

Team news/injuries

Arsenal vs Standard Liege

Out: Lacazette, Smith Rowe (Arsenal); Sa (Liege)

Doubt: Mavropanos (Arsenal)

Feyenoord vs Porto

Out: Sven van Beek (Feyenoord); Sergio Oliveira, Romario Baro (Porto)

Doubt: Orkun Kokcu (Feyenoord)

Saint-Etienne vs Wolfsburg

Out: Sergi Palencia, Stéphane Ruffier (Saint-Etienne); John Brooks, Xaver Schlager, Koen Casteels, Daniel Ginczek, Ignacio Camacho, Paulo Otávio (Wolfsburg)

Doubt: Kévin Monnet-Paquet, Gabriel Silva, Jean Eudes Aholou, Yohan Cabaye, Lois Diony (Saint-Etienne)

Besiktas vs Wolves

Out: Víctor Ruiz (Besiktas)

Doubt: Enzo Roco (Besiktas); Diogo Jota (Wolves)

AZ vs Man United

Out: Albert Gudmundsson, Jonas Svensson (AZ); Eric Bailly, Paul Pobga, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Aaron Wan-Bissaka (Man United)

Doubt: Diogo Dalot, Angel Gomes (Man United)

Key stats

Saint-Etienne have never faced Wolfsburg before but they have locked horns with a German opposition 19 times before. The French outfit, however, have only won three of those fixtures.

Man United have lost half of their trips to the Netherlands, suffering four defeats out of eight and losing their last two games there.

Arsenal have never lost a home game against a Belgian opposition, drawing one and winning the other three of four encounters.