Europa League group stage LIVE SCORES: Liverpool face LASK, Villa take on Leigia Warszawa, West Ham battle Backa Topola
EUROPA LEAGUE action is BACK and some of football's top clubs will be battling to lift the prestigious trophy in May.
Liverpool open up their campaign with a tricky trip to Austria where LASK awaits.
Conference League winners West Ham host Serbian superstars Backa Topola.
And Rangers are involved in the tie of the night as they host Spanish giants Real Betis.
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Latest: West Ham 0-0 Backa Topola
Angelo Ogbonna managed to snuff out Sasa Jovanovic during a rare foray from Topola.
Jovanovic eventually squeezed in a shot - but it was comfortable for keeper Lukasz Fabianski.
Latest: Brighton 0-1 AEK Athens
Djibril Sidibe's brilliant diving header into the top far corner stunned Brighton on 11 minutes.
And with the home side rocked, AEK threatened against almost immediately.
Brighton hit back but are struggling to fully impose their normal rhythm.
Latest scores
GROUP A
Olympiakos 0-1 Freiburg
West Ham 0-0 Backa TopolaGROUP B
Ajax 1-0 Marseille
Brighton 0-1 AEK AthensGROUP C
Rangers 0-0 Real Betis
Sparta Prague 0-1 Aris LimassolGROUP D
Atalanta 0-0 Rakow Czestochowa
Sturm Graz 0-0 Sporting Lisbon
GOAL! Brighton 0-1 AEK Athens
Latest: West Ham 0-0 Backa Topola
James Ward-Prowse - one of only two Hammers keeping his place from the weekend - sees his sixth-minute free-kick ricochet off the wall and onto the net.
So far the Hammers are being patient in possession - with their Serb visitors content to stand off.
We're under way...
West Ham, Brighton and Rangers have kicked off in tonight's second wave of Europa League games.
GROUP A
Olympiakos 0-0 Freiburg
West Ham 0-0 Backa TopolaGROUP B
Ajax 0-0 Marseille
Brighton 0-0 AEK AthensGROUP C
Rangers 0-0 Real Betis
Sparta Prague 0-0 Aris LimassolGROUP D
Atalanta 0-0 Rakow Czestochowa
Sturm Graz 0-0 Sporting LisbonResults from first 8 games
With the second half of tonight's Europa League games to come, here's how it went earlier.
GROUP E
LASK 1-3 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 ToulouseGROUP F
Panathinaikos 2-0 Villarreal
Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 Roma – 90+7 minsGROUP H
Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
Qarabag 1-0 MoldeLatest scores
GROUP E
F/T: LASK 1-3 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 Toulouse – 90+1 minsGROUP F
F/T: Panathinaikos 2-0 Villarreal
F/T: Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
F/T: Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
F/T: Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 Roma – 90+7 minsGROUP H
F/T: Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
F/T: Qarabag 1-0 MoldeComing up at 8pm...
GROUP A
Olympiakos vs Freiburg
West Ham vs Backa TopolaGROUP B
Ajax vs Marseille
Brighton vs AEK AthensGROUP C
Rangers vs Real Betis
Sparta Prague vs Aris LimassolGROUP D
Atalanta vs Rakow Czestochowa
Sturm Graz vs Sporting Lisbon
Latest scores
GROUP E
F/T: LASK 1-3 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 Toulouse - 86 minsGROUP F
F/T: Panathinaikos 2-0 Villarreal
F/T: Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
F/T: Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 Roma - 90+7 minsGROUP H
F/T: Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
F/T: Qarabag 1-0 MoldeLatest scores
GROUP E
F/T: LASK 1-3 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 ToulouseGROUP F
F/T: Panathinaikos 2-0 Villarreal
F/T: Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
F/T: Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 RomaGROUP H
F/T: Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
F/T: Qarabag 1-0 MoldeLatest scores
GROUP E
F/T: LASK 1-3 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 ToulouseGROUP F
Panathinaikos 2-0 Villarreal
F/T: Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 RomaGROUP H
Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
Qarabag 1-0 MoldeRESULT: LASK 1 Liverpool 3
Nunez, Diaz and sub Salah gave Liverpool this comfortable comeback win.
But Flecker's brilliant, shock opener for LASK had punished the Red's tame first half.
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GROUP E
LASK 1-3 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 ToulouseGROUP F
Panathinaikos 2-0 Villarreal
Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 RomaGROUP H
Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
Qarabag 1-0 MoldeLatest: LASK 1 Liverpool 3
Klopp's men are in total control - still pushing in the five minutes of stoppage time.
Latest: LASK 1 Liverpool 3
Salah pounces two minutes from time as Liverpool surely guarantee themselves three points.
The sub squirmed through on the right and prodded a left-footer through the legs of Lawal from an angle.
Latest: LASK 1 Liverpool 2
The Austrians are struggling to offer any attacking menace now.
And Elliott fired a confident 30-yarder at the other end that LASK keeper Lawal foiled.
Latest scores
GROUP E
LASK 1-2 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 1-1 ToulouseGROUP F
Panathinaikos 2-0 Villarreal
Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 RomaGROUP H
Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
Qarabag 1-0 MoldeLatest: LASK 1 Liverpool 2
Liverpool's danger on the counter-attack is summed up by sub Mo Salah almost bagging their third goal.
The 74th minute replacement for Ryan Gravenberch saw Harvey Elliott's cross deflected to his feet.
Luis Diaz enjoys putting Liverpool in frontCredit: Reuters But Salah's goal-bound shot was blocked on the line by a LASK defender.
Nonetheless, Alexis Mac Allister soon had to coax the ball out at the other end when LASK threatened down the left.
Darwin Nunez hails his match-turning penalty equaliserCredit: EPA Latest scores
GROUP E
LASK 1-2 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 0-1 ToulouseGROUP F
Panathinaikos 1-0 Villarreal
Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
Servette 0-2 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 1-2 RomaGROUP H
Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 BK Hacken
Qarabag 1-0 MoldeFati gets first Brighton start
Loan starlet Ansu Fati is called in for his first Brighton start at home to AEK Athens.
Seagulls' boss has made seven challenges from Saturday's 3-1 winners at Man Utd.
England centre-back Lewis Dunk and strike sensation Evan Ferguson are among those left out.
Brighton: Steele, Milnr, Van Hecke, Igor Julio, Estupinan, March, Gilmour, Mitoma, Gross, Fati, Joao Pedro.
Subs: Verbruggen, McGill, Lamptey, Webster, Dahoud, Lallana, Welbeck, Baleba, Adingra, Veltman, Bounanotte, Hinshelwood.
AEK Athens: Stankovic, Szymanski, Amrabat, Jonsson, Garcia, Gacinovic, Araujo, Pineda, Mitoglou, Hajsafi, Sidibe.
Subs: Athanasiadis, Theocharis, Mohammadi, Zuber, Rota, Pronce, Eliasson, Mantalos, Galanopoulos, Pizarro.
Hammers make NINE changes
Only key midfielders James Ward-Prowse and Lucas Paqueta remain for West Ham from the starting line-up in last Saturday's 3-1 home loss to Man City.
But winger Mohammed Kudus makes his full debut and the Hammers will still be confident against Backa Topola tonight, KO 8pm.
West Ham: Fabianski, Kehrer, Mavropanos, Ogbonna (c), Cresswell, Ward-Prowse, Paqueta, Fornals, Benrahma, Kudus, Ings.
Latest: LASK 1 Liverpool 2
Liverpool are finding space out wide behind the Austrians' defence now - after coming from behind with a quick double.
At the moment a third goal for Klopp's men looks the likeliest outcome....
Darwin Nunez walloped a superb penalty equaliserCredit: Reuters 
Luis Diaz cracked the visitors in frontCredit: Rex GOAL! LASK 1 Liverpool 2
Moments after Kelleher's brilliant save with his feet, Liverpool raid swiftly at the other end for Diaz to sweep them in front on 63 minutes.
Latest scores
GROUP E
LASK 1-1 Liverpool
Union Saint-Gilloise 0-1 ToulouseGROUP F
Panathinaikos 1-0 Villarreal
Rennes 3-0 Maccabi HaifaGROUP G
Servette 0-1 Slavia Prague
Sheriff Tiraspol 0-1 RomaGROUP H
Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 BK Hacken
Qarabag 1-0 Molde
