Porto: Marchesin, Corona, Pepe, Marcano, Alex Telles, Otavio, Uribe, Danilo Pereira, Diaz, Marega, Ze Luis. Subs: Bruno Costa, Nakajima, Manafa, Mbemba, Tiquinho Soares, Diogo Costa, Silva.
Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Helander, Barisic, Davis, Barker, Jack, Kamara, Kent, Morelos. Subs: Defoe, Ojo, Foderingham, Flanagan, Aribo, Katic, Arfield.
Partizan: Stojkovic, Pavlovic, Natcho, Tosic, Sadiq, Asano, Zdjelar, Soumah, Ostojic, Urosevic, Miletic. Subs: Vujacic, Lazar Pavlovic, Ivanovic, Scekic, Brezancic, Filip Stevanovic, Nemanja Stevanovic.
Manchester United: Romero, Jones, Maguire, Rojo, Wan-Bissaka, McTominay, Garner, Williams, Mata, Lingard, Martial. Subs: Lindelof, Rashford, Grant, Andreas Pereira, Fred, James, Greenwood.
Preamble
Thursday night, five to six, Thursday night, five to six. But of course! What else is to
do at that time of the week, other than watch yet another football match? Exactly!
drink
For those who like their football awful and hilarious, we have Partizan v Manchester United – United’s games against Astana and AZ were epochally awful, and there’s a good chance we’ll get to enjoy more of the same.
Elsewhere, Rangers visit Porto, an enticing fixture in the first instance, but one which acquires an entirely new dimension when it puts Pepe will be be in direct proximity to Alfredo Morelos. Oooh yeah!
And Wolves are also in action, away at Slovan Bratislava, though the pick of the ties – wait for it, because you’re not going to believe me – doesn’t involve a British club. I know! But believe me, it’s true, because we’ve got Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bundesliga leaders, entertaining Roma, sixth in Serie A!
And these are just the early games! Later on, we’ve got Arsenal-Vitória, Celtic-Lazio … and they’re live!
Kick-offs – or should that be kicks-off – 5.55pm BST.
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