Hammers fancied but Scottish giants have hard task

SOCCER 10 POOL OF THE DAY

Thursday 30 September

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West Ham look a banker for tonight’s European club competition action but Glasgow Celtic will find it hard to win at home against Bundesliga opposition. More details at www.soccer6.co.za

M1 Glasgow Celtic vs Bayer Leverkusen: Celtic are familiar with German opposition, though they have won just four of the 24 matches, losing 15. Leverkusen have won eight of their last 17 European away fixtures.

M2 Ferencvaros vs Real Betis: Ferencvaros have yet to register a victory in Budapest in a UEFA competition group stage match. Betis have lost just one of their 10 away fixtures in the Europa League.

M3 Feyenoord Rotterdam vs Slavia Prague: Feyenoord drew 0-0 at Maccabi Haifa in their opening Conference League Group E fixture, whereas Slavia made a winning start, overcoming Union Berlin 3-1 in Prague.

M4 Racing Genk vs Dinamo Zagreb: Genk host Dinamo Zagreb with a three-point advantage over their visitors in UEFA Europa League Group H, the Belgian Cup winners having kicked off the campaign with an away win while the Croatian double winners fell to a home defeat.

M5 Lazio vs Lokomotiv Moscow: Lazio are unbeaten in six European club competition matches against Russian clubs. The Russian club have lost just one of their previous nine away fixtures in the UEFA Europa League group stage, winning five, and are on a six-match unbeaten run on the road at this stage of the competition

M6 Ludogorets Razgrad vs Red Star Belgrade: The teams have been paired together once previously, Ludogorets emerging triumphant from a closely contested tie in the 2016/17 Champions League third qualifying round.

M7 Olympique Marseille vs Galatasaray: Marseille have won three of their previous home games against Turkish visitors while Galatasaray have lost seven of their 10 fixtures in France, the heaviest of those defeats coming last season when they went down 5-0 to Paris Saint-Germain.

M8 Sporting Braga vs Midtjylland: Braga are competing in the Europa League group stage for the seventh time – and sixth in the last seven seasons. Midtjylland have lost their last three away fixtures in the Europa League.

M9 Vitesse Arnhem vs Stade Rennes: Vitesse will be eager to stretch their unbeaten run in the UEFA Europa Conference League to six matches as they welcome another of the competition’s undefeated sides, Rennes, to Arnhem on Matchday 2.

M10 West Ham United vs Rapid Vienna: The Hammers overcame Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 away on Matchday 1 with a goal in each half from Michail Antonio and Declan Rice, while there was a late setback for Rapid as they conceded in added time to lose 0-1 at home to Genk.

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