Europa league table

Clockwise rom top left; Bayer Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby with Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Toni Martínez of Porto, Barcelona’s Memphis Depay , Teun Koopmeiners of Atalanta and Declan Rice of West Ham. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock Clockwise rom top left; Bayer Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby with Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Toni Martínez of Porto, Barcelona’s Memphis Depay , Teun Koopmeiners of Atalanta and Declan Rice of West Ham. Composite: Getty, Shutterstock Porto were made to work hard for their spot in the last 16. Lazio pushed them all the way in their play-off last month before losing 4-3 on aggregate. They will be without Wendell, who is suspended, when they welcome Lyon to the Estádio do Dragão on Wednesday evening. Vitinha and Marko Grujic are battling to partner Mateus Uribe in the middle of the park, while Mehdi Taremi has been in stunning form of late and should join Toni Martínez up front. Porto have a great record against French sides and For It has been a disappointing season for Lyon in Ligue 1. They are ninth in the table – as many points behind the league leaders, PSG, as they are above the bottom club, Bordeaux. But their form has picked up in recent weeks and they are coming into this tie on the back of a rampant 4-1 win at Lorient at the weekend. Romain Faivre put in a man-of-the-match display and, in another boost for Bosz, Jeff Reine-Adélaïde came off the bench to make his first appearance for the club in 13 months after recovering from an ACL injury. Prediction: Porto...

Leaders Real Sociedad overcame Omonia 2-0 away from home at the same time, meaning they are three points ahead of United. The two sides meet in the last game of Group E on Thursday night, and The Athletic has taken a look at the situation ahead of that match in Spain. Have Manchester United qualified for the knockout stages? Yes. They are nine points ahead of Sheriff, who are in third place. Both United and Real Sociedad, who are 12 points ahead of the third-placed side, are into the next stage of the competition. Can United still finish first in Group E? They can, but it will be difficult for Erik ten Hag’s side. Real Sociedad beat them at Old Trafford in the opening game of Group E on September 8. However, they only won that game 1-0. And if United win tonight in San Sebastian, they will be on level points with Sociedad. European competitions are decided, when teams are on equal points, by head-to-head record. If two teams have the same head-to-head record and finish on level points, it then goes to which team had the better aggregate score. So if United beat Sociedad by a two-goal or better margin tonight, they will leapfrog them into first and go straight to the last 16, rather than the knockout round play-offs. What if United only win 1-0? This is why it is tougher for United. If both teams have equal head-to-head records and aggregate scores, the placing in the league table is decided by overall goal difference. A 1-0 win would put United on 10 goals for and three ag...