It’s a big night on the continent for Dundalk tonight, with the Lilywhites taking on champions of the Faroe Islands KÍ for a place in the Europa League group stages. Filippo Giovagnoli’s side head into the Aviva Stadium play-off as odds-on favourites to progress and secure a guaranteed windfall of around €4 million. Elsewhere in the Europa qualifiers tonight, Celtic take on FK Sarajevo (7pm), Spurs play Maccabi Haifa (8pm) and Rangers welcome Galatasaray to Ibrox (7.35pm). Manchester United are through to the quarter-finals of the League Cup after an unconvincing if ultimately emphatic 3-0 win over Brighton at the Amex Stadium last night, Scott McTominay, Juan Mata and Paul Pogba with the goals. Everton beat West Ham 4-1 while Newcastle needed an 87th-minute equaliser and a penalty shootout to squeeze past League Two’s Newport County.

Source: The Irish Times October 01, 2020 06:50 UTC