Matt Holland hopes history will repeat itself tonight as Ipswich attempt to book a place in the second round.

The English first division side, in the competition courtesy of a fair play award, need to score in Yugoslavia to get past Sartid, with whom they've already drawn 1-1.

"We did it twice last year, but I think it will be equally as difficult if not more so here," Holland said.

Leeds boss Terry Venables has expressed his concerns over the state of the Meteor Stadium pitch - but has been given assurances it will be fit for tonight's clash.

United hold a 1-0 lead after the first leg against the Ukrainian side Metalurg Zaporizhya.

Metalurg have been forced to play their home matches in Dneproptrovsk due to their own ground being deemed unfit to host European football by the game's governing body UEFA.

Claudio Ranieri is desperate to change his luck in the UEFA Cup.

The Chelsea manager has suffered despair in this competition for the past two seasons, and risks further embarrassment if his team fail to hold on to a 2-1 lead in tonight's game against Viking FK.

Former Croatia international Igor Stimac is confident Hajduk Split can overturn their 1-0 deficit against Fulham. "I've got a good feeling about the match," he said.

Blackburn manager Graeme Souness will be without three key players for the clash with CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria.

Defender Craig Short (calf), midfielder Garry Flitcroft and striker Dwight Yorke (hamstring) are all injured. Corrado Grabbi looks set to partner Andy Cole up front with the teams locked at 1-1.

Rangers have a much harder task ahead of them against Viktoria Zizkov at Ibrox. As it stands, they trail 2-0 from the clash in the Czech Republic.

Celtic manager Martin O'Neill has promised his players that an impressive display in Lithuania could earn them an Old Firm start.

Celtic have almost certainly booked their place in the second round after their 8-1 mauling of FK Suduva a fortnight ago.

Livingston need to overturn a 5-2 first-leg deficit at Almondvale if they are to progress at the expense of Sturm Graz.