'Gabala' and 'Karabakh' clubs to play next matches in Europa League

Baku. 20 October. REPORT.AZ/ Today “Gabala” and “Karabakh” football clubs of Azerbaijan are playing their next matches in Europa League group stage.

Report informs, “Gabala” has away match, while “Karabakh” plays at home.

“Gabala” will meet French Saint Etienne in Group C. Red-blacks will fight for away win to step to third place in the group. If Roman Grigorchuk’s team loses, their chances to rise to next round will be diminished. “Gabala” lost its two previous games against Anderlecht in Belgium and German Mainz in Baku with respective scores 1:3 and 2:3.

“Karabakh” will face Greek PAOK in Baku. “Karabakh’s” position in Group J is relatively encouraging than that of “Gabala”. Gurban Gurbanov’s team can rise up to 2^nd position with 4 points in case of victory depending on Fiorentina (Italy) vs Slovan (Czech Republic) match results. After 2:2 draw with Slovan in Baku, “Karabakh” was beaten 1:5 in Italy by Fiorentina.

Europa League, Group stage, 3^rd matches

October 20

21:00. “Karabakh” (Azerbaijan) – PAOK (Greece)

The referee: Alon Yefet

Linesmen: Danni Krasikov, Nissan Davidi

Assitant referees: Roi Reinshreiber, Ziv Adler

The ourth official: Kiril Balikin (all from Israel)

Inspector: Igor Ishenko (Ukraine)

UEFA Representative: Rudolph Mannaerts (Belgium)

Baku: Tofig Bahramov Stadium

Points: Fiorentina – 4. PAOK – 4. Slovan – 1. “Karabakh” – 1

Europa League, Group stage, 3^rd matches

October 20

23:05. "Saint. Etienne" (France) - "Gabala" (Azerbaijan)

The referee: Ali Palabıyık

Linesmen: Cem Satman, Ekrem Kan

Assitant referees: Alper Ulusoy, Volkan Bayarslan

The forth official: Ceyhun Sesiguzel (all from Turkey)

Inspector: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary)

UEFA representative: Jacob Erel (Israel)

Saint Etienne. Stade Geoffroy-Guichard

Points: Mainz – 4. Anderlecht – 4. Saint Etienne – 2. “Gabala” – 0