For Celtic, Jeremie Frimpong makes his European debut for Celtic at Copenhagen. at the Parken stadium. The right-back returned after picking up an injury against Kilmarnock last month and he was joined on the other flank by Jonny Hayes, in for injured left-back Greg Taylor. With striker Leigh Griffiths left behind in Glasgow with a niggle, Celtic boss Neil Lennon has brought in attacker Ryan Christie.

All set for his European debut, @JeremieFrimpong

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Espanyol’s fans have been making themselves heard ahead of their match with Wolves.

The Espanyol fans take over Birmingham New Street station!#RCDE #WOLESP@UoDFootyJournos pic.twitter.com/oMxjpHl72H

And the name of the day there is referee Ruddy Buquet, who will be in charge at Getafe today.

Shakhtar Donetsk v Benfica

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Bolbat, Kryvtsov, Matviyenko, Ismaily, Alan Patrick, Stepanenko, Marlos, Kovalenko, Taison, Moraes.

Getafe v Ajax

Getafe: Soria, Damian, Djene, Etxeita, Olivera, Nyom, Arambarri, Maksimovic, Cucurella, Deyverson, Mata.
Subs: Chichizola, Chema, Angel, Jorge Molina, Jason, Timor, Kenedy.

Ajax: Bruno Varela, Dest, Alvarez, Blind, Tagliafico, van de Beek, Ziyech, Martinez, Tadic, Traore, Babel.

Subs: Timber, Schuurs, Eiting, Huntelaar, Gravenberch, Kotarski, Danilo.

Referee: Ruddy Buquet (Amiens)

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Club Brugge v Man Utd

Club Brugge: Mignolet, Mata, Kossounou, Mechele, Deli, Rits, Balanta, Vanaken, Bonaventure, Tau, De Cuyper.

Subs: Okereke, Mitrovic, Schrijvers, Ricca, Horvath, Vormer, De Ketelaere.

Man Utd: Romero, Lindelof, Maguire, Shaw, Dalot, Andreas Pereira, Matic, Williams, Mata, Lingard, Martial.

Subs: de Gea, Bailly, Fred, Bruno Fernandes, James, Ighalo, Wan Bissaka.

Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

It’s back, the competition worth winning but often not worth over-exerting yourself over. Just ask Chelsea and Arsenal from last season. And five British clubs are playing in this last-32 round of matches. Manchester United in Bruges is being catered for by the excellent Tumaini Carayol in a separate MBM but will also be covered here alongside the rest.

Related: Club Brugge v Manchester United: Europa League last 32 – live!

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