With the winter break over, the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League will resume with some interesting games for fans to witness on Thursday.
The effects of the coronavirus pandemic will still be felt on this competition, as travel restrictions issued by some countries may see some of the games being played at neutral venues.
As usual, teams from Spain and England have to be considered the favorites to win the competition. This year, the teams from La Liga fighting for the title will be Villarreal, Granada, and Real Sociedad. The competition from Premier League teams will include Manchester United, Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur, and Arsenal.
As usual, most of the games will kick off at two different times. The first batch, which will feature nine games, will be played by teams such as AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, and tournament heavyweights Real Sociedad facing Manchester United.
As for the second batch of seven games, the most interesting game will feature Benfica and Arsenal. Other teams involved in this second batch of games will be Roma, Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax, and Napoli.
Here is how this week's UEFA Europa League games will be played
Kick-off time: 10:00 a.m. ET
Dynamo Kiyv vs Club Brugge, at NSK Olimpiyskiy Stadium.
Kick-off time: 12:55 p.m. ET
Crvena Zvezda vs Milan, at Stadion Rajko Mitic in Belgrade.
Krasnodar vs Dinamo Zagreb at Krasnodar Stadium.
Olympiakos Piraeus vs PSV at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.
Real Sociedad vs Manchester United at Juventus Stadium in Turin*.
Slavia Praha vs Leicester City at Eden Arena in Prague.
Sporting Braga vs Roma at Estadio Municipal de Braga.
Wolfsberger AC vs Tottenham Hotspur at Puskas Arena in Budapest*.
Young Boys vs Bayer Leverkusen at Stadion Wankdorf, in Bern.
Kick-off time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Antwerp vs Rangers at Bousil, Deurne.
Benfica vs Arsenal at Stadio Olimpico in Rome.*
Granada vs Napoli at Estadio Municipal Nuevo Los Cármenes in Granada.
Lille vs Ajax at Stade Pierre Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Shakhtar Donetsk at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv
Molde vs Hoffenheim at Estadio de la Cerámica in Villarreal, Spain.*
Salzburg vs Villarreal at Stadion Salzburg in Salzburg.
Games marked with a * will be played at neutral venues.
