Seventeen teams could book a round of 32 place with a game to spare when the fifth set of matches are played.
UEFA.com explains all the UEFA Europa League permutations ahead of the fifth round of group stage games on 28 November.
Who is through to the round of 32?
Basel, Celtic, Espanyol, Manchester United, Sevilla
Who could go through on Matchday 5?
APOEL, AZ Alkmaar, Arsenal, Braga, CFR Cluj, Copenhagen, Dynamo Kyiv, Gent, İstanbul Başakşehir, LASK, Ludogorets, Mönchengladbach, Rangers, Sporting CP, Wolfsburg, Wolves, Young Boys
All of the below information is subject to final confirmation from UEFA. These examples may not cover all potential situations.
Matchday 5: 28 November
Group A: Dudelange (3 points) v APOEL (4), Sevilla (12) v Qarabağ (4)
Sevilla are through as group winners
APOEL will be through as group runners-up if they win and Qarabağ lose
Qarabağ will be out of contention if they lose and APOEL win
Dudelange will be out of contention if they lose
Group B: Lugano (2) v Copenhagen (6), Malmö (5) v Dynamo Kyiv (6)
Copenhagen will be through if they win and Malmö lose
Dynamo Kyiv will be through if they win
Malmö will be out of contention if they lose and Copenhagen win
Lugano will be out of contention if they do not win
Group C: Trabzonspor (1) v Getafe (6), Krasnodar (6) v Basel (10)
Basel are through (Getafe and Krasnodar could match their ten points but, even if they do, Basel’s three-way head-to-head is guaranteed to be superior to both) and will clinch first place if they win, or if Getafe do not win
Neither Getafe nor Krasnodar can qualify or be eliminated on Matchday 5
Trabzonspor are out of contention (while they could end up on seven points with Getafe and Krasnodar, they are guaranteed to have an inferior three-way head-to-head record if they do)
Group D: Rosenborg (0) v LASK (7), Sporting CP (9) v PSV Eindhoven (7)
Sporting CP will be through if they win, and will clinch first place if they win and LASK do not
LASK will be through if they win and PSV lose
PSV will be out of contention if they lose and LASK win
Rosenborg are out of contention
Group E: Lazio (3) v CFR Cluj (9), Celtic (10) v Rennes (1)
Celtic are through and will clinch first place with a win if CFR Cluj lose
CFR Cluj will be through if they draw or win
Lazio will be out of contention if they do not win
Rennes are out of contention
Group F: Vitória SC (1) v Standard Liège (6), Arsenal (10) v Eintracht Frankfurt (6)
Arsenal will be through if they draw or win, or if Standard Liège lose
Neither Standard Liège nor Eintracht Frankfurt can qualify or be eliminated on Matchday 5
Vitória SC will be out of contention if they do not win, or if Eintracht Frankfurt win
Group G: Young Boys (7) v Porto (4), Feyenoord (4) v Rangers (7)
Young Boys will be through if they win (Feyenoord and Rangers could match their ten points but, even if they do, Young Boys’ three-way head-to-head is guaranteed to be superior to both)
Rangers will be through if they win and Porto draw or lose, or if they draw and Porto lose
Porto will be out of contention if they lose
Feyenoord will be out of contention if they lose or draw and Young Boys win, or if they lose and Young Boys draw
Group H: Ferencváros (5) v Espanyol (10), CSKA Moskva (1) v Ludogorets (6)
Espanyol are through and will clinch first place if they win
Ludogorets will be through if they win and Ferencváros lose
Ferencváros will be out of contention if they lose and Ludogorets win
CSKA will be out of contention if they do not win, or if Ferencváros win or draw (while they could end up on seven points with Ferencváros and Ludogorets, they are guaranteed to have an inferior three-way head-to-head record if they do)
Group I: Oleksandriya (3) v Wolfsburg (5), St-Étienne (3) v Gent (8)
Gent will be through if they avoid defeat, and will clinch first place with a win
Wolfsburg will be through if they win and St-Étienne do not
St-Étienne will be out of contention if they do not win and Wolfsburg win
Oleksandriya will be out of contention if they lose
Group J: Wolfsberg (4) v Borussia Mönchengladbach (5), İstanbul Başakşehir (7) v Roma (5)
İstanbul Başakşehir will be through with a win
Mönchengladbach will be through if they win and Roma lose
Roma will be out of contention if they lose and Mönchengladbach win
Wolfsberg will be out of contention if they lose
Group K: Braga (10) v Wolverhampton Wanderers (9), Beşiktaş (0) v Slovan Bratislava (4)
Braga will be through if they draw, and will clinch first place if they win
Wolves will be through if they win or draw, or if Slovan do not win
Slovan will be out of contention if they do not win, or if Wolves draw
Beşiktaş are out of contention
Group L: Astana (0) v Manchester United (10), AZ Alkmaar (8) v Partizan (4)
United are through and will clinch first place if they win and AZ do not
AZ will be through if they draw or win
Partizan will be out of contention if they do not win
Astana are out of contention
Standings are provisional until all matches have been played.
