The Europa League group stage will be decided on Thursday night, with the final matchday determining the last six teams to qualify directly for the round of 16 and secure a home leg in the second leg. The only teams already qualified are Olympique Lyonnais and Aston Villa.

Ten teams separated by four points will battle it out for a direct ticket to the round of 16, including clubs such as Roma, Real Betis and Porto, among others. The vast majority depend on themselves, as whether or not they make it into the top eight may be decided by goal difference. Furthermore, there are no direct duels. Everyone's goal is clear: to win and do so with as big an advantage as possible.

19 qualified and 6 eliminated

Another of the night's highlights will be seeing which teams manage to finish in the top 16 to play the second leg of the play-off round prior to the round of 16 at home. It is significant that 19 teams have secured their place in the Europa League, and it is almost 20 considering that Dinamo Zagreb has a 99% chance of finishing in the top 24.

Thus, one of the most interesting aspects of this final matchday of the Europa League group stage will be to see which teams are eliminated. Only six are out of contention:

• Sturm Graz
• Glasgow Rangers
• Nice
• Utrecht
• Malmö
• Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Eleven teams, including Lille, Celtic Glasgow and Feyenoord, are separated by four points. Five will advance and six will join the other six already eliminated to watch the knockout stages on television.