Post by Taxigirl on Nov 27, 2003 9:50:31 GMT
Four British teams renew their Uefa Cup campaign in the second-round second leg on Thursday.
Liverpool host Steaua Bucharest, Newcastle entertain Basle, Hearts welcome Bordeaux and Manchester City travel to Groclin Dyskobolia.
At Anfield, Liverpool and Bucharest are locked at 1-1 after Frenchman Djimi Traore fired a vital away goal in Romania.
Elsewhere, Newcastle lead their Swiss rivals 3-2, Manchester City take a 1-1 scoreline to Poland and Hearts hold a 1-0 advantage over France's Bordeaux.
Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier will be without Steve Finnan, who has a calf strain.
But the Reds could welcome back influential midfielder Dietmar Hamann, who is fit again following surgery on a shin complaint which has forced him to miss most of the season.
Newcastle have the luxury of three away goals in the bank after twice coming from behind in Basle.
Laurent Robert, Titus Bramble and Shola Ameobi cancelled out strikes from Mario Cantaluppi and Scott Chipperfield.
Manchester City travel to Poland needing to unearth an away goal of their own after Sebastian Mila cancelled out Nicolas Anelka's strike at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Midfielder Shaun Wright-Phillips returns to the squad after serving a three-match domestic ban and could replace Claudio Reyna, who missed the defeat at Newcastle with flu.
Eyal Berkovic is also doubtful after picking up a knock at St James' Park.
For Hearts, Scotland international Steven Pressley and fellow defender Alan Maybury could miss out after picking up injuries in Sunday's Edinburgh derby victory over Hibernian.
In other action, Dynamo Bucharest host Spartak Moscow needing to find a way back from 4-0 down, while France's Sochaux are locked at 2-2 with Germany's Borussia Dortmund.
In Spain Barcelona enjoy a 3-0 cushion over Greek side Panionios, while Villarreal visit Torpedo Moscow with a 2-0 lead.
Elsewhere, Croatia's Hajduk Split trail Italy's Roma 1-0, Czechoslovakia's FK Teplice host Feyenoord protecting a 2-0 away-goal lead, and France's Sochaux are locked at 2-2 with Germany's Borussia Dortmund.
Uefa Cup Fixtures
Thu Nov 27 2003
UEFA Cup Second Round Second Leg
Groclin_Dyskobolia v Man City 15:15
Levski_Sofia v Slavia_Prague 16:00
Dnipro v Dinamo_Zagreb 16:00
Torpedo_Moscow v Villarreal 16:30
FK_Teplice v Feyenoord 17:00
Parma v SV_Salzburg 17:00
Debrecen v PAOK_Salonika 17:00
Brondby v Schalke 17:15
Lens v Gaziantepspor 17:30
Crvena_Zvezda v Rosenborg 18:00
Dinamo_Bucuresti v Spartak_Moscow 18:00
Aris_Salonika v Perugia 18:30
Molde v Benfica 19:00
Wisla_Krakow v Valerenga 19:00
Newcastle v Basle 19:30
Sochaux v Borussia_Dortmund 19:30
Auxerre v FC_Utrecht 19:30
Hajduk_Split v Roma 19:45
Hearts v Bordeaux 19:45
Liverpool v Steaua_Bucuresti 20:00
Mallorca v FC_Copenhagen 20:00
Barcelona v Panionios 20:15
Sporting v Genclerbirligi 21:00