The 'Jürgen Klopp derby' concludes at Anfield, with the manager's current club Liverpool FC eager to finish off his old side Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals.Previous meetings• Divock Origi gave the Reds the lead in the first leg in Dortmund, but Mats Hummels evened things up after the break.• The teams have now met four times in UEFA competition, with the record W1 D2 L1. Most notably, Willi Multhaup's Dortmund beat Bill Shankly's Liverpool 2-1 after extra time in the 1966 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Glasgow.• In the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League first group stage, Gérard Houllier's Liverpool drew 0-0 wit...
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Midtjylland v Manchester United background
FC Midtjylland embark upon the highest-profile fixture in their history hoping to take a second English scalp of the season, with Manchester United FC heading to Denmark for a UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie.Previous meetings• The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition.• Midtjylland's record in four games against English sides is W2 D1 L1 (W1 D0 L1 at home – W1 D1 L0 in England). They have already accounted for one Premier League club this season, eliminating Southampton FC 2-1 on aggregate in the play-offs.• They won their only previous match in Manchester, beating Manchester City FC 1-0 in the first leg of a 2008/09...
Shakhtar Donetsk v Schalke background
FC Shakhtar Donetsk will hope for a repeat performance after being paired with FC Schalke 04 for a second time in the UEFA Europa League round of 32.Previous meetings• Mircea Lucescu's Shakhtar eliminated a Schalke side coached by Ralf Rangnick in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup round of 32, winning 1-0 in Gelsenkirchen after drawing 1-1 in Donetsk. Those are Schalke's only encounters with Ukrainian opponents.• Shakhtar's 16 games against German teams have ended W5 D5 L6 (W2 D4 L1 at home – W2 D1 L5 in Germany). Most famously, they beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the final of the 2009 UEFA Cup in Istanbul.• Shakhtar's last four home matches against German...
Ludogorets v Real Madrid background
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad play their first home game in the UEFA Champions League on matchday two when the holders Real Madrid CF visit Sofia.Match backgroundLudogorets• Georgi Dermendzhiev's Bulgarian title holders made a promising start in the competition at Liverpool FC, losing only to an injury-time penalty in a 2-1 defeat.• In qualifying for the group stage, Ludogorets played three home games, beating F91 Dudelange (4-0), holding FK Partizan (0-0), and then defeating FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-0 prior to a 6-5 penalty shoot-out success.• They went four games unbeaten at home in last season's UEFA Europa League before succumbing 3-0 to Valencia CF in the first leg of an eventual 4-0 round of 16 defeat. It was their first meeting with