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Europa League preview week two: Leicester look to bounce back after Napoli draw, while West Ham entertain Rapid Vienna

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Two English and two Scottish clubs are back in action in Europe on Thursday, with Leicester City, West Ham, Celtic and Rangers all featuring in the Europa League.

Leicester head to Poland

Leicester travel to Polish side Legia Warsaw in Group C, hoping to improve on their 2-2 draw against Napoli last time out in the competition.

The Foxes were leading 2-0 but blew the chance to earn a valuable three points and will need to play much better this week.

Napoli and Spartak Moscow face off in the other fixture in the group.

West Ham entertain Rapid Vienna

In Group H, West Ham welcome Rapid Vienna looking to build on their impressive win against Dinamo Zagreb.

David Moyes’ side have made a fantastic start to the season, only losing one match since the beginning of their campaign.

The other match in the group will see Zagreb looking to bounce back from their opening round defeat when they take on Genk.

Celtic host Bayer Leverkusen

For Celtic, they have the tough task of welcoming German giants Bayern Leverkusen to Celtic Park.

Manager Ange Postecoglou has had a difficult start to his career in Scotland and will need to start picking up some results in Europe to take the attention away from their poor league from.

Currently top of Group G is Real Betis, who go head to head with bottom place team Ferencvarosi.

Rangers travel to Czech Republic

Like their Scottish rivals, Rangers failed to win in their opening Europa League match against Lyon and must do better when they visit Sparta Prague.

Steven Gerrard’s side have fared much better in domestic competition, currently sitting top of the Scottish Premier League.

After brushing aside Rangers, French club Lyon can extend their league at the top of Group A when they host Brondby.

Elsewhere in the Europa League…

Elsewhere, AS Monaco travel to Real Sociedad in Group B looking to build on the three points they picked up Sturm Graz last time out.

They comfortably defeated the Austrian side in the first round of group stage games but will have a harder match against Sociedad on Thursday.

PSV Eindhoven take on Sturm Graz in the other Group B fixture where they should comfortably pick up their first victory of their European campaign.

In Group E, Lazio welcome Lokomotiv Moscow looking for their first Europa League victory of the season.

Maurizio Sarri’s team are on a high after beating rivals Roma at the weekend which will give them an added boost this time out.

One of the tougher matches to call of this round of fixtures is Marseille against Galatasaray, who face off in the other Group E game.

Turkish giants Fenerbahce take on Olympiakos in Group D, while Eintracht Frankfurt travel to Royal Antwerp.

Finally, Ludogorets welcome Red Star Belgrade while FC Midtjylland visit Sporting Braga in Group F.

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