Europa League preview: Manchester United face Italian giants AC Milan while Glasgow Rangers are looking to continue their excellent form

The Europa League is back this tonight as the round of 16 stage begins, with four British sides in action as well as some European giants.

Manchester United face-off against AC Milan, looking to build on their recent Manchester derby victory.

United fended off Real Sociedad in the last round, while Milan only just overcame Red Star Belgrade, winning on away goals.

Both sides are missing key players, with Marcus Rashford, Edison Cavani, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Theo Hernandez and Mario Mandzukic all expected to be out.

North London clubs should not have any issues

Spurs and Arsenal are both expected to do well in their respective games, with Jose Mourinho’s side welcoming Dinamo Zagreb and Mikel Arteta’s team travelling to Olympiacos.

The Gunners have the slightly harder away tie against the Greek champions will need to put in a stronger performance than their round of 32 showings against Benfica.

For Spurs, they come into their fixture with plenty of momentum having scored 18 goals in their last six matches, averaging three goals per game.

Rangers looking to continue excellent form

Newly crowned Scottish Premier League champions Rangers can set their focus to Europe, starting with their first leg of the round of 16 against Slavia Prague.

Steven Gerrard’s side are yet to lose in their league or in Europe so far this season but will need to be at their best against the Czech club who advanced into this round after comfortably beating Leicester City.

Elsewhere, current Eredivisie champions Ajax welcome current Swiss Super League winners BSC Young Boys.

The Swiss club shocked the competition in the last round, beating Bayer Leverkusen 6-3 over the two legs, and are currently 19 points clear at the top of their domestic league.

Only two Spanish sides left

Two Spanish teams remain in the competition, with Granada hosting Molde FK and Villarreal travelling to Dynamo Kyiv.

Granada edged their round of 32 fixture against Napoli, winning 3-2 on aggregate, while Molde caused an upset when they won 5-3 against Hoffenheim over two legs.

With Villarreal, they overcame RB Salzburg in comfortable fashion to extend their unbeaten run in the competition to seven games.

Finally, Roma and Shakhtar Donetsk go head-to-head with no clear favourite to advance to the next round.

The Italian club cruised past Braga in their round of 32 tie, while the Ukrainian’s made it through against Maccabi Tel Aviv.