Roma and Athletic Bilbao shared a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico. Artem Dovbyk’s third goal in as many games gave Roma a first-half lead and Aitor Paredes headed an equaliser five minutes from time.
José Mourinho saw his Fenerbahce side beat Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 in a game in which both teams were reduced to 10. Fenerbahce became the ninth side Mourinho has managed in European competition – the Portuguese surpassing the joint-record he held with Carlo Ancelotti – and the defender Caglar Soyuncu put them ahead after 26 minutes.
Union Saint-Gilloise had Kevin Mac Allister sent off 17 minutes from time and an own goal from the former Portsmouth defender Christian Burgess doubled Fenerbahce’s lead. Bright Osayi-Samuel was dismissed after picking up a second yellow card. Dominik Livakovic saved Franjo Ivanovic’s resulting penalty before substitute Ross Sykes grabbed a stoppage‑time consolation for the Belgian visitors.
Lyon began their campaign with a 2-0 home win over Olympiakos. Rayan Cherki and Saïd Benrahma scored in the space of six second‑half minutes.
The Portugal international Bruma bagged a late double as Sporting Braga overcame Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 in a dramatic finale. The winner came from the penalty spot in the fifth minute of stoppage time, and Maccabi then lost their discipline as Gavriel Kanichowsky and Tyrese Asante were sent off.
The 19-year-old Mika Godts scored twice as Ajax thrashed Besiktas 4-0, while Eintracht Frankfurt and Viktoria Plzen drew 3-3 and the Romanian side FCSB – the successors to the former European champions Steaua Bucharest – beat Rigas FS of Latvia 4-1.
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Elsewhere, Tottenham beat Azerbaijan’s Qarabag 3-0 despite having Radu Dragusin sent off early in a game delayed by more than half an hour by travel disruptions, while Rangers won 2-0 in Sweden against Malmö.