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Sporting Sporting Lisbon's Primeira Liga season petered out as they fell to a 1-0 home defeat against Estoril on Sunday.

Inter Milan Italian giants Inter visit Stjarnan in Iceland while Villarreal, Tottenham and Feyenoord also begin their UEFA Europa League play-off ties on the road.

Benfica Benfica got their Primeira Liga defence under way with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Pacos de Ferreira at the Estadio da Luz on Sunday.

Paços de Ferreira Pacos de Ferreira moved out of the Primeira Liga relegation zone after coming from behind to defeat Vitoria Guimaraes 2-1.

Porto Porto's slim Primeira Liga title chances were dealt another blow on Sunday as they lost a two-goal lead to be held 2-2 by Vitoria Guimaraes.

Inter Milan Inter can bounce back from Sunday's Serie A humbling against Cagliari when they host Qarabag in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday.

Porto Porto's Primeira Liga title defence is all but over after they suffered a 2-1 loss at Nacional on Sunday and fell 15 points behind Benfica.

Sporting Sporting Lisbon maintained the pressure on Primeira Liga leaders Benfica with a 2-0 win over Gil Vicente on Saturday.

Porto Porto's disappointing Primeira Liga season will at least see them claim a UEFA Champions League spot after they beat Rio Ave 3-0 on Monday.

Olympique Lyon Lyon will need to come from behind if they are to advance past Astra in the UEFA Europa League play-offs on Thursday.