Paris (France) (AFP) - Benfica of Portugal, Bournemouth of England and Ferencvaros of Hungary continued their perfect record in the European League, "Europa League", while Milan suffered its third loss in four matches, continuing its poor continental performances, in the fourth round of the unified group stage.

Published on: 05/11/2026 - 21:23 Last updated: 05/11/2026 - 23:20

Benfica is at the top of the standings with 12 points on goal difference, ahead of Bournemouth and Ferencvaros, and two points behind Belgium's Union Saint-Geloise, Italy's Juventus, and Greece's Olympiacos.

In the first match, Bournemouth defeated its host Sparta Prague 3-1.

Gambian Ebrima Singati scored a wonderful individual goal, after launching the ball from his team's half, giving the Czech team the lead at home (35), after Bournemouth midfielder Lewis Cook missed a penalty kick that hit the post during the first half.

Sparta Prague suffered a blow when its Norwegian player, Tobias Goodall, was sent off before the end of the first half, before American Tyler Adams succeeded in equalizing for Bournemouth (57).

Nine minutes before the end of normal time, Brazilian Evanilson gave the English team the lead, before his compatriot Ryan completed the hat-trick in the final minutes, as the substitutes led Bournemouth, the newcomer to European competitions, to the top of the standings.

German coach Marco Rose's team achieved its seventh consecutive victory in various competitions.

Also, Benfica of Portugal maintained its perfect record by defeating Lech Poznań of Poland 3-1.

The Portuguese team's goals were scored by Portuguese Rafa Silva (6), Argentine Gianluca Pristiani (67) and Ukrainian Georgi Sudakov (90), and Poznań Al-Yatim's goal came from Swede Leo Bengtsson (73).

On the other hand, Milan lost at home to Hungary's Ferencvaros with a clean double, with the latter in turn maintaining its perfect record in the secondary continental competition.

Haitian international Lenny Joseph scored two goals in the second half at the San Siro Stadium, leading his team to a remarkable victory over the seven-time European champion, despite having to complete the match with ten players after the expulsion of Nigerian Bamidele Joseph.

The Lombardy club now occupies a position outside the list of the top 24 teams (28th place), after being content with gaining three points as the unified group stage reached the halfway point of its journey.

Bayer Leverkusen of Germany suffered its first loss against Marseille of France, which achieved its first victory 1-0 in Germany, after starting its previous three matches with a loss.

Leverkusen ranks seventh with nine points, compared to 4 points for Marseille in 31st place.

Dutch Ton Koopmeiners and Frenchman Randall Kolo Moani scored Juventus' goals in a 2-1 win over Dutch AZ Alkmaar, raising the Italian team's score to 10 points in fifth place.

In another match, English Crystal Palace snatched a 1-1 draw at home against German Hoffenheim, after Japanese midfielder Daichi Kamada equalized in stoppage time.

Crystal Palace, which won the Conference League title last season, has five points from four matches.

France's Lyon tied away to Spain's Real Sociedad 1-1.

Icelander Uri Oscarsson gave Sociedad the lead (28) before Corentan Tolisso equalized the score for Lyon (54).

Lyon ranks thirteenth with seven points, while Sociedad has five points in twentieth place.

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