5 - Athletic Club are on their joint-longest winning streak in UEFA club competitions, with their 2-0 victory over Fenerbahce on Wednesday being their fifth straight. The two-time UEFA Cup/Europa League finalists are already through to the knockout stages with two games to spare.
8 - Union Saint-Gilloise left it late, but they grabbed a 2-1 win over OGC Nice courtesy of Franjo Ivanovic's winner. The Belgians, participating in the UEL proper for the third season in a row, have earned at least eight points in all three editions. That was their total from last fall, while in the 2022/23 campaign, they reached 13 points.
9 - Manchester United also grabbed a very late winner, topping Viktoria Plzen 2-1 in Czechia to remain unbeaten in this season's competition. The Red Devils are now nine games without defeat in UEL away games at this stage. The last team to do so were Astana five years ago.
1 - PAOK had an impressive performance in their match, beating Ferencvaros 5-0 at home to make it back-to-back wins. The result was their first win over a Hungarian club in Europe, at the fifth time of asking. Before this, the side from Thessaloniki went 0-2-2 against Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Levski Sofia, the latter knocking them out of the Conference League just two years ago.
7 - It ended all square in Piraeus between Olympiakos and Twente as neither side could find the back of the net. In what was their 13th game against Dutch opposition, Olympiakos have kept seven clean sheets against them. Five of those seven shutouts have come at home.
15 - Malmo struck at the death to earn a point from their 2-2 draw at home to Galatasaray. The Turkish champions have drawn all three of their away games in the Europa League's league phase this fall, while coming out victorious in all three home matches. Moreover, their 15 goals scored so far is the joint-most, along with Lyon.
4 - Although they gave away a two-goal advantage, AZ remain unbeaten against Bulgarian teams. The 2-2 draw at Ludogorets made it four without loss versus sides from Bulgaria, with two wins and now two draws all-time. Ludogorets are 3-1-1 when facing Dutch opposition.
2 - Hoffenheim and FCSB played to a goalless stalemate in Germany, a result that did not help the latter out in their hopes of getting past this stage. For the Romanians, they became the second team to keep a clean sheet at the PreZero Arena against Hoffenheim in Europe. The other side to do so? Molde, who won 2-0 there in the round of 32 back in 2021.
33 - It was a fantastic night for AS Roma, who have not had the best of seasons. Nevertheless, the Giallorossi earned a 3-0 success over Sporting Braga. It was an onslaught of chances for the hosts, who mustered 33 attempts in the 90 minutes. No side had created more shots in this round.
17 - Anderlecht held on for a 2-1 win over Slavia Prague in their Europa League clash, keeping the Brussels-based team unbeaten after six matches. They also remain perfect against Czech opposition, having scored 17 times in seven such games. The win also saw Anderlecht book their place in the knockout rounds of the UEL for the first time since 2016/17.
0 - Dynamo Kyiv were the first team to officially be eliminated from knockout round contention following their 3-0 reverse at Real Sociedad. The Ukrainians, who have lost all six matches in the league phase this fall, are the only side to be on zero points heading into January.
11 - Rangers and Tottenham Hotspur played to a 1-1 draw at Ibrox, with both sides, along with FCSB, being stuck on 11 points. That was the same number of points the Scottish giants managed to earn in the competition's group stage a year ago, when they finished ahead of Sparta Prague, Real Betis, and Aris Limassol.
12 - RFS failed to convert a penalty in the dying moments of their 2-1 defeat to Maccabi Tel Aviv. Even if they did score the penalty, the Latvians would not be able to avoid the unwanted stat of going 12 group phase games without a victory. They will have two more chances to change this in January.
18 - Eintracht Frankfurt have lost a match in the UEL for the first time since 2019/20, as Lyon got the better of them 3-2 in France. The defeat puts their 18-match unbeaten run in the Europa League to a close, having won the competition in 2021/22 without losing.
29 - Porto have made it back-to-back home victories in the UEL after a 2-0 success over FC Midtjylland. The two-time winners have their first win over a Danish club in 29 years, having drawn their last three. On that occasion, they had beaten AaB in the 1995/96 Champions League group stage.
3 - Elfsborg managed to collect their second league phase win as they topped Qarabag 2-0 at home. Having also fallen to Malmo on matchday 2, this loss is the Azeris' third against teams from Sweden. The other one came eight years ago in a playoff round tie to Goteborg.
6 - Bodo/Glimt got back to winning ways after beating Besiktas 2-1 at home to edge ever closer to a knockout round spot in the Europa League for the very first time. The Norwegian champions have now scored in their last six home games in a UEFA club competition, qualifying excluded.
10 - Lazio continued their wonderful form with a 3-1 victory in Amsterdam against Ajax. The Biancocelesti are the only side in the Europa League to have prevailed in all three of their away games. However, despite the result, Ajax are one of two clubs to have scored 10 times at home in the competition, the other being Galatasaray.