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Valencia will be looking to keep their Europa League knockout stage qualification in their own hands with a comfortable victory when they welcome Lille in their next match on Wednesday.
The Spanish side are second in the group table, level on points with Genoa and could move to the top of their group table if they manage to collect all three points against Lille. A win on Wednesday would mean that Valencia will only need to avoid defeat to Genoa in their final group game next month.
Valencia go into the match on the back of a disappointing 2-2 draw away to Slavia Prague in their last match. The visitors looked on course for a comfortable victory after goals from Joaquin and Hedwiges Maduro had given them a 2-0 lead but two late goals from Petr Janda and Peter Grajciar meant that Valencia had to come home with just a point.
Lille too suffered a disappointing result in their last match against Genoa. The French club had done well to fight back from two goals down to level the scores late in the game but Giuseppe Sculli had other ideas as the Italian striker grabbed a dramatic winner late in injury time.