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A Europe-wide round-up of how the teams set to face British opposition in the UEFA Cup first round second legs fared in their own backyards.

Hertha Berlin (away to St Patrick's Athletic September 30 - Hertha lead 2-0 on aggregate)

Hertha Berlin 0-1 Energie Cottbus

The side from the capital are stuck in mid-table after losing 1-0 to lowly Cottbus.

Branko Jelic's 13th-minute goal was enough condemn Hertha to their second Bundesliga defeat of the season.

Litex Lovech (away to Aston Villa October 2 - Villa lead 3-1 agg.)

Levski Sofia 2-0 Litex Lovech

Levski leapfrogged Litex as they moved up to third in the table after beating them 2-0.

Two goals from Darko Tasevski - one in either half - were enough to drop Litex down to fifth, four points behind leaders CSKA Sofia.

Wisla Krakow (at home to Tottenham Hotspur October 2 - Tottenham lead 2-1 agg.)

Wisla Krakow 4-0 Arka

Wisla remained joint top of the Polish Ekstraklasa after thrashing Arka 4-0.

A brace from Pawel Brozek (pictured, right, in the first leg at White Hart Lane), as well as one each from Arkadiusz Glowacki and Junior Diaz, will give Premier League bottom-side plenty to worry about when they travel to the Wisla Stadium.

Standard Liege (at home to Everton October 2 - tie level at 2-2 agg.)

Standard Liege 2-1 Anderlecht

It was the Belgian equivalent of Grand Slam Sunday on Friday as Standard Liege and Anderlecht met in a top of the table clash.

Oleksandr Iakovenko opened the scoring for visitors Anderlecht on 56 minutes, but goals from Axel Witsel and Milan Jovanovic sealed the game for Liege to send them three points clear at the top of the Eerste Klasse.

Omania Nicosia (away to Manchester City October 2 - City lead 2-1 agg.)

Omania Nicosia 2-0 Atromitos Yeroskipou

Nicosia are now three points behind leader Anorthosis Famagusta with a game in hand after beating struggling Atromitos 2-0 at home. Ioannis Okkas and Francisco Aguirre got the goals.

Nancy (away to Motherwell October 2 - Nancy lead 1-0 agg.)

Lyon 2-1 Nancy

Nancy slipped down to 14th in the Ligue 1 table after losing 2-1 at champions Lyon

Anthony Mounier set up one goal for Karim Benzema and another for Brazilian striker Fred to give Lyon a two-goal lead, before Pascal Berenguer pulled back what turned out to be a mere consolation for Nancy.

Guimaraes (at home to Portsmouth October 2 - Portsmouth lead 2-0 agg.)

Trofense 1-3 Guimaraes

Guimaraes stayed above local rivals Vitoria CF in seventh place with a 3-1 away win at Trofense. A brace from Douglas Oliveira and another from Luciano Amarel won it for Guimaraes.

Tony Mabert / Eurosport