French contingent set for Europa, Conference league starts | OneFootball

Lyon, Monaco, Marseille and Rennes all kick off their European campaigns on Thursday night - the latter in the inaugural edition of the Europa Conference League - with some illustrious opposition to account for.

Europa League Group A Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow Rangers - Olympique Lyonnais - Kick-off at 20:00 GMT Olympique Lyonnais get the Group A hostilities going with a trip to face Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox. Peter Bosz's men have taken some time to get going this season but showed that they are pulling it together with a rousing 3-1 win over Strasbour in Ligue 1 Uber Eats Round 5 action. The goal-scoring form of Moussa Dembélé is more than encouraging and should prove a big factor as Les Gones try to get their return to European competition off to the best of starts.

Group B

Stade Louis II, Monaco

AS Monaco - Sturm Graz

- Kick-off at 20:00 GMT Meanwhile Monaco are coming off a disappointing 2-0 home defeat to Marseille and will be hoping that the change of competition can give them a boost. The principality club play host to Austrian side Sturm Graz at the Stade Louis II, where coach Niko Kovac is tipped to field a new-look 3-2-4-1 formation with France striker Wissam Ben Yedder leading the line. Group E

RZD Arena, Moscow

Lokomotiv Moscow - Olympique de Marseille

- Kick-off at 17:45 GMT Marseille will be looking to build on the confidence they have collected in a thrilling undefeated start to the Ligue 1 Uber Eats season - three wins and a draw, with 11 goals scored - as they travel to Russia to face Lokomotiv Moscow. OM boss Jorge Sampaoli is tipped to hand Ligue 1 Uber Eats Round 5 sensation Bamba Dieng - who scored both of Marseille's goals in a breakthrough performance in Monaco - a start alongside fellow revelations Amine Harit and Cengiz Ünder in an unorthodox 3-4-4 formation.

Europa Conference League Group G Roazhon Park, Rennes Stade Rennais FC - Tottenham Hotspur FC - Kick-off at 17:45 GMT Finally, in the first-ever round of Europa Conference League matches, Stade Rennais FC take on perhaps the most illustrious of the French clubs' opponents in the form of Tottenham Hotspur. Bruno Genesio's side saw their two-match Ligue 1 Uber Eats win streak cut short by Reims 2-0 at the weekend, and central deefnsive pair Nayef Aguerd and Loïc Badé will have to do much better against the likes of Harry Kane and former Ligue 1 Uber Eats stars Lucas (ex-PSG) and Tanguy Ndombélé (ex-OL).