Leaders in the Norwegian league

Our UEFA Europa League rivals played in their respective leagues at the weekend with two wins and a draw.

Rosenborg BK 

Thursday’s rivals at Anoeta in our opening game in the tournament Rosenborg BK beat Stromsgodet 0-2 in the Norwegian league. The Trondheim-based side go into the game as league leaders with nine games left to play in the competition.

Stromsgodset 0-2 Rosenborg BK

Hansen, Hedenstad, Reginiussen, J. Skjelvik, B. Meling, M. Lundemo (J. Rasmussen, min.81), M. Jensen, A. Konradsen (A. Trondsen, min.79), M. Jevtovic (S. Adegbenro, min.46), Y. De Lan Lay, N. Bendtner.

Goals: N. Bendtner, S. Adegbenro.

FC Zenit

FC Zenit meanwhile, played out a goalless draw away at Dynamo Moscow. Roberto Mancini’s team remain at the top of the table with a one-point lead over Lokomotiv. They play at home on Thursday in their UEFA Europa League opener against FK Vardar.

Dynamo Moscow 0-0 FC Zenit

FC Zenit: Lunev, Smolnikov, Mammana, Ivanovic, Criscito, Yerokhin, Paredes (Poloz, min.85), Kuzyaev, Rigoni (Dzyuba, min.55), Driussi (Shatov, min.77) y Kokorin.

FK Vardar

The Macedonians were 3-1 winners at home to Sileks. Our group stage rivals sit fourth in the league table, four points off top spot with a game in hand.

FK Vardar 3-1 Sileks

FK Vardar: Gacevski, Brdarovski, Velkovski, Glisic, Grncarov, Gligorov, Iseni (Markovic, min.64), Juan Felipe, Barseghian (Jigauri, min.64), Blazevski (Stojkov, min.74), Ytalo. 

Goals: Grncarov, Barseghian, Gligorov.