José Mourinho’s Fenerbahce might have only just squeezed into the Europa League knockout playoff round but it is already on the brink of the round of 16.

Roma start Paulo Dybala and Artem Dovbyk upfront, but are missing their mid-season signings for the Europa League play-off with Samu Omorodion Aghehowa’s FC Porto.

Porto and Roma drew 1-1 in the first leg of their Europa League knockout phase play-off Thursday, while Jose Mourinho's Fenerbahce took a big step towards the last 16 with a 3-0 win over Anderlecht.

It was an exciting first leg of the UEFA Europa League playoffs as 16 teams competed to advance to the Round of 16 of the tournament. With some surprising results, such as Galatasaray's 4-1 defeat against AZ and a heated draw between Porto and AS Roma,

Roma had been in control with the Zeki Celik goal, but after an unlucky deflection and the Bryan Cristante red card, were forced to hang on for a solid 1-1