Lech Poznan v Sunderland, Juventus v Rennes, and more: Europa League – live

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Source: The Guardian Sport · NewTimes editorial text based on the source feed.

⚽ Updates from 5.45pm BST kick-offs, then the 8pm games ⚽ Live scores | Table | Read Football Daily | And mail Daniel It’s been a strange start to the season for Sunderland and I’m not just talking about those pink Elvis kits.

Yes, that is a real sentence.

They’ve had some rotten luck – if they could’ve picked two players to avoid injury, Dan Ballard and Brian Brobbey would probably have been them – and, after last season’s outrageous exploits, they now sit bottom of the Premier League.

However!

Making their first foray into Europe in 52 years, they won their first home game then, on their first trip abroad, they conceded a ridiculous opener, equalised, missed a late penalty … and scored an incr