UEFA Champions League PREVIEW 4 Aug 2026: Lyon at Sparta Prague in the day's standout tie

Sparta Prague host Lyon in the day's standout tie. It is settled over two legs, with the return in Lyon on 11 August.

Union Saint-Gilloise host Bodo/Glimt and Olympiacos host NEC Nijmegen. Both of those return on 11 August, at Bodo/Glimt and at Nijmegen respectively.

Hapoel Beer Sheva meet Crvena Zvezda in the tie with the clearest form line on the card. Hapoel were beaten 2-1 by Vikingur Reykjavik in Iceland on 21 July, where Nikolaj Hansen scored on 48 and 86 and Kings Kangwa replied on 51, before winning the return at home 2-0 on 29 July with Z. Ahmed on 65 and A. C. Ganah on 80. Crvena Zvezda had a gentler passage: 4-0 away at Larne on 21 July, Bruno Duarte scoring on 26 and 67 with Vasilije Kostov on 55 and Muhammed-Cham Saračević on 85, then 5-0 at home on 29 July, A. Katai on 3, M. Arnautovic on 45 and 60, L. Loizou on 49 and O. Bukari on 79.

Levski Sofia host Kairat Almaty. Levski drew 1-1 away at Borac Banja Luka on 7 July, Luka Juričić putting Borac ahead on nine minutes and Armstrong Oko-Flex levelling on 55, then won at home 4-0 on 14 July with Oko-Flex again on 48, Reinaldo on 59 and 65 and Juan Perea on 85. Their most recent tie was with Univ. Craiova: 1-0 at home on 22 July through Kristian Dimitrov on eight minutes, then 2-2 away on 29 July, where Everton Bala scored on 13 and A. Neves on 16 before N. Bancu replied on 45 and A. Rus on 48. Kairat beat Sutjeska 2-1 at home on 8 July and 2-0 away on 15 July, then lost 1-0 at Omonia on 22 July and won the return 1-0 on 29 July, a match that went to a shootout and finished 6-5 on penalties, Omonia having had A. Kakoullis sent off on 26 and S. Coulibaly on 111.

Dinamo Zagreb host Kauno Zalgiris, having needed extra time against Thun. They drew 1-1 away on 21 July and then trailed 2-0 at home on 28 July to goals from B. Labeau on four minutes and M. Burki on 22. Burki was sent off on 67, D. Beljo scored on 74 and L. Kacavenda on 78 to force extra time, and M. Valincic settled it on 112.

Ararat-Armenia host Celje. They beat Caramba/Dinamo Riga 2-0 at home on 7 July through Hugo Oliveira on 63 and Carlos França on 86, then lost the return 3-2 on 14 July, Iago Siqueira Augusto on 14 and Ahmed Ankrah on 23 putting Riga in front before Zhirayr Shaghoyan on 46 and Sandro Lima on 63 hauled it back and Reginaldo Ramires struck on 90. Against Shamrock Rovers they won 2-0 at home on 21 July, Sandro Lima on 51 and Zidane Banjaqui on 80, and lost the return 2-1 on 28 July, M. Healy on 11 and A. Greene on 36 for the hosts with Sandro Lima replying on 73. Mjallby welcome Slovan Bratislava having beaten Lincoln Red Imps 3-0 at home on 21 July, Áki Samuelsen on 18 and 24 and Jacob Bergström on 31, before a goalless return away on 28 July.