Southampton v Hapoel Beer-Sheva background

One of Southampton and Hapoel Beer-Sheva will finish as Group K runners-up behind Sparta Praha, and with the teams level on seven points a draw could suit either side.

• A win for either club will take them through to the round of 32. Southampton and Hapoel drew 0-0 in their first game in Israel, so Hapoel will go through with a win or score draw. If it finishes 0-0, Southampton will be through on overall goal difference.

Previous meetings
• It ended goalless when these teams met for the first time on matchday two.

• In 17 matches between the two nations' representatives in UEFA club competition, the Israeli sides' record reads W2 D4 L11; no Israeli club has won in eight games in England (W0 D2 L6).

Form guide
• Saints are unbeaten in seven European home fixtures (W3 D4), a run stretching back 34 years to a 4-2 UEFA Cup loss to Sporting CP in October 1982.

• Beer-Sheva, by contrast, have won just one of their last seven on the road in UEFA competition (W1 D2 L4).

• Southampton and Hapoel are both making their debuts in a UEFA group stage.

Links and trivia
• The journey from Beer Sheva to Southampton is around 3,700km.

• Former team-mates
Miguel Vítor (Beer-Sheva) & José Fonte (Southampton) – Benfica, 2007–08
Ben Sahar (Beer-Sheva) & Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) – Chelsea, 2006–09

• Miguel Vítor (Leicester, 2010–11) and Ben Sahar (Chelsea, 2006–09, including loan spells with QPR, 2007, Sheffield Wednesday, 2008 and Portsmouth, 2008) are the only Beer-Sheva players with English experience.

The coaches
• Frenchman Claude Puel took charge of Southampton this summer. He spent his entire playing career with Monaco, claiming two league titles as a player and one more as a coach. He has since led LOSC, Lyon and – during the past four seasons – Nice.

• Beer-Sheva boss Barak Bakhar steered the club to their first Israeli championship in 2015/16, his first term in the hot seat. He previously landed the 2013/14 Israeli Cup at the helm of Kiryat Shmona, where he had spent the bulk of his playing days as a defender.

Chapecoense commemoration
Teams taking part in all of the matchday six UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League fixtures will observe a minute's silence to pay respect to the victims of last week's air disaster involving the Chapecoense team and accompanying delegation.

The Brazilian club lost most of their players and coaching staff in the accident, which occurred in Colombia, where Chapecoense were due to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final against Atlético Nacional.

"European football is united in expressing its deepest sympathy to Chapecoense, the Brazilian Football Confederation [CBF], CONMEBOL and the families of all the victims," said UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin. "This tragedy has shaken the world of football, and we would like to send our support to all of those affected by it."