Channel 5, ITV and ESPN have chosen their live matches for the final round of Europa League group stage fixtures.

Fulham v Odense headlines the line-up as Channel 5’s first pick, with the Cottagers needing a victory to confirm their progession to the last 32. Tottenham and Birmingham both face an uphill struggle to reach that stage, and both require wins to have any chance of qualifying. Their respective fixtures against Ireland’s Shamrock Rovers and Slovenia’s Maribor will be shown on ITV4, while Celtic and the already-qualified Stoke will feature on ESPN.

As with matchday 5, the fixtures are once again spread out over two nights next week, although with ESPN televising the FA Cup replay between Macclesfield and Chelmsford on the Wednesday at 8.05pm, they have effectively passed on one of their choices and will now only show three matches over the four timeslots. With mainly dead rubbers featuring foreign sides at that kick-off time it is no great loss for them.

Wed 14 Dec	Besiktas v Stoke City	18:00	ESPN
Wed 14 Dec	Fulham v Odense	20:05	Channel 5
Thu 15 Dec	Shamrock Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur	18:00	ITV4
Thu 15 Dec	PAOK v Rubin Kazan	18:00	ESPN
Thu 15 Dec	Birmingham City v Maribor	20:05	ITV4
Thu 15 Dec	Udinese v Celtic	20:05	ESPN

Channel 5, ITV and ESPN have chosen their games for matchday 5 of this year’s UEFA Europa League, with Tottenham Hotspur v PAOK being the first pick on Channel 5.

As with the last two years, matchdays 5 and 6 are split over two nights in December, which means ESPN get the first chance to use their ‘sixth pick downwards’ . On top of Twente v Fulham and Celtic v Atletico Madrid, they will also feature the fixtures between Standard Liege and Hannover, and Salzburg v PSG.

ITV remain with their standard two matches, with one on each night. Braga v Birmingham features on the Wednesday, while Stoke take on Dynamo Kiev on the Thursday.

This is the last year that the final group stage matchdays will be split over two nights, as when the new TV deal kicks in next season they will all be played on the one night.

The complete live matches are listed below…

Wed 30 Nov	Braga v Birmingham City	18:00	ITV 4
Wed 30 Nov	Celtic v Atletico Madrid	18:00	ESPN
Wed 30 Nov	Tottenham Hotspur v PAOK	20:05	Channel 5
Wed 30 Nov	Standard Liege v Hannover 96	20:05	ESPN
Thu 1 Dec	Twente v Fulham	18:00	ESPN
Thu 1 Dec	Stoke City v Dynamo Kiev	20:05	ITV 4
Thu 1 Dec	Red Bull Salzburg v Paris Saint-German	20:05	ESPN