Anderlecht beat Silkeborg 1-0 in Brussels on Thursday in Group B of the Conference League, which also includes FCSB (who lost to West Ham). At the same time, Sivasspor drew 1-1 with Slavia Prague in Group G, where CFR Cluj only drew with Balkan.

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Anderlecht beat Silkeborg thanks to Fabio Silva’s (’80) penalty kick.

In Turkey, the vice-champion of the Czech Republic quickly opened the scoring with Peter Olayinka (‘4), but the hosts from Sivasspor equalized with Dia Saba (’27).

The results were recorded on Thursday in the first stage of the Conference League groups

Group A

Fiorentina – Rigas FC 1-1

Hearts – Istanbul Basaksehir 0-4

Group B

Anderlecht Brussels – Silkeborg IF 1-0

West Ham United – FCSB 3-1

Group C

Austria Vienna – Hapoel Beer Sheva 0-0

Villarreal – Lech PoznaƄ 4-3

Group D

OGK Nice – FC Cologne 1-1

FC Slovakia – Partizan Belgrade 3-3

Group E

FC Vaduz – Apollon Limassol 0-0

SC Dnipro-1 – AZ Alkmaar 0-1

Group F

Molde FC – KAA Gent 0-0

Shamrock Rovers – Djurgardens IF 0-0

Group H

FC Basel – Piunik Yerevan 3-1

Slovan Bratislava – Zalgiris Vilnius 0-0

Group G

FC Balkani – ChFR Cluj 1-1

Sivasspor – Slavia Prague 1-1.