Europa League draw LIVE: Liverpool, West Ham and more discover fate

The Uefa Europa League trophy The Europa League group stage draw is here with the competition growing in strength each year. After Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd and Newcastle discovered their Champions League group stage opponents , the Premier League contingent includes Liverpool , Brighton and West Ham, who won the Europa Conference League last year. While Scottish hopes rest with Rangers, who failed to qualify for the Champions League group stages after defeat to PSV. Liverpool are the bookies’ favourites, but Brighton are next up alongside Jose Mourinho’s Roma, who recently bought Romelu Lukaku to boost their chances. Atalanta, Marseille and Villarreal are also contenders. Follow the Europa League group stage draw and get all the latest football betting sites offers or sign up to bet365 using The Independent’s unique bonus code by clicking here : 1693559647 The Europa League is nearly upon us for the new 2023/24 season, with the group stage draw taking place today in Monaco. Three English clubs and one Scottish team will be in the draw: Liverpool and Brighton finished fifth and sixth respectively in the Premier League to qualify for the Europa League, while West Ham won the Europa Conference League to book their spot. Rangers finished runners-up in the Scottish Premiership to reach the Champions League play-offs, but they lost to PSV Eindhoven. For the final time before the competition takes on the new Swiss-system format next season, 32 teams will be split into eight groups of four. Each group will contain one team from each of the four seeded pots, and clubs from the same national league will not be drawn together in the same group. Livepool, Brighton, West Ham and Rangers are all in the draw for the Europa League group stage Jack Rathborn 1 September 2023 10:14 1693501907 Jack Rathborn 31 August 2023 18:11 1693501763 21 September 2023: Matchday 1 5 October 2023: Matchday 2 26 October 2023: Matchday 3 9 November 2023: Matchday 4 30 November 2023: Matchday 5 14 December 2023: Matchday 6 Jack Rathborn 31 August 2023 18:09