Conference League matchday 2: Salah helps Trabzonspor beat Hearts, Lugano win 5-2 at Getafe, Brighton held

Eighteen Conference League matches were played on Thursday 22 October, the second matchday of the league phase.

Results

• Trabzonspor 2-0 Hearts
• Getafe 2-5 Lugano
• Ajax 2-0 Atalanta
• Jablonec 0-0 Brighton
• Crvena Zvezda 2-2 Copenhagen
• Monaco 3-0 Freiburg
• Kairat Almaty 1-5 Panathinaikos
• Kauno Žalgiris 1-4 Brann
• Lincoln Red Imps 1-4 Twente
• Braga 2-0 Gent
• Midtjylland 0-1 Sint-Truiden
• Thun 0-1 Hajduk Split
• Borac 2-0 KuPS
• Inter Escaldes 1-3 Universitatea Craiova
• Nordsjælland 2-2 CSKA Sofia
• Pafos 1-1 Riga
• Iberia Tbilisi 1-1 Mjällby
• Aarhus 1-1 Egnatia

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Mohamed Salah scored a penalty and set up Djú Franculino as Trabzonspor beat Hearts, UEFA reported; it was Salah’s 150th appearance in UEFA competitions. Brighton, third in the Premier League, were held in Czechia, Gazzetta dello Sport said. Ajax beat Atalanta with goals from substitutes Tolu Arokodare and Abdellah Ouazane in the last minutes.

Lugano scored three times in the first 26 minutes at Getafe. Noah Holm scored the first hat-trick of this league phase for Brann, and Cyriel Dessers’ two goals for Panathinaikos took him level with Mikael Ishak as the competition’s all-time top scorer, according to UEFA.

Trabzonspor, Monaco, Lugano, Panathinaikos, Brann, Twente, Hajduk Split and Sint-Truiden have six points, UEFA and Gazzetta said. Matchday 3 is on 5 November.

See also: Crvena Zvezda 2-2 Copenhagen, Ajax 2-0 Atalanta and Getafe 2-5 Lugano.