Neither Olympiacos nor Apollon Limassol could take an advantage in the first leg, setting up a huge decider next week at “Karaiskakis” for a Europa League place.

The Piraeus side drew 1-1 away against the Cypriot champions on Friday morning (AEST) in the first match of their play-off tie to decide who progresses to the group stage of the Europa League.

The hosts took the lead after a long shot deflected perfectly into the path of forward Rangelo Janga, who then side-footed the ball into the bottom right corner (18′).

The Greek champions responded soon after with a well-worked movement which started from the backline, with midfielder Hwang In-beom finishing into the bottom left to bag a goal on his debut for the club (29′).

AEK Larnaca secured a fantastic 1-2 away success over SC Dnipro-1 to vastly boost their chances of making the Europa League group stage.

The yellow-greens struck twice within the opening half hour, firstly via an effort from playmaker Omri Altman (16′) and secondly through a corner header from centre half Hrvoje Milicevic (29′).

The Ukrainian outfit managed to get one back after a 90th minute header by centre back Oleksandr Svatok from a corner, giving his side a much better chance to reverse their fortunes in next week’s second leg.

Omonia sealed a massive 0-2 away victory against KAA Gent to put themselves in a great position to progress to the group stage.

The travellers found a goal either side of the half time, with midfielder Charamlambos Charamlambous getting the first after his strike ricocheted off a defender’s leg and crept into the goal (19′).

Winger Brandon Barker then secured the win and the two-nil advantage going into the reverse fixture with a powerful half-volley into the top left (76′).

APOEL suffered a heavy 3-0 away defeat with Djurgardens IF in the first leg of their Europa Conference League play-off tie to all but be eliminated from Europe this season.

The Swedish side took the lead nine minutes in after striker Victor Edvardsen caught the goalkeeper off his line, hitting the ball into the back of the net from the halfway line.

Centre half Hjalmar Ekdal then doubled their lead with a header from close range following a great bouncing pass across goal (54′) before substitute Gustav Wikheim’s long range effort snuck into the bottom left (64′) to all but secure the home side of qualification to the group stage.