Summary

  • McGinn misses penalty as Brondby win shootout 5-3

  • Hibs win 1-0 after extra-time to level tie at 1-1

  • David Gray scores winner before going off injured

  • Hearts lose 2-1 at home v Birkirkara to go out

  • Aberdeen win 1-0 (Rooney) at Ventspils to progress

  • Dons keeper Lewis saved first-half penalty

  1. Postpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    Kick off is only a few minutes away. You can listen in to BBC Radio Scotland commentary from Copenhagen by using the coverage tab at the top of the page.

  2. Dons boss hits out at officialspublished at 18:57 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    FT: Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen (agg: 0-4)

    Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "We kept them at arm's length. We wanted a game without drama. We caused ourselves one or two problems in the first half just by playing in the wrong areas but by and large it was the officials who were giving us problems. They've gave them a penalty that was never one. Thankfully big Joe (Lewis) makes a great save. Having watched their penalty taker I was praying Joe would go to his right hand side as I know he favours that side."

  3. Bundesliga bonus for winnerspublished at 18:51 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    I'm sure Hibs fans are having a ball in Copenhagen. The Edinburgh side have sold around 900 tickets for the Brondby Stadium. Another great trip awaits if they can turn this one round since Hertha Berlin lie in wait for the winners. That's a lot of good beer...

  4. 'Hibs need to adapt quickly'published at 18:45 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    "Brondby are a very good European team. They are one of the top teams in Scandinavia. We are obviously the underdogs going into the game but to me it wouldn't be a massive surprise if we could overturn this," said manager Neil Lennon yesterday.

    "For a lot of players, though, it is their first time playing away in a European environment so they are going to have to acclimatise very quickly." 

    "Brondby have an away goal but the premise is the same. Even if we had kept it at 0-0 we still would have had to score in Denmark, so there is now that little bit of extra difficulty to the tie."

  5. Postpublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    FT: Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen (agg: 0-4)

    Aberdeen fans hoping to get a jump on cheap flights for the next round take note - Levski Sofia are 1-0 up on Maribor...

  6. Lennon looks on from a distancepublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    Hibs manager Neil Lennon will be watching from the stand tonight following his dismissal last week.

    He had a few choice words with the match officials after a terrible offside decision denied Jason Cummings an equaliser in the first leg.

    Academy manager Eddie May will join assistant manager Garry Parker and coach Grant Murray in the dugout tonight.

    Hibernian manager Neil LennonImage source, SNS
  7. Tall order for Hibeespublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    No Scottish side has recovered from a first leg loss at home to progress in Europe since Celtic against Dinamo Moscow in 2009.

    That's what Hibs must do after conceding an early goal to Brondby at Easter Road last week.

    The Danes have a decent European pedigree and a squad full of internationals, so this is a very tough assignment but the Scottish Cup winners did cause them a few problems in Edinburgh.

  8. Goalkeeper change for Hibspublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    Otso Virtanen waited a long time to make his first Hibs start but his early howler last week sees him dropped to the bench, with Ross Laidlaw taking over in goals.

    The 24-year-old released by Raith Rovers at the end of last season, last played a game on loan at Elgin City in April 2015 - and conceded five that day to Annan Athletic.

    Manager Neil Lennon is deploying three central defenders tonight, with Martin Boyle dropping out of the midfield.

  9. Hibernian line-uppublished at 18:12 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    Hibernian: Laidlaw, Gray, Hanlon, Fontaine, McGregor, Stevenson, Bartley, McGinn, McGeouch, Holt, Cummings.

    Substitutes: Virtanen, Forster, Crane, Stanton, Boyle, Harris, Keatings.

  10. Postpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Brondby v Hibernian (19:00)

    Some early team news from our man in Denmark...

  11. Postpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    FT: Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen (agg: 0-4)

    Levski Sofia and Maribor are kicking off now, so we'll keep an eye on that score. The first leg ended goalless in Slovenia.

    Can Aberdeen get beyond the third qualifying round this year?

  12. Rooney on target once morepublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    FT: Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen

    Scott Davie
    BBC Scotland in Latvia

    "Adam Rooney's winning goal was just reward for a much better second half performance from Aberdeen.

    "Joe Lewis made a couple of crucial saves, one from a first half penalty, that provided the platform for the success when Rooney pounced 12 minutes from the end.

    "That was his ninth European goal for the club, seven of them against Latvian opposition so teams from that country will be desperate to avoid the Dons in future.  "Rooney scored five over two legs against hapless Duagava Riga two years ago and now one in each game against FK Ventspils and only Mark McGhee, John Hewitt and Drew Jarvie have hit more for the Dons in continental competition."

  13. FULL-TIMEpublished at 17:51 British Summer Time 21 July 2016

    Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen (agg: 0-4)

    Aberdeen go marching on, with Maribor or Levski Sofia waiting in the next round.

  14. Postpublished at 90+2 mins

    Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen

    A great turn of pace from Wes Burns, who races clear on the right and threads the ball across the face of goal but a sliding defender manages to divert it wide, with Miles Storey waiting for a tap-in.

  15. Postpublished at 89 mins

    Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen

    Graeme Shinnie drives on from midfield to work a neat one-two with Jayden Stockley on the edge of the box. With just the keeper to beat, he goes for power and draws a good stop from Maksims Uvarenko, who then recovers to prevent the former Inverness CT skipper snaffling up the rebound.

  16. Postpublished at 87 mins

    Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen

    It's all about ensuring a clean sheet now for Aberdeen and Joe Lewis thoroughly deserves it for a couple of top drawer saves. He looks like a very useful new addition.

  17. Postpublished at 84 mins

    Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen

    Big gaps appearing at the back for the Latvian hosts now as Jayden Stockley motors in from the left and his low cross is cut out by a lunging defender. From the resulting corner, Stockley sends a header narrowly over the top.

  18. Postpublished at 81 mins

    Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen

    Miles Storey is off the bench for his Aberdeen debut, replacing Jonny Hayes for the last 10 minutes or so.

  19. Postpublished at 79 mins

    Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeen

    Adam Rooney gets a slap on the back from manager Derek McInnes as he makes way for Wes Burns.

  20. goal

    GOAL Ventspils 0-1 Aberdeenpublished at 78 mins

    Adam Rooney

    It's been coming... The Dons move 4-0 clear on aggregate as Jonny Hayes bustles forward and cuts the ball back for Adam Rooney to find the net via a slight deflection.