Close! A ball forwards is not cleared and Mohamed Elneny is able to line up a shot and strike one against the base of the post. The Arsenal midfielder didn't get hold of that too cleanly but it almost did the job.

Strong start from Bate but Mohamed Elneny gets back into position well to clear, some fans must have 100 seats spare either side of them. Not top of your list of 'must-see' games is it?

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Away we go!

SlowBear: A good win for Everton, but their opponents tonight have been absolutely Apollon!

Tom, Haywards Heath: @Ricky Kelehar; and yet the Arsenal 'A' team is seemingly only good enough for 5th at best!

Arsenal will still probably claim there's 60,000 inside the Emirates but it's pretty empty. The lowest crowd at the stadium is around 44k for a League Cup tie with Donny.

Everton

Everton goalscorer Ademola Lookman to BT Sport: "It was very important. To get three points today and a clean sheet was fantastic. I should have had a hat-trick, but it's one of those days - the keeper saved a couple of my chances.

"It's been good [under Sam Allardyce]. Different training, different tactics. I'm enjoying it

"Previously with the results and mood in the camp, players' confidence wasn't as high as it is now. We're getting there."

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Tonight's other game in Arsenal's group is potentially the best of the lot.

Both sides can qualify behind the Gunners if they win, while a draw opens the door for Bate.

Arsenal: Ospina, Debuchy, Holding, Chambers, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin, Elneny, Wilshere, Walcott, Giroud, Welbeck. Subs: Macey, Reine-Adelaide, Akpom, Nelson, Nketiah, Sheaf, Willock.

BATE: Scherbitski, Rios, Polyakov, Milunovic, Maksim Volodjko, Berezkin, Dragun, Gordeichuk, Ivanic, Stasevich, Rodionov. Subs: Chichkan, Yablonskiy, Buljat, Signevich, Tuominem, Baha, Gvilia.

Referee: Robert Schoergenhofer (Austria)

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Arsenal will be kicking off soon.

The Gunners have won the group but it's not a dead game as Bate will be through if they win and the other game is drawn.

At last a win for Everton in the group. They finish third in the group too. A good night's work for a young Everton side.

And another change. Alex Denny is on now in place of Henry Charsley, who had a good game.

We've got a 16-year-old on the pitch now! Anthony Gordon, shirt number 70 (seventy) is on in place of Kevin Mirallas.

Things are starting to become clearer in Group F thanks to two goals from Lokomotiv Moscow, that puts them ahead against Zlin. As it stands, the Russian side and FC Copenhagen - who lead 2-0 against Sheriff Tiraspol - are going through.

Istanbul Basaksehir are now 2-1 up against Braga. However, with Ludogorets drawing 1-1 at Hoffenheim, it is the Bulgarian side going through with Braga from Group C.

In Group A, Astana's 1-0 lead at Slavia Prague means they are currently going through with Spanish side Villarreal.

Brilliant from Nathan Broadhead! The youngster beats his man tight on the left wing, cuts inside into the area, still going, finds Nikola Vlasic - he should pull the trigger but instead he tries to tee up Ademola Lookman for his treble and the pass is poor.

Another debut as Nathan Broadhead replaces Fraser Hornby. Broadhead has been at the club since the age of 10, he's from north Wales.

Bernard Clark: Latest: Wilshere out injured: sprained wrist after a particularly violent game of tiddlywinks with the kids.

KoloKK: Everton rested their starting XI and Manager for the Derby on Sunday. Apollon seem to be letting them win the dead rubber match, for the sake of confidence, heading into Sunday. Amazing...

It's all got scrappy now as Esteban Sachetti goes in the book for a lunge in midfield. I doubt Sam Allardyce is even still watching. This one's done.

It's all kicked off a touch after Kevin Mirallas reacts to a bad tackle on him. At the end of it all there's no cards shown and Morgan Feeney is in the mix as a peacemaker.

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Who knew Derby striker Nick Blackman was out on loan at Maccabi Tel-Aviv?

Not me! But he has just put his side ahead at Villarreal.

And it is getting tense in Group C. Braga have levelled against Istanbul Basaksehir. That means Ludogorets are going through in second place as it stands, despite them trailing 1-0 at Hoffenheim.

In Group F, FC Copenhagen are 2-0 up against Sheriff Tiraspol, who are going out as it stands on three-way head-to-head. Lokomotiv, currently 0-0 with Zlin, will be going through.