Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea and Scotland winger on BBC Football Daily podcast

On Liverpool's recent run...

It's almost been magical what [Klopp's] done. It's something special because you think there have been too many changes and that too many big players are out but they just keep going.

There are plenty of teams that have come to Sparta and have come a cropper but he [Klopp] won't feel that way.

He's managed this sequence of games incredibly well so far.

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It may be a big week for Aston Villa, but I think they will only be prioritising the game that is in front of them right now so that is Ajax.

Because of the way they are, I do not think they can operate much differently to that. It is great that for them that the second leg is at Villa Park, but for now they just prioritise the game in front of them.

Villa are also on a bit of a roll. Sure, they lost to Manchester United - it was a bit of a hiccup - but they have bounced back well and the late goal at Luton Town at the weekend would have filled them with confidence.

The Premier League match against Tottenham on Sunday is right up there as potentially top-four deciding - it could be a sensational game.

The fact that Tottenham do not have a game in midweek, does make it advantage Spurs, but Villa have a little more knowhow when they are out of possession. We saw against Manchester City and Arsenal that they can sit and delay. They are able to do that when under pressure whereas I don't think Spurs can wait defensively for that long.

Although Spurs have a slight advantage, I do think Villa will be more confident, regardless of fatigue from going away to Ajax. They will have watched Tottenham's match last week and know they need to block out the middle areas. Spurs struggled against Crystal Palace and were quite rigid with the back five so it will be a little different for Villa.

It will be an interesting end-to-end game.

Their daughters are friends and they have a strong respect for each other so it will be a close affair when Roma head coach Daniele de Rossi and Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi face off for the first time in the Europa League last 16.

Before the first leg, The Football News Show explores the relationship between the two Italian head coaches, and European football writer Nicky Bandini explains how De Rossi has transformed Roma's style since taking over from Jose Mourinho.

Steve McManaman
Former Liverpool winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

I think he’s [Jurgen Klopp] going to take it really seriously, to be very honest. I don’t necessarily think that it’s the most important trophy of the four that they could possibly win and in particularly he’ll give the upmost respect to the opposition who are at the top of their respective leagues but I think he’ll know that the Manchester City is going to be a more difficult game, a more difficult challenge.

Sparta Prague away will be hard, of course it is before the Manchester City game but he also knows that he’s got Anfield in five or six days’ time to rectify any mistakes. So he has got two bites at this particular game.

BBC Radio 5 Live are in Prague for the Liverpool game, while BBC Sussex are in Rome for Brighton - both of those games you can listen to on this page.

BBC Radio WM will have Ajax v Aston Villa, but that one isn't available online.

Former Albion striker Glenn Murray tells The Football News Show that boss Roberto de Zerbi will want to show those in his homeland what Brighton can do - and that may not mean keeping it tight at the back.

Aston Villa make six changes to the side that beat Luton 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday.

Captain John McGinn is on the bench as new signing Morgan Rogers comes into the team with Pau Torres coming back into the defence in place of Matty Cash.

Aston Villa XI: Martinez; Konsa, Lenglet, Torres, Digne; Diaby, Luiz, Iroegbunam, Tielemans, Rogers; Watkins.

Subs: Olsen, Gauci, Zaniolo, Diego Carlos, Kelser-Hayden, McGinn, Kellyman, Bailey, Moreno, Cash.

Ajax are unchanged from the side who beat Utrecht 2-0 on Sunday.

Jordan Henderson captains the Dutch side in his first game against an English club since leaving Liverpool.

Ajax XI: Ramaj; Gooijer, Rensch, Kaplan, Heto, Sosa; Hlynsson, Henderson, Mannsverk, Taylor; Brobbey.

Subs: Rulli, Akpom, Medic, Van den Booman, Tahivovic, Forbs, Gorter, Rijkhoff, Fitz-Jim, Gaaehi, Borges, Martha.

Winger Simon Adingra, midfielder Pascal Gross and striker Danny Welbeck return for Brighton as manager Roberto de Zerbi makes sweeping changes to his starting XI.

After a 3-0 defeat at Fulham on Saturday, De Zerbi also brings back midfielders Billy Gilmour, Facundo Buonanotte and centre-back Igor.

Brighton XI: Steele, Lamptey, Dunk, Van Hecke, Igor, Gross, Gilmour, Buonanotte, Enciso, Adingra, Welbeck.

A host of familiar faces in Daniele de Rossi's Roma side tonight.

Former Chelsea and Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku leads the line, with attacking support from Paulo Dybala and Stephan El Shaarawy.

Roma XI: Svilar, Celik, Mancini, N'Dicka, Spinazzola, Paredes, Cristante, Pellegrini, Dybala, Lukaku, El Shaarawy.

The big news from the Liverpool dressing room is Mohamed Salah is on the bench.

Salah, who has been out with a hamstring problem, will make his first appearance since 17 February if he comes on.

Jurgen Klopp goes with a strong XI despite this Sunday's huge league game with Manchester City.

There are three changes from the side that started against Nottingham Forest last weekend - Darwin Nunez, who came off the bench to score the 99th-minute winner at the City Ground, returns while Wataru Endo and Jarell Quansah also start.

Making way are Conor Bradley, Virgil van Dijk and Bobby Clark, who are all on the bench.

Andy Robertson captains the team in Van Dijk's absence.

Liverpool XI: Kelleher; Gomez, Konate, Quansah, Robertson;,Endo, Mac Allister, Elliott, Gakpo, Nunez, Diaz.

Sparta Prague start with Veljko Birmancevic and Lukas Haraslín, who have scored four goals each in European competition this season.

Sparta Prague XI: Vindahl, Preciado, Solbakken, Kairinen, Kutcha, Birmancevic, Haraslin, Sorensen, Zeleny, Krejci, Vitik.

Let's get straight into some team news, shall we?

Hello and welcome to live text commentary of tonight's Europa League and Europa Conference League action with four English teams involved.

Europa League

• Roma v Brighton (17:45 GMT)
• Sparta Prague v Liverpool (17:45 GMT)
• Freiburg v West Ham (20:00 GMT)

Conference League

• Ajax v Aston Villa (17:45 GMT)

BBC Scotland will have separate coverage of Benfica v Rangers at 20:00 GMT.