Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-0 Sheriff result, stats and report

Maccabi Tel Aviv dominated nearly every department but could not find a winner, as Lugano substitute Dereck Moncada equalised in the 79th minute to earn a 1-1 draw in the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Lugano won their Conference League opener 2-1 despite being out-possessed and out-attacked for long periods, with a first-half header and a second-half penalty enough to hold off a Maccabi Tel Aviv side that dominated the ball but could not convert it into meaningful chances.

St. Gallen put on a complete performance to thrash Sheriff 5-1 in the second leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League qualifier, booking their place in the next round with a stunning display of attacking football. A minute-one goal set the tone and they never looked back.

Maccabi Tel Aviv delivered a composed and statistically dominant performance in Bulgaria, winning 3-1 against CSKA Sofia to assert clear superiority across both legs of their Europa League tie. The numbers behind the result told a story that the scoreline alone could not fully capture.

CSKA Sofia produced a composed and clinical performance in Tel Aviv, scoring three times without reply to take a commanding lead into the second leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League qualifier.

Maccabi Tel Aviv host Lugano in the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday 27 August 2026. Both sides arrive in decent shape, but the numbers tell very different stories. Connor Maguire breaks it all down.

St. Gallen welcome Sheriff to eastern Switzerland on Thursday evening holding a commanding 3-1 lead from the first leg, but a heavily depleted squad and a rival with nothing to lose makes this a more interesting proposition than the scoreline suggests.