Braga and Belenenses will both be looking to bounce back from disappointing weekend results as they travel to Slovan Liberec and Lech Poznan respectively.

With the aid of experts on Czech and Polish football, PortuGOAL takes a look at what awaits the Portuguese pair.

The group stage of the 2015/16 Europa League kicks off tomorrow with three Liga NOS representatives flying the flag for Portugal.

Sporting coach Jorge Jesus, having led Benfica to the final in 2 of the last 3 seasons, has made it clear he wants to take Sporting one step further.

PortuGOAL, with the aid of experts from around the football blogosphere, brings you a detailed look at all four teams comprising Group H.

Benfica 2-0 Astana

Benfica ended the night smiling on an evening of Champions League debuts at a wet and windy Estádio da Luz tonight. Youngsters Nélson Semedo and Gonçalo Guedes played for the first time in the world's greatest club competition, as did Jonas for Benfica, given that the Brazilian signed too late to take part in last season's ill-fated campaign, while coach Rui Vitória was also getting his first taste of Champions League action. 

Astana as a whole were novices at this level, the team from Kazakhstan having surprised everybody including themselves by reaching the group stages.

Although their performance was far from fluid, especially in a turgid first half, the Portuguese champions had little difficulty in clocking up a 2-0 victory thanks to goals from Nico Gaitán and Mitroglou. 

For what seems like the umpteenth time, FC Porto have been paired with East European opposition in the group stage of the Champions League, more specifically, Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev.

Russian football expert, UEFA.com commentator and PortuGOAL friend John Bradley gives us the lowdown on Dynamo and also an update on the progress of Portuguese pair Miguel Veloso and Antunes (pictured) in Kiev.