Thursday 7th April - 19:45
Austria Vienna 1-1 Parma
Newcastle United 1-0 Sporting Lisbon
Villarreal 1-2 AZ Alkmaar
Parma and AZ Alkmaar will go into the second leg in a very strong position.

All AZ have to do is earn a draw at home, while Parma should be able to defeat Vienna despite being near the bottom of Serie A. Newcastle will go to Portugal with confidence after keeping Sporting out, but Lisbon will still be dangerous at home. One plus for Newcastle is that Sporting's top scorer - Liedson - will miss the second leg through suspension.