Soccer today, Nov. 5: Palmeiras-Remo, Europa League

Palmeiras hosts Remo at 7:30 p.m. and Cruzeiro faces Bahia at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) on Thursday (Nov. 5) in Brazil's top-flight league, the Brasileirão, while a full slate of Europa League and Conference League matches is also on the schedule. On Wednesday, Flamengo defeated Grêmio 3-1 at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, and Como routed Lens 9-1 in the Champions League, according to RaisLife data based on ESPN.

Wednesday's results (Nov. 4)

Brasileirão. At the Maracanã, Flamengo beat Grêmio 3-1. Samuel Lino opened the scoring in the 20th minute, Pedro scored in the 28th minute and in first-half stoppage time (45+2), and Francis Amuzu cut the deficit to 3-1 for Grêmio in the 69th (match page). At the Arena da Baixada, Vasco da Gama came from behind to top Athletico-PR 3-1: Stiven Mendoza put Athletico ahead in the 22nd minute, Athletico's Juan Felipe Aguirre scored an own goal in the 61st minute to tie it, Bruno Duarte turned it around in the 63rd and Gabriel Pereira added another in the 67th. Athletico's Kevin Viveros was sent off in the 77th (match page).

In Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo defeated Atlético-MG 1-0 on a goal by Edenilson in the 19th minute (match page). São Paulo and Corinthians drew 0-0, and Corinthians had two players sent off: Matheus Pereira in the 31st minute and Yuri Alberto in the 82nd (match page). In the RaisLife standings, updated at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Flamengo leads with 76 points, followed by Palmeiras with 70. At the bottom, Corinthians (17th) and Grêmio (18th) are tied at 37 points, and Vasco, after the win, sits 13th with 41.

Champions League, league phase. Como thrashed Lens 9-1 in France. Tasos Douvikas scored three, in the 7th, 32nd and 57th minutes. Nico Paz, Lucas Da Cunha, Marc-Oliver Kempf, Mattia Liberali, Martin Baturina and Matteo Papaccioli added the rest, and Ruben Aguilar scored a consolation goal for the home side in the 65th (match page).

Real Madrid won 3-2 at AEK Athens. Aboubakary Koita put AEK ahead in the 12th minute, Jude Bellingham equalized in the 32nd, and Stavros Pilios restored the Greek side's lead in the 75th. Kylian Mbappé leveled again in the 78th, and Federico Valverde settled it in stoppage time (90+2) (match page). Arsenal topped Slavia Prague 2-1, with Noni Madueke scoring in the 9th minute and Viktor Gyökeres in the 38th; Wiktor Nowak got Slavia's goal in the 90th (match page). Manchester City edged RB Leipzig 3-2 in Leipzig, with an own goal by Castello Lukeba plus goals from Enzo Fernández and Erling Haaland; Ridle Baku and Antonio Nusa scored for the Germans (match page).

Fenerbahçe defeated Liverpool 3-2 in Istanbul, with goals from Mason Greenwood in the 29th minute, Archie Brown in the 73rd and Vedat Muriqi in the 79th; Trey Nyoni, in the 25th, and Alexander Isak, in the 69th, scored for the English side (match page). In Portugal, Porto beat Napoli 4-1, with Jan Bednarek in the 11th minute, Gabri Veiga in the 71st, Jakub Kiwior in the 80th and a penalty from Samu Aghehowa in the 90th; Scott McTominay scored for Napoli in the 43rd, and Napoli's Rafa Marín was sent off in the 88th (match page).

The other league-phase results: Viking defeated Sabah 4-1; Club Brugge beat PSV 2-1, with goals from Nicolo Tresoldi and Carlos Forbs; and Borussia Dortmund topped Real Betis 2-1. In the RaisLife standings, updated at 8 a.m. Thursday, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid top the league phase with 12 points, and Arsenal is third with 10.

In the Europa League, Rennes and Olympiacos drew 0-0 in France.

Today's matches (Thursday, Nov. 5, Brasília time)

Brazil. In Série A (the Brasileirão), Palmeiras hosts Remo at 7:30 p.m. Palmeiras is second with 70 points from 33 games, and Remo is 19th with 29. At 9:30 p.m., Cruzeiro (3rd, 57 points) plays Bahia (6th, 53). In Série B, the second tier, Botafogo-SP vs. Londrina also kicks off at 7:30 p.m.

Europa League. The round has eight matches at 2:45 p.m., among them Milan vs. Ferencváros, Real Sociedad vs. Lyon and Crystal Palace vs. Hoffenheim, and nine at 5 p.m., among them Celtic vs. Beşiktaş, Benfica vs. Lech Poznan, AZ Alkmaar vs. Juventus and Bayer Leverkusen vs. Olympique de Marseille.

Conference League. At 2:45 p.m., matches include Atalanta vs. Kairat Almaty and Midtjylland vs. Ajax. At 5 p.m., they include Getafe vs. Brighton and Monaco vs. Nordsjælland.

Argentina. In Argentina's top flight, Aldosivi vs. River Plate kicks off at 3 p.m., and Gimnasia La Plata vs. Belgrano at 7:15 p.m.

The portal's soccer page has standings, the full schedule and results updated throughout the day.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, soccer scores, goals and standings
• RaisLife Soccer, Champions League standings
• RaisLife Soccer, Brasileirão standings
• RaisLife Soccer, matches and standings
• RaisLife Soccer, Lens vs. Como

Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/futebol.