Sevilla coach Antonio Alvarez insists his team have already forgotten about their 4-0 hammering by Barcelona at the weekend as they look to book their place in the Champions League group stage.

The Primera Division outfit will look to overturn a 1-0 deficit when they host Portuguese side Braga in the second leg of their play-off, just three days after their Supercopa thumping at the Nou Camp.

"We have the biggest game of the season tomorrow," Alvarez told Sevilla's official website.

"We are ready and everything has been forgotten from Saturday. We are just thinking about tomorrow."

Strikers Frederic Kanoute and Luis Fabiano both suffered minor knocks against Barca but are set to be fit to face Braga.

One player Sevilla will not be able to rely on though is defender Sebastien Squillaci, who looks sets to seal a move to Arsenal.

"He has found a team and prefers to leave," added lvarez. "Obviously we are moving to bring another player in."

Werder Bremen take a 3-1 lead into the second leg of their tie against Sampdoria in Genoa, but conceding a late away goal last week and suffering injuries to important players have made their task much harder than it might have been.

Giampaolo Pazzini's header has given the Italian side hope and Werder have been dealt a further blow with the news they have lost both Hugo Almeida and Aaron Hunt to injuries.

"We have lost two very strong players who have a certain degree of experience with our system and in European competitions," said coach Thomas Schaaf, whose side were beaten 4-1 by Hoffenheim in their first game of the Bundesliga season at the weekend, before departing for Genoa today.

"We have got to react to this. It hurts. We will have to see how we deal with it."

Marko Marin should replace Hunt with Marko Arnautovic, who spent last season on loan with Samp's Serie A rivals Inter Milan, partnering Claudio Pizarro in the attack.

Zenit St Petersburg defender Bruno Alves is confident of getting past Auxerre, with the Russians leading 1-0 from the home leg.

The Portugal defender, who joined from Porto this summer, told the club website: "If we play as well in France as we did in St Petersburg then we can succeed.

"At this stage of the Champions League there are no favourites, because in any given game anyone can beat anyone.

"I know that we are a strong team, ready to deliver. A favourite or not, we will prove ourselves on the pitch."

Also on Wednesday, Young Boys will look to pull off the biggest shock of the play-offs by knocking out Tottenham at White Hart Lane. The Swiss side lead 3-2 from the first leg, but the English side's two away goals put them in a strong position.

Ajax take on Dynamo Kiev in Amsterdam with the tie level at 1-1 from the first leg.

MSK Zilina, 2-0 up from the first leg, host Sparta Prague and Rosenborg travel to FC Copenhagen with a 2-1 advantage.

On Tuesday, Moldovan side FC Sheriff welcome Basle, who are 1-0 up from the first leg, and Hapoel Tel-Aviv will look to finish the job at home to Salzburg, leading 3-2 from the away leg.

Anderlecht take on Partizan Belgrade in Brussels, the Belgians with two away goals from the 2-2 draw in Serbia last week.

MATCH PREVIEWS

S.C Braga vs Sevilla FC

S.C. Braga 1-0 Sevilla FC (First Leg)

Sevilla will look to break to try to overturn their 1-0 deficit against a SC Braga side determined to book their very first group-stage appearance in the competition.

FC Basel vs FC Sheriff

FC Basel 1-0 FC Sheriff (First Leg)

FC Sheriff manager Andrei Sosnitski knows his side have their backs to the wall following their first leg 1-0 loss at FC Basel, and hopes home advantage in Moldova can make a difference for his side in the second leg.

Werder Bremen vs U.C. Sampdoria

Werder Bremen 3-1 Sampdoria (First Leg)

Werder Bremen's Marko Arnautovic has warned his teammates that the atmosphere at the Luigi Ferraris stadium will be electric with Sampdoria looking to avenge their 3-1 defeat in the first leg.

FK Partizan vs FC Anderlecht

FK Partizan 2-2 RSC Anderlecht (First leg)

FK Partizan manager Aleksandar Stanojevic believes that attack is the only viable option left for his side against FC Anderlecht with the tie delicately balanced at 2-2 from the first leg.

FC Salzburg vs Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC

FC Salzburg 2-3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (First Leg)

Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC could make Champions League history with their first appearance in the group stages after their first leg 3-2 win against FC Salzburg, but fears about Etay Shechter's fitness loom over the side.

Zenit St Petersburg vs AJ Auxurre

AJ Auxerre will look to keep their perfect home record against Russian opposition as they face FC Zenit St. Petersburg needing a win to progress after losing the first leg 1-0 in Russia.

Rosenborg BK vs FC Copenhagen

In a clash of Scandinavian sides, FC Copenhagen will welcome Rosenborg BK to Denmark for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off round tie needing to reverse their 2-1 deficit from the first leg in Trondheim.

Sparta Praha vs MSK Zilina

MSK Zilina are close to a debut appearance in the Champions League group stage after a strong 2-0 away win over Sparta Praha.

BSC Young Boys vs Tottenham Hotspur

Young Boys 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur face a do-or-die mission at home against Swiss side Young Boys after losing 3-2 in the first leg in an attempt to make the group stages of the Champions League for the first time in almost half a century.

Dynamo Kiev vs Ajax Amsterdam

Ajax Amsterdam will aim to break a long run of disappointing Champions League qualifying exits and reach the group stages after drawing 1-1 at the Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadium in their clubs maiden meeting.