Dinamo Kiev v Valencia; Fiorentina v Ajax; Aalborg v Deportivo la Coruna; Werder Bremen v Milan; Bordeaux v Galatasaray Zenit St Petersburg v VfB Stuttgart; Marseille v Twente; Shakhtar Donetsk v Tottenham Hotspur

UEFA Cup results: (Group G)St Etienne 2-2 Valencia; Brugge 0-1 Copenhagen;

Valencia reach agreement with Ivan Helguera to cancel the defender’s contract at the club. The 33-year-old moved to the Mestalla last season after eight campaigns at Real Madrid, but has never seen eye to eye with Unai Emery and has rarely figured in the Valencia coach’s plans.

Hoffenheim sign former Stuttgart goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand, who is a free agent following his departure from Valencia.

Thierry Henry scores a hat-trick and Barcelona beat Valencia 4-0 in La LIga to go six points clear at the top. Daniel Alves is also on target.

Valencia defender Alexis is out for two months after the club decide to send him in for groin surgery.

Ten-man Valencia throw away a two-goal lead at home to Betis before Ruben Baraja heads the winner to send them third ahead of Real Madrid.

Valencia miss the chance to go top of La Liga as newly-promoted Sporting spring a surprise in the Mestalla.

Last 32 results: Valencia 3 Portugalete 0, Valencia win 7-1 on aggregate; Espanyol 3 Celta Vigo (II) 0, Espanyol win 5-2 on aggregate; Valladolid 2 Hercules (II) 2, Valladolid win 7-3 on aggregate; Villarreal 1 Ejido 1, Ejido win 6-1 on aggregate.

Portugal midfielder Fernandes thumps a first-time shot inside the near post as Valencia beat Getafe 3-0. The hosts lose striker Roberto Soldado to a foolish red card just before the break and it is one-way traffic from there on as Joaquin and Vicente both score well-worked goals.