Albion have a slightly clearer picture of who they could face in their Europa League group stages.

But only very slightly.

The play-off round draw today saw one definitive tie plus a lot of either/or pairings.

Union St Gilloise, the Belgian club in which Tony Bloom has a minority share, know they will play Lugano over two legs.

USG are off to a flyer in Belgium with two wins.

Alexis Mac Allister’s brother Kevin, who joined this summer from Argentinos Juniors, has played both league games to date on the right of a back three yet to concede a goal.

Swiss side Lugano also won their first two league games before losing 3-0 at FC Zurich on Saturday to leave them third in the early standings.

Ajax will go through to the groups if they beat Astana or Ludogorets in their play-off.

Albion defender Joel Veltman joked at last week’s awards night about beating his old club in Amsterdam.

Their barrier to the group stage is formed by the winners of a tie between an Astana team placed second in Kazakhstan after 18 games and a Ludogorets side who have taken six points from their opening three fixtures in Bulgaria.

Astana and Ludogorets play the first leg of their qualifying tie tomorrow.

Prague might be an attractive away venue for Seagulls fans.

Slavia will be in the draw if they get past two Ukrainian teams.

They face Dnipro over two legs with the winner then tkaing on Zorya Luhansk.

Sparta Prague, meanwhile, face Copenhagen and the winners go up against AEK of Athens or Dinamo Zagreb.

Aberdeen will be in the group stages if they can beat Zalgiris, who are currently second in the well-advanced Lithuanian league season, or Hacken, the Swedish side embarrassed by Faroe Islands minnows Klaksvik in the Champions League qualifying stages.

Other play-off ties: Olympiacos or Genk v Cukaricki, LASK v Zrinjski or Breidablik, KI or Molde v Sherrif or BATE, Olimpija Ljubljana or Galatasaray v Qarabag or HJK, Slovan Bratislava or Maccabi Haifi v Rakow Czestochowa or Apollon Limassol.