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Top-flight Estonian football club Paide Linnameeskond lost their second-leg UEFA Europa Conference League clash away to Anderlecht 3:0, meaning they exit the competition with a 5:0 loss on aggregate.

Top-flight Estonian football club Paide Linnameeskond lost the first leg of its UEFA Conference League clash as home to Anderlecht, 2:0, meaning the latter go in to the second leg at home, with two away goals. The aggregate winner goes through to the playoffs of the Conference League, the third tier of European football and a competition only in its second season.

Paide Linnameeskond have given themselves a good chance of progressing in the UEFA Conference League. The Estonian Cup holders, who beat Dinamo Tbilisi on penalties in the previous round, drew 0-0 away from home in their first leg of their second preliminary round tie against Ararat-Armenia.

Paide Linnameeskond are through to the next round of the UEFA Conference League after defeating Georgian side Dinamo Tbilisi in a penalty shootout at Pärnu's Rannastadion on Thursday. Flora Tallinn's hopes of making the Conference League group stages were dashed following their 4-3 aggregate defeat against Seinäjoki of Finland.

Estonian sides Paide Linnameeskond and Flora Tallinn are both in action this evening in the second leg of the first preliminary round of the UEFA Conference League. Paide lead 3-2 on aggregate ahead of their game with Georgian side Dinamo Tbilisi in Pärnu, while Flora take a slender 1-0 advantage to Finland, where they face Seinäjoki.