UEFA Conference League Matchday 2 highlights and round-up: Trabzonspor, Monaco win again, Brighton held

Trabzonspor and Monaco are among eight clubs with a perfect UEFA Conference League record, while Ajax left it late to claim their first success of the campaign but Brighton were unable to break down a resolute Jablonec defence.

We round up all the Matchday 2 action.

Trabzonspor 2-0 Hearts

Mohamed Salah marked his 150th appearance in UEFA competitions with a goal and an assist to extend his side's winning start.

The Scottish visitors hit the post through Malachi Fagan-Walcott, but the hosts went ahead with Salah converting from the penalty spot after a Tómas Bent Magnússon foul.

The Egyptian international then teed up Djú Franculino for a classy finish shortly before the hour – the club's 200th continental strike in their history – before Trabzonspor were reduced to ten men in added time following Sidny Lopes Cabral's red card.

Monaco 3-0 Freiburg

Monaco also made it two wins from two with a convincing victory at Stade Louis II.

Paris Brunner's sublime solo effort put the hosts ahead on the stroke of half-time and Monaco doubled their lead when Ansu Fati's strike was well saved but fell kindly for Lamine Camara to drill in from inside the box.

Fati then rounded off the scoring himself, lashing in from close range.

Jablonec 0-0 Brighton

The hosts claimed their first point of this league phase with a spirited showing to keep out attack-minded Brighton.

The Seagulls began in determined fashion, Jack Hinshelwood testing Jan Hanuš in the opening two minutes and the lively Georginio Rutter heavily involved in the visitors' attacking play.

However, the home side grew in stature and almost hit their opponents on the break in the second period, Jiří Sláma forcing a fine one-handed stop from Bart Verbruggen and Martin Cedidla powering wide.

Ajax 2-0 Atalanta 

Substitutes Tolu Arokodare and Abdellah Ouazane struck late to ensure Ajax bounced back from defeat on Matchday 1.

Lucas Rosa went closest for the Godenzonen in the first half, hitting the post with an early deflected effort.

Arokodare's introduction off the bench added a focal point for the Dutch side and the forward's touch and finish, plus his knockdown for Ouazane's clincher, bore fruit.

Best of the rest

• Panathinaikos leapt to the top of the league phase standings thanks to an emphatic 5-1 win away to Kairat Almaty, Cyriel Dessers' double putting him level with Lech Poznań's Mikael Ishak as the leading scorer in the competition's history.
• Lugano are hot on the Greek club's heels in the table after overcoming the blow of conceding in the opening two minutes to triumph 5-2 in Getafe, taking the Swiss Super League pacesetters to eight league phase goals this term.
• Forward Noah Holm claimed the first hat-trick of the 2026/27 league phase to propel Brann to a 4-1 success against Kauno Žalgiris in Lithuania.