Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and More – Europa League Coverage

Match Coverage

Important Updates

  • Match ended: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys
  • Score!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
  • Match concluded: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
  • Lineups announced: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
  • Lineups revealed: Starting XI for Rangers vs Braga
  • Opening notes

Latest Standings

The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and regained position in the secure knockout positions.

Pos Club P GD Points
1Midtjylland5712
2Aston Villa5512
3Freiburg5511
4Ferencvaros5411
5FC Porto5310
17Celtic5-17
25Nottm Forest415
35Rangers4-70
33Malmo FF4-51

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the league phase standings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that during the closing minutes.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

The Swiss side created a chance through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Celtic Secure Victory

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.

Latest Action

Aston Villa, concurrently, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and toward the field, with the goalscorer being struck in the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: The German referee (Germany)

Starting Players

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, The striker.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, The defender, The center-back, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Official: Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing the English forward netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," commented the writer. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to continental competition in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a far cry from that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are at the foot of the competition table at the midpoint of the league phase with precisely zero points. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a knockout position.

Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.

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