Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and More – UEFA Europa League Coverage
Match Coverage
Important Updates
- Full-time: Villa 2-1 Young Boys
- Goal scored!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
- Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
- Team news: Nottingham Forest v Malmö teams!
- Starting players: Starting XI for Rangers vs Braga
- Opening notes
League Position
The initial outcomes greatly affect the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and regained position in the safety of knockout positions.
| Position | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Midtjylland | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Ferencvaros | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | FC Porto | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 17 | Celtic | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 25 | Nottm Forest | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 | Rangers | 4 | -7 | 0 |
| 33 | Malmo FF | 4 | -5 | 1 |
Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1
Villa managed to hold on for the win and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that at the end.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to get the tying goal!
Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and the Swedish striker.
Latest Action
Villa, meanwhile, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.
Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the officers and toward the field, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a plastic cup.
Starting XI Revealed
Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.
The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, Busanello.
Referee: The German referee (Germany)
Starting Players
The Light Blues: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.
The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.
Match official: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)
Match Background
Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the the English club.
"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European football in just three years."
Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.
Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.
Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a playoff spot.
We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.
