Forest vs Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and More – Europa League Updates

Match Coverage

Key Events

  • Final whistle: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
  • Score!: Late goal from Monteiro makes it 2-1
  • Match concluded: Feyenoord defeated 1-3 by Celtic
  • Lineups announced: Forest and Malmö lineups
  • Lineups revealed: Rangers and Braga lineups
  • Opening notes

Latest Standings

The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and regained position in the secure playoff places.

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

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

The English side clung on for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. Villa made hard work of that in the final stages.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but had just additional time to find an equaliser!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

Villa, concurrently, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the police and onto the pitch, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a plastic cup.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, The striker.

Official: The Dutch referee (Holland)

Historical Context

Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," noted the journalist. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European football in just three years."

Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to make the championship match under English manager Bob Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the league phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

Coverage will persist with all the late games and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.

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