Forest vs Malmö, Rangers vs Braga, and More – UEFA Europa League Coverage
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Important Updates
- Match ended: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
- GOAL!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
- Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
- Starting XI: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
- Team news: Rangers and Braga lineups
- Introduction
Current Table
The initial outcomes greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th position and regained position in the protected knockout positions.
| Pos | Team | P | Difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys
Villa managed to hold on for the victory and went equal on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that during the closing minutes.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to score the leveler!
Glasgow Side Wins 3-1
A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and Nygren.
Match Updates
The Birmingham side, meanwhile, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at Villa Park.
Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the away end, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a drinking vessel.
Lineups: Forest vs Malmö
The Reds: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, The midfielder, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.
The Swedish side: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.
Official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)
Team News: Rangers v Braga
The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.
The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, The striker.
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Holland)
Match Background
Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a historical link, also competing in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final decades past that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing the English forward netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.
"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European stage 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 very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the home team tonight.
Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the midpoint of the initial phase with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a recovery for a qualification place.
We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.
