Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Rangers vs Braga, and Additional – Europa League News

Live Updates

Key Events

  • Final whistle: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
  • Score!: Late goal from Monteiro makes it 2-1
  • Game over: Feyenoord defeated 1-3 by Celtic
  • Lineups announced: Nottingham Forest v Malmö teams!
  • Lineups revealed: Starting XI for Rangers vs Braga
  • Preamble

Latest Standings

These early results greatly affect the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and regained position in the safety of qualification spots.

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

Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1

The English side clung on for the win and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. 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 only have additional time to find an equaliser!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.

The Dutch forward's brace there triggered intense reactions in the opposition stands, with Swiss fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and items launched at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being struck in the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

The Reds: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)

Starting Players

The Glasgow side: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Historical Context

Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship decades past that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.

"Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," noted the journalist. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from Second Division to European football in just three years."

It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Scandinavian side to make the championship match under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. Rangers have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the midpoint of the initial phase with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a playoff spot.

Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including Villa vs Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.

Elizabeth Mullen
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