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

Live Updates

Important Updates

  • Full-time: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
  • GOAL!: Late goal from Monteiro makes it 2-1
  • Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
  • Team news: Forest and Malmö lineups
  • Lineups revealed: Rangers and Braga lineups
  • Introduction

Latest Standings

The initial outcomes greatly affect the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and regained position in the secure playoff places.

Position Side P GD Score
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 front-runners Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. The English side had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but were left with additional time to get the tying goal!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Hatate and Nygren.

Game Developments

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

Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the away end, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the police and toward the field, with the goalscorer being struck in the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Forest: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, The defender, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Match official: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)

Match Background

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and historical connections. The these sides have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final decades past 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.

"The legendary management duo, unassuming and low-key amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the revelry," noted the journalist. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to European stage in just three years."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to reach the final under manager Houghton.

This match is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the middle of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a comeback for a qualification place.

Updates will continue with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and Feyenoord v Celtic.

Kevin Ramirez
Kevin Ramirez

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