Forest vs Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Coverage

Live Updates

Important Updates

  • Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys
  • Score!: Late goal from Monteiro makes it 2-1
  • Game over: Celtic 3-1 Feyenoord
  • Lineups announced: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
  • Team news: Rangers v Braga teams!
  • Introduction

Latest Standings

The initial outcomes greatly affect the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and returned to the protected knockout positions.

Rank Team Played Difference Points
1Midtjylland5712
2Aston Villa5512
3Freiburg5511
4Ferencvaros5411
5FC Porto5310
17Celtic5-17
25Nottm Forest415
35Rangers4-70
33Malmo FF4-51

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the win and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the competition table. Villa made hard work of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but had just additional time to score the leveler!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Reo Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.

Game Developments

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

The Dutch forward's brace there caused dramatic events in the opposition stands, with Swiss fans clashing with police. Physical altercations occurred and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, The defender, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker.

Official: The German referee (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, The defender, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

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

Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a unique relationship, also meeting in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final decades past that links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European football in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are riding high after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the home team tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the midpoint of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a playoff spot.

Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Feyenoord v Celtic.

Daniel Green
Daniel Green

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