Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and More – Europa League News
Match Coverage
Important Updates
- Final whistle: Villa 2-1 Young Boys
- GOAL!: Joël Monteiro scores for Young Boys at 90+1
- Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
- Team news: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
- Team news: Rangers and Braga lineups
- Opening notes
League Position
The opening scores have significant impact on the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to 17th position and returned to the secure qualification spots.
| Position | Side | P | Goal 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
Aston Villa secured for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the competition table. The Birmingham club struggled of that at the end.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to get the tying goal!
Celtic Secure Victory
A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.
Latest Action
Villa, meanwhile, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at Villa Park.
Malen's second goal there sparked furious scenes in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the police and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a throwable object.
Starting XI Revealed
The Reds: The goalkeeper, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.
Malmö: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Match official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)
Lineups: Rangers vs Braga
The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.
The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Ricardo Horta.
Official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)
Match Background
Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The both teams have a historical link, also competing in Forest's most recent continental tour in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.
"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," noted the journalist. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to continental competition in a short period."
Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to make the championship match under manager Houghton.
This match is a distant from that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the home team tonight.
Numerous other matches on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the half-way stage of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a qualification place.
We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.
