🔗 Share this article Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Coverage Match Coverage Important Updates Match ended: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa GOAL!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1) Match concluded: Feyenoord defeated 1-3 by Celtic Starting XI: Nottingham Forest v Malmö teams! Lineups revealed: Starting XI for Rangers vs Braga Preamble League Position The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and returned to the secure qualification spots. Rank Club P GD Pts 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51 Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1 Aston Villa secured for the victory and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. Villa had difficulty of that at the end. Late Goal: Monteiro Scores The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to find an equaliser! Celtic Secure Victory A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren. Match Updates Villa, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium. Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the officers and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a throwable object. Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo. Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, Busanello. Official: The German referee (from Germany) Team News: Rangers v Braga The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti. Braga: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Horta. Match official: The Dutch referee (Netherlands) Historical Context Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a unique relationship, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis netting the decisive goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham. "The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," commented the writer. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to European stage in three seasons." It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to reach the final under British coach Houghton. Tonight's game is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight. Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the midpoint of the initial phase with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a qualification place. Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
League Position The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic climbed to the 17th spot and returned to the secure qualification spots. Rank Club P GD Pts 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51
Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1 Aston Villa secured for the victory and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the league phase standings. Villa had difficulty of that at the end.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to find an equaliser!
Celtic Secure Victory A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.
Match Updates Villa, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium. Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the officers and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being hit on the head by a throwable object.
Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo. Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, Busanello. Official: The German referee (from Germany)
Team News: Rangers v Braga The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, The forward, Chermiti. Braga: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Horta. Match official: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)
Historical Context Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The these sides have a unique relationship, also meeting in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the continental championship from 1979 that links these clubs, with the groundbreaking transfer Francis netting the decisive goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham. "The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the celebrations," commented the writer. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from the lower league to European stage in three seasons." It's also interesting to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to reach the final under British coach Houghton. Tonight's game is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight. Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the midpoint of the initial phase with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a qualification place. Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.