Malmö vs Nottingham Forest, Braga vs Rangers, and More – Europa League News
Match Coverage
Important Updates
- Final whistle: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
- Score!: Joël Monteiro scores for Young Boys at 90+1
- Match concluded: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
- Lineups announced: Forest and Malmö lineups
- Lineups revealed: Rangers v Braga teams!
- Preamble
Current Table
These early results greatly affect the Europa League table. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and are back in the safety of knockout positions.
| Pos | Club | Matches | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The English side clung on for the three points and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. Villa made hard work of that at the end.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to get the tying goal!
Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
A memorable and crucial win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.
Match Updates
Villa, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at Villa Park.
Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with Swiss fans engaging with police. Punches were thrown and objects thrown at both the officers and at the playing surface, with the player being struck in the head by a drinking vessel.
Starting XI Revealed
Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.
Malmö FF: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Referee: The German referee (from Germany)
Lineups: Rangers vs Braga
Rangers: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.
The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, The striker.
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Preamble
Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final decades past that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing the English forward scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the the English club.
"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the mafficking," noted the journalist. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from second tier to European stage in a short period."
One should note to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Swedish club to reach the final under manager Houghton.
The current fixture is a far cry from that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence 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 popular prediction is on the home team tonight.
Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the competition table at the half-way stage of the group stage with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a playoff spot.
Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.
