🔗 Share this article Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and Additional – UEFA Europa League News Match Coverage Important Updates Full-time: Villa 2-1 Young Boys GOAL!: Joël Monteiro scores for Young Boys at 90+1 Match concluded: Feyenoord defeated 1-3 by Celtic Lineups announced: Nottingham Forest v Malmö teams! Lineups revealed: Rangers and Braga lineups Introduction Latest Standings The opening scores strongly influence the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and returned to the safety of knockout positions. Rank Team Matches GD Points 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 three points and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. The Birmingham club struggled of that in the final stages. Late Goal: Monteiro Scores Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to find an equaliser! Celtic Secure Victory A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker. Latest Action Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium. Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the officers and toward the field, with the player being struck in the head by a throwable object. Starting XI Revealed Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo. The Swedish side: Ellborg, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, The striker. Official: The German referee (from Germany) Lineups: Rangers vs Braga Rangers: The goalkeeper, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti. Braga: The goalkeeper, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, The forward, Horta. Referee: The Dutch referee (Netherlands) Preamble Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Francis netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to claim legendary status for the the English club. "Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European football in just three years." Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton. This match is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the home team tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Scottish side have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the middle of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a playoff spot. We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
Latest Standings The opening scores strongly influence the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th place and returned to the safety of knockout positions. Rank Team Matches GD Points 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 three points and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. The Birmingham club struggled of that in the final stages.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to find an equaliser!
Celtic Secure Victory A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.
Latest Action Villa, meanwhile, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium. Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans clashing with police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the officers and toward the field, with the player being struck in the head by a throwable object.
Starting XI Revealed Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo. The Swedish side: Ellborg, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, The striker. Official: The German referee (from Germany)
Lineups: Rangers vs Braga Rangers: The goalkeeper, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti. Braga: The goalkeeper, The defender, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, The forward, Horta. Referee: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)
Preamble Nottingham Forest v Malmö and memories of 1979. The both teams have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Francis netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to claim legendary status for the the English club. "Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European football in just three years." Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton. This match is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after defeating Liverpool convincingly at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the home team tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Scottish side have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the middle of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a playoff spot. We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.