Malmö vs Nottingham Forest, Rangers vs Braga, and Additional – Europa League News
Match Coverage
Key Events
- Full-time: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
- Score!: Late goal from Monteiro makes it 2-1
- Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
- Starting XI: Forest and Malmö lineups
- Lineups revealed: Rangers and Braga lineups
- Opening notes
League Position
The initial outcomes strongly influence the competition standings. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and returned to the safety of playoff places.
| Position | Club | P | 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 |
Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys
Villa managed to hold on for the three points and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The English side had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to score the leveler!
Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and Nygren.
Match Updates
The Birmingham side, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.
Malen's double there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Punches were thrown and objects thrown at both the authorities and toward the field, with the goalscorer being struck in the head by a throwable object.
Lineups: Forest vs Malmö
The Reds: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.
Malmö: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, The midfielder, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker.
Match official: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Lineups: Rangers vs Braga
The Glasgow side: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, The defender, Aarons, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.
The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, The forward, The striker.
Official: Lindhout (Netherlands)
Historical Context
The European clash and past encounters. The these sides have a historical link, also competing in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final decades past that entwines these two together, with the record-breaking signing Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a rather dull championship game to claim legendary status for the red half of Nottingham.
"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the celebrations," commented the writer. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to European stage in a short period."
Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.
Tonight's game is a far cry from that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight.
Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. Rangers have already been beaten by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the group stage with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a knockout position.
Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
