Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Braga vs Rangers, and More – UEFA Europa League Coverage
Live Updates
Major Moments
- Match ended: Villa 2-1 Young Boys
- Goal scored!: Joël Monteiro scores for Young Boys at 90+1
- Match concluded: Celtic 3-1 Feyenoord
- Lineups announced: Forest and Malmö lineups
- Starting players: Rangers and Braga lineups
- Introduction
Latest Standings
These early results have significant impact on the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th place and regained position in the protected playoff places.
| Pos | Team | 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 win and went equal on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. The Birmingham club struggled of that during the closing minutes.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
Young Boys gave themselves a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to get the tying goal!
Glasgow Side Wins 3-1
A significant and important win for the Glasgow side. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.
Match Updates
The Birmingham side, at the same time, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at Villa Park.
Malen's double there triggered intense reactions in the opposition stands, with Swiss fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a throwable object.
Starting XI Revealed
Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, Kalimuendo.
Malmö: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker.
Official: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Starting Players
The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.
Braga: Hornicek, The defender, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, The forward, Ricardo Horta.
Referee: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)
Match Background
The European clash and memories of 1979. The both teams have a historical link, 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 links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing Francis netting the decisive goal of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.
"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European football in a short period."
Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.
Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the home team tonight.
Additional games on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been beaten by a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the league phase with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a knockout position.
Coverage will persist with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Feyenoord v Celtic.
