Forest vs Malmö, Rangers vs Braga, and Additional – Europa League News
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Key Events
- Match ended: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
- GOAL!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
- Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
- Lineups announced: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
- Team news: Starting XI for Rangers vs Braga
- Opening notes
Latest Standings
The opening scores strongly influence the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and are back in the safety of playoff places.
| Position | Side | Played | GD | 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 |
Final Score: Aston Villa 2-1
Villa managed to hold on for the win and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. Villa made hard work of that at the end.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
Young Boys gave themselves a lifeline through Monteiro but were left with additional time to find an equaliser!
Glasgow Side Wins 3-1
A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.
Game Developments
Aston Villa, meanwhile, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at the stadium.
Malen's double there triggered intense reactions in the opposition stands, with visiting fans clashing with police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the authorities and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.
Starting XI Revealed
Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.
Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Official: Osmers (Germany)
Starting Players
Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, The midfielder, The midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.
Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Horta.
Referee: Lindhout (Holland)
Preamble
Nottingham Forest v Malmö and historical connections. The two clubs have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship decades past that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the the English club.
"The legendary management duo, unassuming and low-key amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," noted the journalist. This represented an extraordinary accomplishment that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European football in just three years."
It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Nordic team to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.
Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. 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 conclusion of their domestic campaign. The general expectation 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 rock bottom of the competition table at the middle of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any opportunity for a late surge for a knockout position.
Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.
