Forest vs Malmö, Rangers vs Braga, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Updates

Live Updates

Major Moments

  • Match ended: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
  • Goal scored!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
  • Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
  • Team news: Nottingham Forest v Malmö teams!
  • Starting players: Rangers and Braga lineups
  • Preamble

League Position

The opening scores have significant impact on the Europa League table. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and are back in the secure knockout positions.

Position Side Played Goal Difference Score
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 win and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. Villa had difficulty of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but had just additional time to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and Benjamin Nygren.

Latest Action

The Birmingham side, meanwhile, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at the stadium.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters confronting police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, The striker.

Referee: Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, The midfielder, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, The striker.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

The European clash and historical connections. The both teams have a special connection, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final from 1979 that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, unassuming and low-key amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to European stage in a short period."

It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Swedish club to make the championship match under British coach Houghton.

This match is a far cry from that summit, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been lost to a European rival this season. Rangers are last place of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the initial phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.

Updates will continue with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.

Nicole Conway
Nicole Conway

Elena Voss is a cloud architect with 10+ years of experience in designing scalable cloud solutions.