Forest vs Malmö, Rangers vs Braga, and More – Europa League Coverage

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Major Moments

  • Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys
  • Score!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
  • Game over: Celtic 3-1 Feyenoord
  • Lineups announced: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
  • Starting players: Rangers and Braga lineups
  • Opening notes

Latest Standings

These early results have significant impact on the competition standings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and regained position in the safety of playoff places.

Rank Club P Difference Pts
1Midtjylland5712
2Aston Villa5512
3Freiburg5511
4Ferencvaros5411
5FC Porto5310
17Celtic5-17
25Nottm Forest415
35Rangers4-70
33Malmo FF4-51

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Villa managed to hold on for the win and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The Birmingham club had difficulty of that during the closing minutes.

90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to find an equaliser!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, Hatate and Nygren.

Latest Action

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

Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the visitors' section, with visiting fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and items launched at both the police and at the playing surface, with the player being struck in the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

Nottingham Forest: Victor, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, The striker.

Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, The midfielder, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Match official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Glasgow side: Butland, The defender, The center-back, The defender, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Portuguese side: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Official: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)

Match Background

Forest vs Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the premier competition final decades past that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player Francis scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to claim legendary status for the the English club.

"Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," commented the writer. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in a short period."

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

This match is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are riding high after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since early November following the conclusion of their domestic campaign. The popular prediction is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are last place of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the group stage with exactly zero. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a playoff spot.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the current standings from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.

Melanie Diaz
Melanie Diaz

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