🔗 Share this article Malmö vs Nottingham Forest, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – Europa League Updates Match Coverage Important Updates Final whistle: Villa 2-1 Young Boys Score!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1) Game over: Feyenoord defeated 1-3 by Celtic Lineups announced: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö Starting players: Rangers v Braga teams! Introduction Latest Standings These early results strongly influence the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and are back in the secure playoff places. Position Team Played GD Pts 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51 Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys Villa managed to hold on for the victory and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. Villa struggled of that during the closing minutes. 90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just stoppage time to find an equaliser! Celtic Secure Victory A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker. Match Updates Villa, concurrently, 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 visiting fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the police and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a plastic cup. Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö The Reds: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo. The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello. Official: The German referee (from Germany) Lineups: Rangers vs Braga The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti. Braga: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta. Match official: Lindhout (Netherlands) Preamble Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final decades past that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing the English forward scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the the English club. "Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," commented the writer. This represented an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons." One should note to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton. The current fixture is a distant 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 defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the English side tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a playoff spot. Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.
Latest Standings These early results strongly influence the competition standings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th place and are back in the secure playoff places. Position Team Played GD Pts 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51
Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys Villa managed to hold on for the victory and became tied on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. Villa struggled of that during the closing minutes.
90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but had just stoppage time to find an equaliser!
Celtic Secure Victory A memorable and crucial win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.
Match Updates Villa, concurrently, 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 visiting fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the police and at the playing surface, with Malen himself being caught on the head by a plastic cup.
Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö The Reds: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo. The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, Busanello. Official: The German referee (from Germany)
Lineups: Rangers vs Braga The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti. Braga: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta. Match official: Lindhout (Netherlands)
Preamble Forest vs Malmö and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the premier competition final decades past that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing the English forward scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the the English club. "Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the celebrations," commented the writer. This represented an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons." One should note to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under British coach Houghton. The current fixture is a distant 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 defeating Liverpool convincingly at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The smart money is on the English side tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been defeated by a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the midpoint of the group stage with precisely zero points. They badly want a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a playoff spot. Coverage will persist with all the evening matches and provide the current standings from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.