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

Match Coverage

Important Updates

  • Match ended: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
  • Goal scored!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
  • Full-time: Feyenoord defeated 1-3 by Celtic
  • Team news: Nottingham Forest v Malmö teams!
  • Team news: Starting XI for Rangers vs Braga
  • Preamble

Current Table

These early results strongly influence the Europa League table. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the safety of qualification spots.

Rank Club Played Goal Difference Points
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 win and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the league phase standings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that at the end.

GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)

Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to score the leveler!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.

Match Updates

Villa, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at the stadium.

Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans confronting police. Physical altercations occurred and objects thrown at both the authorities and toward the field, with the goalscorer being struck in the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

Nottingham Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, Kalimuendo.

Malmö: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Starting Players

Rangers: The goalkeeper, The defender, Fernandez, The defender, The full-back, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, The center-back, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)

Match Background

The European clash and past encounters. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also competing in Forest's last European campaign in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, but it is the European Cup final decades past that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer Trevor Francis scoring the winner of a largely forgettable match to clinch eternal glory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Forest's famous bosses, modestly dressed amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," wrote the match reporter. This represented an remarkable feat that it is hard to see being repeated – from Second Division to European football in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

Tonight's game is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the home team tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. Rangers have already been beaten by a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the league rankings at the half-way stage of the initial phase with exactly zero. They urgently require 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 most recent results from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and the Dutch-Scottish clash.

Mike Schmidt
Mike Schmidt

Lena ist eine leidenschaftliche Kulturjournalistin mit über zehn Jahren Erfahrung in der Berichterstattung über Schweizer Kunst und Events.