Forest vs Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and More – Europa League Coverage
Match Coverage
Important Updates
- Full-time: Villa 2-1 Young Boys
- GOAL!: Joël Monteiro scores for Young Boys at 90+1
- Match concluded: Celtic 3-1 Feyenoord
- Starting XI: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
- Starting players: Starting XI for Rangers vs Braga
- Preamble
Latest Standings
The initial outcomes strongly influence the Europa League table. The Glasgow side rose to the 17th spot and regained position in the safety of knockout positions.
| Position | Team | P | 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 |
Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys
Villa managed to hold on for the victory and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The English side had difficulty of that in the final stages.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
The Swiss side created a chance through Monteiro but were left with four more minutes to get the tying goal!
Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
A famous and valuable win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.
Game Developments
The Birmingham side, at the same time, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at Villa Park.
Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the away end, with Swiss fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being hit on the head by a throwable object.
Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö
The Reds: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, The midfielder, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.
Malmö: The goalkeeper, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Official: Osmers (Germany)
Team News: Rangers v Braga
Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, The forward, The striker.
Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, The attacker, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.
Match official: The Dutch referee (Holland)
Preamble
The European clash and past encounters. The two clubs have a historical link, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the UEFA Cup of 1995-96, 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 secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.
"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, modestly dressed amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," noted the journalist. Their achievement was an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from Second Division to continental competition in three seasons."
Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Nordic team to make the championship match under manager Houghton.
The current fixture is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after beating Liverpool 3-0 at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the Forest tonight.
Plenty of other action on offer in this match tracking. The Glasgow club have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the league rankings at the middle of the league phase with exactly zero. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a late surge for a knockout position.
We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the latest scores from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.
