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

Live Updates

Key Events

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

Latest Standings

The opening scores have significant impact on the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and regained position in the secure qualification spots.

Pos Side Played GD Score
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 table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the league phase standings. Villa struggled of that during the closing minutes.

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

Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but only have four more minutes to score the leveler!

Celtic Secure Victory

A memorable and crucial win for the Scottish team. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and Nygren.

Latest Action

Aston Villa, concurrently, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at their home ground.

Malen's second goal there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with visiting fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the police and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a throwable object.

Starting XI Revealed

Forest: John Victor, The defender, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.

The Swedish side: Ellborg, The defender, Jansson, Duric, The full-back, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, The striker.

Referee: Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, The full-back, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, The full-back, The midfielder, The experienced midfielder, Gorby, The attacker, The forward, Horta.

Official: Allard Lindhout (from Netherlands)

Match Background

The European clash and memories of 1979. The both teams have a special connection, also competing in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship 46 years ago that connects these teams, with Britain's first £1m player Francis scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the red half of Nottingham.

"Forest's famous bosses, unassuming and low-key amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European football in three seasons."

Worth mentioning to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Swedish club to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

This match is a very different to that peak, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since 9 November following the end of the Swedish league season. The smart money is on the English side tonight.

Additional games on offer in this live coverage. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the half-way stage of the group stage with precisely zero points. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a qualification place.

Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.

Stacy Gilbert
Stacy Gilbert

Maya Chen is a tech strategist and writer with over a decade of experience in digital innovation and startup ecosystems.