Forest vs Malmö, Rangers vs Braga, and Additional – Europa League Coverage
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Important Updates
- Match ended: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
- Score!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
- Full-time: Celtic 3-1 Feyenoord
- Starting XI: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
- Starting players: Rangers and Braga lineups
- Preamble
League Position
The opening scores greatly affect the league rankings. The Glasgow side rose to 17th position and returned to the safety of qualification spots.
| Rank | Team | Played | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Aston Villa secured for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the top of the league phase standings. Villa made hard work of that at the end.
Late Goal: Monteiro Scores
Young Boys earned a hope through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to find an equaliser!
Glasgow Side Wins 3-1
A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang Hyun-jun, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.
Match Updates
Villa, meanwhile, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at their home ground.
Malen's second goal there triggered intense reactions in the away end, with Swiss fans confronting police. Scuffles broke out and objects thrown at both the officers and toward the field, with the player being caught on the head by a drinking vessel.
Lineups: Forest vs Malmö
Nottingham Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, Morato, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.
Malmö FF: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Match official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)
Starting Players
The Glasgow side: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, The defender, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, The striker.
Braga: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, The forward, Horta.
Match official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)
Preamble
Nottingham Forest v Malmö and historical connections. The two clubs have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's previous European adventure in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final decades past that links these clubs, with Britain's first £1m player Trevor Francis netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to clinch eternal glory for the Forest supporters.
"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, unassuming and low-key amid all the excitement and joy, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," commented the writer. This represented an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from the lower league to European football in a short period."
It's also interesting to reflect upon Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to reach the final under manager Houghton.
Tonight's game is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't played officially since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.
Additional games on offer in this clockwatch. The Scottish side have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the half-way stage of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They badly want a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a qualification place.
Coverage will persist with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the latest scores from the earlier matches, including Villa vs Young Boys and Feyenoord v Celtic.
