Malmö vs Nottingham Forest, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Coverage
Match Coverage
Key Events
- Full-time: 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
- Lineups announced: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
- Starting players: Rangers and Braga lineups
- Introduction
Latest Standings
These early results strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic climbed to 17th position and are back in the safety of knockout positions.
| Rank | Club | Played | GD | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys
Villa managed to hold on for the three points and became tied on points with leaders Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The English side struggled of that in the final stages.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
Young Boys gave themselves a hope through Monteiro but had just four more minutes to score the leveler!
Celtic Secure Victory
A significant and important win for the Celtic. Although they went 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, the Japanese midfielder and the Swedish striker.
Latest Action
The Birmingham side, concurrently, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at Villa Park.
The Dutch forward's brace there triggered intense reactions in the visitors' section, with Swiss fans confronting police. Punches were thrown and items launched at both the police and onto the pitch, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.
Starting XI Revealed
Forest: The goalkeeper, Abbott, The center-back, Murillo, The full-back, Yates, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo.
The Swedish side: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, The center-back, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, Johnsen, The midfielder, Bolin, The forward, The striker.
Referee: Harm Osmers (German)
Starting Players
The Light Blues: Butland, The defender, Fernandez, Djiga, The full-back, The midfielder, Diomande, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.
The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, The midfielder, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, The forward, Ricardo Horta.
Referee: The Dutch referee (from Netherlands)
Preamble
The European clash and memories of 1979. The two clubs have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the European Cup final decades past that connects these teams, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward scoring the winner of a rather dull championship game to secure historic victory for the red half of Nottingham.
"Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," commented the writer. Their achievement was an remarkable feat that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from second tier to continental competition in just three years."
Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to reach the final under manager Houghton.
The current fixture is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at the famous ground on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since last month following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the English side tonight.
Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the middle of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a late surge for a knockout position.
Coverage will persist with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
