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

Match Coverage

Important Updates

  • Final whistle: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
  • GOAL!: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
  • Game over: Celtic 3-1 Feyenoord
  • Team news: Forest and Malmö lineups
  • Lineups revealed: Rangers v Braga teams!
  • Preamble

Current Table

The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and returned to the secure playoff places.

Pos Team P Goal Difference Pts
1Midtjylland5712
2Aston Villa5512
3Freiburg5511
4Ferencvaros5411
5FC Porto5310
17Celtic5-17
25Nottm Forest415
35Rangers4-70
33Malmo FF4-51

Match Result: Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the three points and moved level on points with leaders Midtjylland at the summit of the group rankings. The English side made hard work of that at the end.

Late Goal: Monteiro Scores

The Swiss side created a hope through Monteiro but were left with stoppage time to get the tying goal!

Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic

A famous and valuable win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.

Match Updates

Villa, concurrently, maintained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at Villa Park.

The Dutch forward's brace there sparked furious scenes in the opposition stands, with Young Boys supporters clashing with police. Physical altercations occurred and items launched at both the authorities and toward the field, with the player being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Lineups: Forest vs Malmö

The Reds: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, Morato, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, McAtee, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, Duric, Rosler, The midfielder, The midfielder, Skogmar, Bolin, The forward, Busanello.

Official: Harm Osmers (from Germany)

Team News: Rangers v Braga

Rangers: The goalkeeper, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, The midfielder, Gassama, The forward, Chermiti.

Braga: Hornicek, Gomez, Lagerbielke, Niakate, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, The midfielder, The attacker, Navarro, Horta.

Match official: Allard Lindhout (Holland)

Preamble

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and past encounters. The these sides have a unique relationship, also facing each other in Forest's most recent continental tour in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the premier competition final 46 years ago that entwines these two together, with Britain's first £1m player the English forward netting the decisive goal of a largely forgettable match to secure historic victory for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, modestly dressed amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the mafficking," commented the writer. Their achievement was an extraordinary accomplishment that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to continental competition in three seasons."

It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the initial and final Scandinavian side to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.

The current fixture is a distant from that peak, closer perhaps to the previous continental meeting between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Liverpool's home on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the end of the Swedish league season. The popular prediction is on the English side tonight.

Numerous other matches on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Braga this season. Rangers are at the foot of the 36-team Europa League standings at the half-way stage of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a qualification place.

Updates will continue with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the previous games, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.

Kimberly Long
Kimberly Long

Alex Thornton is the founding director of Local Studio, with over 20 years of experience in community-led design and sustainable architecture.