Malmö vs Nottingham Forest, Braga vs Rangers, and Additional – UEFA Europa League Updates

Live Updates

Important Updates

  • Full-time: Villa 2-1 Young Boys
  • GOAL!: Joël Monteiro scores for Young Boys at 90+1
  • Game over: Celtic 3-1 Feyenoord
  • Lineups announced: Starting players for Forest vs Malmö
  • Team news: Rangers and Braga lineups
  • Preamble

Latest Standings

The opening scores strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and regained position in the secure qualification spots.

Position Team P GD Score
1Midtjylland5712
2Aston Villa5512
3Freiburg5511
4Ferencvaros5411
5FC Porto5310
17Celtic5-17
25Nottm Forest415
35Rangers4-70
33Malmo FF4-51

Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys

Aston Villa secured for the win and moved level on points with front-runners Midtjylland at the summit of the competition table. Villa struggled of that in the final stages.

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

Young Boys gave themselves a chance through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to get the tying goal!

Glasgow Side Wins 3-1

A significant and important win for the Scottish team. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic fought back with goals from Yang, the Japanese midfielder and Nygren.

Game Developments

Villa, concurrently, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with roughly 300 seconds left at their home ground.

Malen's double there caused dramatic events in the away end, with Swiss fans engaging with police. Scuffles broke out and projectiles hurled at both the police and at the playing surface, with the goalscorer being hit on the head by a drinking vessel.

Starting XI Revealed

The Reds: Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, Murillo, The full-back, The midfielder, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, Hudson-Odoi, The striker.

Malmö FF: Ellborg, Stryger Larsen, Jansson, The defender, Rosler, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.

Official: Osmers (German)

Lineups: Rangers vs Braga

The Light Blues: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.

The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, The center-back, Niakate, The full-back, Zalazar, Joao Moutinho, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Horta.

Official: The Dutch referee (Netherlands)

Historical Context

Nottingham Forest v Malmö and historical connections. The both teams have a special connection, 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 links these clubs, with the record-breaking signing the English forward netting the decisive goal of a rather dull championship game to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters.

"The legendary management duo, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the festivities and cheers, stood for a moment on a bench quietly watching the celebrations," wrote the match reporter. Theirs has been an extraordinary accomplishment that it is unlikely to be replicated – from the lower league to European football in a short period."

Worth mentioning to pause a little on Malmö, who became the first, and to date the last Scandinavian side to advance to the ultimate game under manager Houghton.

This match is a very different to that pinnacle, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in 1995-96. Forest are full of confidence after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö haven't kicked a competitive ball since 9 November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight.

Plenty of other action on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are at the foot of the league rankings at the middle of the group stage with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any hope of making a recovery for a qualification place.

We'll keep you up to date with all the late games and provide the most recent results from the concluded fixtures, including the Birmingham match and the Dutch-Scottish clash.

Ashley Romero
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