Nottingham Forest v Malmö, Rangers v Braga, and More – Europa League Updates
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Important Updates
- Match ended: Young Boys 1-2 Aston Villa
- GOAL!: 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
Current Table
The initial outcomes strongly influence the league rankings. Celtic have moved up to the 17th spot and are back in the secure playoff places.
| Position | Side | P | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The English side clung on for the three points and became tied on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the peak of the group rankings. The Birmingham club made hard work of that in the final stages.
GOAL! Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys (Joël Monteiro 90+1)
Young Boys earned a chance through Monteiro but were left with additional time to score the leveler!
Full-time: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic
A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Despite going 1-0 down, Celtic roared back with goals from the Korean forward, Reo Hatate and the Swedish striker.
Game Developments
Villa, at the same time, held onto a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with approximately five minutes left at their home ground.
Malen's second goal there caused dramatic events in the visitors' section, with visiting fans engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and items launched at both the police and toward the field, with the player being caught on the head by a throwable object.
Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö
Forest: The goalkeeper, The defender, The center-back, The defender, Morato, The midfielder, Sangare, Dominguez, McAtee, The winger, The striker.
Malmö: Ellborg, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, The midfielder, The midfielder, Bolin, Gudjohnsen, Busanello.
Referee: Harm Osmers (from Germany)
Team News: Rangers v Braga
Rangers: Butland, Tavernier, Fernandez, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, The midfielder, Raskin, The attacker, Danilo, Chermiti.
The Arsenalistas: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, Moutinho, Gorby, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta.
Match official: The Dutch referee (Holland)
Preamble
Forest vs Malmö and historical connections. The both teams have a historical link, also facing each other in Forest's last European campaign in the mid-90s European competition, but it is the continental championship decades past that entwines these two together, with the groundbreaking transfer the English forward scoring the winner of a pretty miserable final to clinch eternal glory for the the English club.
"The legendary management duo, unassuming and low-key amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench serenely viewing the revelry," wrote the match reporter. Their achievement was an outstanding achievement that it is difficult to imagine happening again – from second tier to European football in three seasons."
Worth mentioning to reflect upon Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to reach the final under English manager Bob Houghton.
Tonight's game is a very different to that summit, closer perhaps to the earlier European encounter between Forest and Malmö in the mid-nineties. 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 popular prediction is on the home team tonight.
Plenty of other action on offer in this clockwatch. The Glasgow club have already been lost to a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are at the foot of the competition table at the half-way stage of the group stage with exactly zero. They desperately need a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a comeback for a playoff spot.
We'll keep you up to date with all nine of the 8pm kick-offs and provide the current standings from the previous games, including Villa vs Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
