🔗 Share this article Forest vs Malmö, Rangers vs Braga, and More – Europa League News Match Coverage Key Events Final whistle: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys GOAL!: Joël Monteiro scores for Young Boys at 90+1 Game over: Feyenoord 1-3 Celtic Starting XI: Nottingham Forest v Malmö teams! Lineups revealed: Rangers v Braga teams! Preamble Latest Standings The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and returned to the secure qualification spots. Pos Club Played Difference Points 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51 Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys The English side clung on for the win and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The English side made hard work of that in the final stages. 90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to score the leveler! Glasgow Side Wins 3-1 A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren. Match Updates Aston Villa, concurrently, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at the stadium. Malen's double there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with the player being hit on the head by a throwable object. Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, Kalimuendo. Malmö: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker. Official: The German referee (Germany) Starting Players The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti. The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta. Match official: Allard Lindhout (from Netherlands) Historical Context The European clash and past encounters. The these sides have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing the English forward heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters. "Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," commented the writer. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons." It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to make the championship match under British coach Houghton. This match is a far cry from that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the middle of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a knockout position. We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.
Latest Standings The opening scores greatly affect the Europa League table. Celtic have moved up to 17th position and returned to the secure qualification spots. Pos Club Played Difference Points 1Midtjylland5712 2Aston Villa5512 3Freiburg5511 4Ferencvaros5411 5FC Porto5310 17Celtic5-17 25Nottm Forest415 35Rangers4-70 33Malmo FF4-51
Full-time: Aston Villa 2-1 Young Boys The English side clung on for the win and moved level on points with table-toppers Midtjylland at the top of the group rankings. The English side made hard work of that in the final stages.
90+1: Monteiro Pulls One Back The Swiss side created a lifeline through Monteiro but only have stoppage time to score the leveler!
Glasgow Side Wins 3-1 A famous and valuable win for the Glasgow side. Even after falling 1-0 down, Celtic responded strongly with goals from Yang, Hatate and Benjamin Nygren.
Match Updates Aston Villa, concurrently, retained a 2-0 lead over Young Boys with around five minutes left at the stadium. Malen's double there sparked furious scenes in the away end, with Young Boys supporters engaging with police. Physical altercations occurred and projectiles hurled at both the authorities and onto the pitch, with the player being hit on the head by a throwable object.
Team News: Nottingham Forest v Malmö Forest: John Victor, Abbott, Milenkovic, The defender, The full-back, Yates, The defensive midfielder, Dominguez, The attacker, The winger, Kalimuendo. Malmö: The goalkeeper, Larsen, Jansson, The defender, The full-back, Haksabanovic, Johnsen, Skogmar, The attacker, Gudjohnsen, The striker. Official: The German referee (Germany)
Starting Players The Light Blues: Butland, Tavernier, The center-back, Djiga, Aarons, Barron, Diomande, Raskin, Gassama, Danilo, Chermiti. The Portuguese side: The goalkeeper, Gomez, Lagerbielke, The defender, Arrey-Mbi, Zalazar, The experienced midfielder, The midfielder, Martinez, Navarro, Ricardo Horta. Match official: Allard Lindhout (from Netherlands)
Historical Context The European clash and past encounters. The these sides have a special connection, also meeting in Forest's previous European adventure in the 1995-96 Uefa Cup, but it is the European Cup final 46 years ago that connects these teams, with the record-breaking signing the English forward heading the only goal of a largely forgettable match to claim legendary status for the Forest supporters. "Forest's famous bosses, grey-sweatered and anonymous amid all the colour and celebration, stood for a moment on a bench calmly observing the revelry," commented the writer. Theirs has been an outstanding achievement that it is hard to see being repeated – from second tier to European stage in three seasons." It's also interesting to consider Malmö, who became the pioneering and only Scandinavian side to make the championship match under British coach Houghton. This match is a far cry from that peak, closer perhaps to the Uefa Cup first-round tie between Forest and Malmö in that era. Forest are absolutely buzzing after thrashing Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday, while Malmö have been inactive since early November following the completion of Allsvenskan. The general expectation is on the Forest tonight. Numerous other matches on offer in this live coverage. The Scottish side have already been defeated by a Portuguese opponent this season. Rangers are rock bottom of the competition table at the middle of the league phase with no points whatsoever. They urgently require a victory if they are to have any chance of achieving a recovery for a knockout position. We'll keep you up to date with all the evening matches and provide the most recent results from the concluded fixtures, including Aston Villa v Young Boys and Rotterdam vs Glasgow.